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We help thousands of Fintechs in the US and Canada instantly move money in and out of accounts and we are actively expanding into other countries. Our customers represent the hottest verticals in the financial service industry such as neobanks, challenger brokers, gaming and wallets. TabaPay is a highly profitable rocketship that processes billions of dollars each year. To learn more visit www.tabapay.com.\nTabaBank is seeking an experienced Chief Financial Officer to lead the Bank’s financial strategy, planning, treasury, capital, liquidity, accounting, regulatory reporting, pricing, and Payments & Settlement Operations.\nThe CFO will be a key member of the Bank’s executive leadership team and will play a critical role in building and scaling the financial infrastructure of a payments-focused national bank. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in bank finance, treasury, capital, liquidity, and accounting, combined with practical experience in payments, merchant acquiring, settlement, and high-volume money movement.\nThis is not a traditional community-bank CFO role. The successful candidate will understand the unique financial, liquidity, settlement, operational, and counterparty risks created by significant payment volumes.\nKey Responsibilities\nFinancial Strategy & Performance\nLead the Bank’s financial strategy, budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and performance management.\nOwn pricing strategy, product and client economics, profitability analysis, and financial modeling.\nEvaluate new products, partnerships, investments, and strategic initiatives from financial, capital, liquidity, and risk-return perspectives.\nEstablish financial KPIs and provide actionable insights to executive leadership and the Board.\nSupport strategic planning, corporate development, and M&A activities as appropriate.\nTreasury, Capital & Liquidity\nLead capital planning, treasury, liquidity, balance-sheet management, and First Line financial risk management.\nOversee capital adequacy, liquidity forecasting and stress testing, funding strategy, investments, deposits, and banking relationships.\nEnsure sufficient intraday, overnight, weekend, and contingent liquidity to support payment and settlement obligations.\nEstablish appropriate financial risk limits, controls, monitoring, and escalation mechanisms in partnership with the Chief Risk Officer.\nPayments & Settlement Operations\nOwn the Bank’s Payments & Settlement Operations function, including merchant and Payment Facilitator settlement, card-network settlement, ACH, Fedwire, FedNow, RTP, clearing accounts, prefunding, FBO structures, and merchant reserves.\nEnsure effective reconciliation, controls, exception management, escalation, and operational resilience across payment and settlement activities.\nBuild scalable processes and infrastructure to support significant transaction-volume growth.\nPartner with Product, Technology, Risk, Compliance, and TabaPay to ensure new and existing payment products are supported by appropriate settlement, accounting, liquidity, and risk processes.\nAccounting & Regulatory Reporting\nOversee accounting, controllership, financial reporting, tax, and financial controls.\nEnsure accurate and timely GAAP financial statements and applicable regulatory reporting, including Call Reports and other OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve reporting.\nMaintain effective reconciliation and internal control environments across banking, payment, settlement, and deposit activities.\nOversee accounting policies and reporting related to payment activity, deposits, reserves, interchange, network fees, settlement obligations, and other bank operations.\nBoard & Regulatory Engagement\nServe as the senior financial-management contact with the OCC and other applicable regulators.\nLead Finance, Treasury, Capital, Liquidity, and Payments & Settlement Operations engagement during regulatory examinations.\nPresent financial, capital, liquidity, and performance information to the Board and relevant committees.\nOversee remediation of regulatory, audit, and control findings within areas of CFO accountability.\nManage financial interactions with the Bank’s parent company.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.\n10+ years of progressive financial leadership experience, including significant banking or regulated financial services experience.\nDeep expertise in bank finance, treasury, capital, liquidity, accounting, financial planning, and regulatory reporting.\nExperience leading or providing senior oversight of high-volume payments, settlement, reconciliation, or treasury operations.\nStrong understanding of bank balance sheets, regulatory capital, liquidity and intraday liquidity, ALM, interest-rate risk, payments and settlement, GAAP, and financial controls.\nExperience interacting with banking regulators and supporting regulatory examinations.\nStrong communication skills with the ability to effectively engage executive leadership, Boards, regulators, and cross-functional teams.\nExperience building, scaling, or transforming Finance, Treasury, or Payments Operations functions.\nPayments Experience\nStrong preference for candidates with experience in several of the following:\nMerchant acquiring and card processing\nVisa/Mastercard settlement\nPayment Facilitator sponsorship\nMerchant settlement and reconciliation\nInterchange and network fees\nACH, Fedwire, FedNow, and/or RTP\nFBO and prefunding structures\nIntraday liquidity management\nPayments-focused fintechs, sponsor banks, or embedded finance\nExperience managing the intersection of bank treasury/liquidity and high-volume payment settlement is particularly important.\nPreferred Qualifications\nCPA and/or MBA\nPrior CFO, Deputy CFO, Treasurer, Controller, or senior finance leadership experience at a bank\nExperience with a national bank or federally regulated financial institution\nExperience working with the OCC\nExperience in a newly formed, rapidly growing, or 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They will bring strong commercial and pricing judgment, deep knowledge of capital and liquidity management, and the ability to translate payment volumes and flows into implications for liquidity, capital, settlement exposure, accounting, risk, and profitability.\nThey will be comfortable working directly with regulators and the Board, challenging assumptions constructively, partnering across the organization, and building scalable processes and high-performing teams.\nThe pay range for this position is $250,000; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. 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