Sr. Director - Finance & Tax

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Mumbai, Maharashtra, IND
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Blockchain • Fintech • Payments • Cryptocurrency
The Role
Nium, Global Leader in Payments
 
Nium, the global leader in real-time, cross-border payments, was founded on the mission to deliver the global payments infrastructure of tomorrow, today. With the onset of the global economy, its payments infrastructure is shaping how banks, fintechs, and businesses everywhere collect, convert, and disburse funds instantly across borders.  
Its payout network supports 100 currencies and spans 220+ markets, 100 of which in real-time. Funds can be disbursed to accounts, wallets, and cards and collected locally in 35 markets. Nium's growing card issuance business is already available in 34 countries. Nium holds regulatory licenses and authorizations in more than 40 countries, enabling seamless onboarding, rapid integration, and compliance – independent of geography. The company is co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore. 

The Sr Director of Finance & Tax will oversee Nium’s global financial close, technical accounting, financial reporting, tax, and financial audits. They will lead a team of finance professionals, ensuring accuracy and compliance in financial practices. This role involves communicating financial performance to stakeholders and collaborating with other departments to drive strategic initiatives. Ultimately, the focus will be on optimizing financial performance and mitigating risks to ensure the organization's long-term success. 

Key Responsibilities

  • Overseeing the monthly financial close and consolidation for multiple entities around the world 
  • Reviewing and improving reconciliations between our systems and general ledger 
  • Process improvements and implementation of new tools 
  • Monthly close optimisation 
  • Coordination on the global financial audits 
  • Review technical accounting under IFRS and other statutory regulations 
  • Overseeing global tax team compliance and strategy 
  • Lead and coordinate various business initiatives alongside FP&A team 

Requirements

  • Tactical Requirements 
  • Chartered Accountant or equivalent 
  • Technically proficient in IFRS and consolidating global entities and currencies  
  • Experience building and optimizing automated finance processes using ERP, Procure to Pay, Expense Reimbursement, and other tools 
  • Understand reconciliation systems OR reconciliation process for large volume data sets 
  • Ability to understand and communicate monthly changes/nuances of three statement financial statements 
  • Experience with financial institutions or financial services sector 

  • Individual Requirements 
  • Total of 14+ Yrs experience with experience in managing teams and project management. 
  • Critical thinker, with the ability to solve complex problems within finance organization 
  • Operates with extremely high level of integrity  
  • Curiosity into Nium’s business model and the fintech sector  
  • Excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing 
  • Experience leading teams, building culture, and training up junior talent (we do check references) 
  • Strong command of the English language and an effective oral communicator 
  • Experience of working across different geographies and managing multi-geo, multi-level stakeholders. 
  • Ability to comprehend, analyze and present interpretation of large volume and data sets 
  • Exposure and financial working on various legal entities (India, Singapore, UK, US ) 
  • Track record of working well with other teams within finance (Tax, FP&A, Procurement, Treasury, Corporate Development etc.) and teams outside of finance (Operations, Legal etc.)  
  • Huge Plus  
  • Has led or been a key team member of a successful big four audit process 
  • Comes from a Fintech background, especially if from a payments background 
  • Experience with Netsuite, Zip, Mesh and other modern finance tools 

What we offer at Nium
 
We Value Performance: Through competitive salaries, performance bonuses, sales commissions, equity for specific roles and recognition programs, we ensure that all our employees are well rewarded and incentivized for their hard work. 

We Care: The wellness of Nium’ers is our #1 priority. We offer medical coverage along with 24/7 employee assistance program, generous vacation programs including our year-end shut down. We also provide a flexible hybrid working environment (3 days per week in the office). 

We Upskill Ourselves: We are curious, and always want to learn more with a focus on upskilling ourselves. We provide role-specific training, internal workshops, and a learning stipend. 

We Constantly Innovate: Since our inception, Nium has received constant recognition and awards for how we approach both our business and talent opportunities. Check out CNBC World’s Top Fintech Companies 2024.  

We Celebrate Together: We recognize that work is also about creating great relationships with each other. We celebrate together with company-wide social events, team bonding activities, happy hours, team offsites, and much more!  

We Thrive With Diversity: Nium is truly a global company, with more than 33 nationalities, based in 18+ countries and more than 10 office locations. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing a safe and welcoming environment for everyone.  
For more detailed region-specific benefits:  https://www.nium.com/careers#careers-perks  

For more information visit www.nium.com 

Depending on your location, certain laws may regulate the way Nium manages the data of candidates. By submitting your job application, you are agreeing and acknowledging that you have read and understand our Candidate Privacy Notice located at www.nium.com/privacy/candidate-privacy-notice.

Nium Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nium and has not been reviewed or approved by Nium.

  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Pay is considered market-competitive in certain tech and sales roles and higher‑paying geographies, with upside evident for specific functions and seniority. Signals of strong totals in U.S. engineering/product and top‑end sales support a generally favorable footing.
  • Healthcare Strength Company materials and external listings describe comprehensive health coverage and 24×7 assistance support aligned with a modern fintech package. These elements are positioned as core parts of the global offering.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Generous parental leave, standard PTO, and a company‑wide year‑end shutdown expand time‑off support beyond basics. Public career materials and job ads consistently reference these components.

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The Company
HQ: Singapore
713 Employees
Year Founded: 2015

What We Do

Nium is an advanced payments platform redefining the way consumers and businesses send, spend, and receive funds across borders. Nium’s goal is to make the movement of money seamless through being a universal plug for financial services. The company uses agile, elegant, and modular solutions for complex business problems. Be it an Individual, new-age digital bank, or a traditional industry behemoth, Nium prides itself on creating financial infrastructure for every level of sophistication. Nium’s key solutions: • Pay-ins • Pay-outs • Card issuance • Banking-as-a-service • Crypto-as-a-service We are a global leader in B2B modern money movement • Launched the world’s first global platform for crypto-as-a-service • $280M Funding • Series D • $2B Valuation o 130+M End customers o 190+ Payout markets o 100+ Supported currencies • Named on CB Insight’s Fintech 250 List • Financial Times’ List of Asia-Pacific High-Growth Companies 2021 • Fintech Employer of the Year’ at the 2021 Singapore Fintech Festival • Best B2B Payment Platform’ at the 2021 Future Digital Awards

Why Work With Us

We, at Nium, are on a mission to transform modern money movement. We are driven by our co-created values of "seek the simple", "make it better" and "win it together". These aren't just buzzwords; they're how we do business every day and owned by each and every employee at Nium. We create new rules and new possibilities for a world of open money.

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