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CFO/VP of Finance

Modern Treasury· Finance
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San Francisco$250k - $400kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Finance leadership role focused on shaping growth, strategy, and the finance function including AI transformation, with accountability to the CEO and board.

Responsibilities

  • Shape company and operating model: Partner with the CEO and management team on the decisions that determine how Modern Treasury is built and where it focuses. Help shape organizational structure, including teams, roles, and responsibilities.
  • Drive resource allocation and long-term value creation: Help determine where we should invest our people and capital to create the greatest long-term company and shareholder value.
  • Guide the economics of our product: Bring an economic lens to product strategy and roadmap decisions and pricing and packaging, including the expected value of new products and capabilities, investment tradeoffs, and build, buy, or partner decisions. Negotiate with financial partners and banks, and drive the economics that make our payments business work.
  • Lead capital markets and strategic transactions: Identify and consult on the best way to meet our capital needs. Lead primary capital raises, debt facilities, M&A and other strategic transactions, as needed.
  • Partner with the Board and key investors: Communicate Modern Treasury's financial performance, outlook, and strategy clearly and credibly. Help the board and investors understand both the company's near-term performance and long-term opportunity.
  • Lead and scale the finance function: Build and manage a high-performing team and scale it over time as the business becomes larger and more complex.
  • Set AI strategy for finance: Develop and implement a point of view on how AI can make the finance organization more effective, from how the team operates to the capabilities it can provide to the rest of the company.

Qualifications

  • Combination of strategic judgment, commercial instincts, and financial depth
  • Ability to act as a company builder and driver
  • Experience navigating strategic transactions such as primary capital raises, debt financings, or M&A
  • Strong communication and storytelling skills for boards, investors, and external stakeholders
  • Experience in a high-growth startup; background in investment banking, private equity, or venture capital is a plus
  • Fintech experience in infrastructure or application layer with payments experience as a strong plus
  • Note on leveling: could be VP of Finance or Chief Financial Officer depending on the candidate

Skills

Required:Strategic planningCapital markets and transactionsFinancial leadership in high-growth startupsCommunication with boards/investors
Nice to have:AI strategy for finance
Last updated Sep 17, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Modern Treasury

Payment operations tools for money movement.

Modern Treasury offers tools that automate the full cycle of money movement—from payment initiation, through approvals, to reconciliation—and are accessible through web application or API.

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