Chief Financial Officer

Evotym; Manchester; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Transparent team culture

High-impact role

Recognition of achievements

Social benefits

Job summary

Evotym in the United Kingdom is seeking a CFO to own a finance transformation with direct impact on profitability and sustainable growth, strengthening controls and liquidity across multiple entities and currencies. You will build a scalable finance team, partner with the CEO and business leaders on strategy, and automate end-to-end processes in collaboration with Risk and Compliance.

This high-visibility role requires a proven finance leader with payments or fintech experience and a hands-on,

Qualifications

• Proven experience as CFO or senior finance leader responsible for treasury, accounting and team management.
• Hands-on experience in payments or related financial services (PSP, EMI, cross-border).
• Strong understanding of liquidity, settlements, reconciliations, and multi-entity, multi-currency operations.
• Experience in high-risk, cross-border environments; CIS markets knowledge is a plus.
• Proven track record of automation and strengthening internal controls.
• Experience building management teams and scalable processes.

Responsibilities

• Oversee treasury, cash flow, liquidity forecasting across entities and currencies.
• Strengthen financial controls, accounting methodologies and management reporting.
• Optimize liquidity, FX and settlement costs; terms with suppliers.
• Transform and automate end-to-end financial processes with Risk and Compliance teams.
• Build and develop the finance team, clarify process ownership and reduce reliance on individuals.
• Partner with CEO on financial strategy, operations and sustainable growth.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Analytical thinking

Communication

Stakeholder management

Cross-entity oversight

Tools

Treasury systems

FX management

Job description

About the Client

Our client is a payment services provider serving international businesses. It supports complex, cross-border payment flows.

Role Overview

Take ownership of a finance transformation with a direct impact on profitability and sustainable growth. As CFO, you will strengthen financial controls, improve liquidity and build scalable processes across multiple entities and currencies. You will work closely with business leaders and develop a skilled finance team.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee treasury, cash flow, liquidity forecasting, settlements, reconciliations and financial reporting across entities and currencies.

• Strengthen financial controls, accounting methodologies and management reporting to improve accuracy and visibility.

• Optimize liquidity, FX and cryptocurrency conversion costs, settlement pricing and supplier terms.

• Transform and automate end-to-end financial processes with technology, business, Risk and Compliance teams.

• Build and develop the finance team, clarify process ownership and reduce reliance on individual experts.

• Partner with the CEO and business leaders on financial strategy, operations, resource allocation and sustainable growth.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a CFO, Finance Director or senior finance leader, with responsibility for financial operations, treasury, accounting and team management.

• Hands-on experience in payments or related financial services, such as PSP, acquiring, EMI, cross-border payments, banking, brokerage or a crypto platform with fiat operations.

• Strong understanding of liquidity, settlements, reconciliations, financial controls and multi-entity, multi-currency operations.

• Experience managing finance in high-risk, cross-border environments. Familiarity with CIS markets is a strong advantage.

• Proven results in improving processes, introducing automation and strengthening internal controls.

• Experience building management teams, delegating responsibilities and establishing scalable processes.

Key Soft Skills

• Strong leadership, sound decision-making and independent ownership.

• Strategic thinking with a hands-on, pragmatic approach.

• Analytical thinking that turns complex financial data into clear business decisions.

• Confident communication and stakeholder management, including constructive challenge and influence with senior leaders and international clients.

• Adaptability and resilience as priorities evolve.

• A collaborative approach to building trust, developing talent and fostering accountability.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary aligned with experience.

• Collaborative and transparent team culture.

• High-impact role in a scaling fintech company.

• Recognition of personal milestones and achievements.

• Social benefits.