Chief Financial Officer – Work From Home (remote)

We’re the bank for companies who want to build and launch financial products. We're rapidly heading towards a future where most of us access financial services through technology companies rather than high street banks. All sorts of companies are now embedding financial products into their apps and user journeys so that their customers can seamlessly make payments, manage expenses, take out loans, save, invest, and do more. The problem is that companies are still dependent on legacy banking infrastructure if they want to offer regulated financial products. They need to either partner directly with an incumbent bank and/or stitch together middleware from various Banking as a Service (BaaS) providers. This process is slow, expensive, and complex and makes it very hard for companies to get new financial products off the ground. We want to make it easy for companies to bring finance to their customers at the point of greatest relevance. So, we built a bank. But not just any bank! Griffin is a technology platform and a bank: fully regulated, API-first, developer-centric, and purpose-built to serve innovative fintechs and brands who want to build and embed financial products. Our culture is our most important asset, and one of the ways we safeguard it is by being extremely intentional about hiring the right people. We’re also remote-first, asynchronous, and fully flexible - because you're the expert on how and when you do your best work. Griffin's Chart team — what most companies call Finance — is our strategic engine room. We strike a careful balance between working closely with commercial and product on what's possible, and giving management, regulators and the Board a complete, accurate picture of the business. We’re objective and grounded in reality, while also looking to push the limits in terms of how a modern finance team looks and performs. Prudential, responsible for our regulatory reporting and prudential processes including our ICAAP and ILAAP Treasury operations, managing our cash, liquidity and funding operations Financial Control, which oversees statutory accounting, tax, cost control and revenue/billing. Current key projects include supporting our engineering teams on the technical design of Banksy, our in-house core banking system, and launching a new card issuing platform. As CFO, you’ll be expected to lead the Chart function. You’ll report to the CEO and work closely with them on strategic planning and budgeting for the business as a whole. In your first 6 months, you'll have defined the strategy for finance operations and taken full ownership of our regulatory submissions, keeping Griffin compliant and audit-ready. By 12 months, you'll have embedded yourself as a key partner to our Product and Engineering teams on Banksy (our in-house core banking system), and played a central role in getting our new card issuing platform to market with the right financial foundations in place. You’ll be responsible for leading from the front on financial discipline and making sure the business keeps costs under control while also working with the business to ensure it is adequately resourced to achieve its growth targets. Griffin's financial strategy and operating model, including full ownership of the Chart function and its evolution as we scale Chairing the Executive ALCO and overseeing all financial modelling, including ICAAP, ILAAP, Recovery Plan, Exit Plan and LCP All internal and external financial and regulatory reporting, and ongoing compliance with regulatory capital and liquidity requirements Cross-functional collaboration with Product and Engineering on product build and launch, with a particular focus on pricing strategy and unit economics Driving high performance within the rest of the team and architecting a finance function for the AI era Banking and/or Fintech Experience: You've held a senior finance leadership role in banking or fintech and have a solid grasp of the FCA/PRA regulatory environment. FP&A: You have a strong background in FP&A, supporting the business in budgeting, forecasting and financial planning. Growth-minded partner, not just a financial gatekeeper: You're a commercial leader excited to drive revenue growth. You've worked directly on pricing strategy, unit economics, and bottom-line ownership, not just taken them as given from business heads. You don't just direct from a distance and set and hold a high bar for performance in your team. You actively seek out AI and SaaS tools to help the Chart team work faster and smarter. You’re honest about tradeoffs, focused on achievable targets, and never distracted by unlikely scenario planning. Fresh perspective: You've built high-performing teams and see the function as a strategic partner — opening new business lines, spotting commercial opportunities, and driving product development. A love of writing - we have a major amount of written documentation that you will be contributing to, and we place a high degree of importance on clarity and readability (you can find out more here about how we write ) Previous experience of working at a senior or executive level or previous SMF2 experience Experience of liaising directly with regulatory bodies such as the FCA and PRA We are an early stage startup and we're working hard to expand our benefits package. Remote-first flexibility: Time off: 25 days’ holiday, bank holidays and a winter break (we shut down between Christmas and New Year) Own a part of what we’re building together Pension: Private medical with Bupa (including family cover) and life insurance with AIG Family leave: Enhanced parental leave with up to 6 months on full pay after two years’ service We’ll support you in creating a comfortable and effective WFH environment. As a bank, we’re committed to maintaining the highest standards of security. This would include verification of right to work, criminal record, credit history, social media and professional reference checks. Apply via the link below, if there's a match our Talent team will reach out to schedule an initial conversation and talk you through what happens next. We’re remote-first We have a small London office in Moorgate, but we are comfortable hiring people to work from anywhere in the UK. About a third of the company is based within occasional commuting distance of London, the rest are full-time remote. Our goal is for Griffin to proportionally represent the diversity of the working population in society. We’re working to ensure that Griffin is a supportive, empowering and inclusive environment for every member of our team — whatever your combination of race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical ability, nationality, neurodiversity, and religious beliefs. If you’re part of a group that is under-represented in fintech, we’d love to hear from you. 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