finance manager in payments

The company is a regulated electronic money institution operating in the European payments market. It provides financial infrastructure for international payment programmes and works with banking partners, technology providers, and regulated counterparties.

• Lead the finance function across accounting, financial reporting, treasury, tax, payroll oversight, budgeting, and financial planning
• Serve as a Management Board Member and contribute independent financial judgement to strategic and governance decisions
• Calculate and monitor own funds, capital buffers, liquidity, and other prudential requirements
• Own the financial operation of the safeguarding framework, including daily reconciliations, discrepancy investigations, and timely escalation
• Prepare prudential, financial, and statistical reports for the Bank of Lithuania and other competent authorities
• Produce annual budgets, multi-year financial plans, rolling forecasts, monthly management accounts, and Board-level reporting
• Maintain accounting policies, financial procedures, payment controls, authorisation limits, and reconciliation methodologies
• Coordinate statutory audits, financial statements, tax compliance, and remediation of audit or regulatory findings
• Assess the financial impact of new products, material contracts, outsourcing arrangements, and changes to the operating model
• Lead finance personnel and external service providers, collaborating with risk, compliance, AML, internal audit, and operational teams
• Ensure the integrity of financial information and strengthen the financial control framework
• Contribute to decisions affecting strategy, products, investments, outsourcing, and long-term resilience

• At least 7 years of relevant experience in finance, accounting, audit, financial control, or treasury, including senior leadership responsibility
• Strong financial services experience and ability to work within a regulated governance framework
• Knowledge of accounting, statutory reporting, taxation, budgeting, liquidity management, and internal financial controls
• Practical understanding of own funds, safeguarding, prudential reporting, and the financial obligations of a regulated institution
• Experience preparing financial information and recommendations for executive management, shareholders, or a Management Board
• Relevant university degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, or a related discipline
• Professional fluency in English and ability to work effectively with Lithuanian regulators, auditors, and professional advisers
• Integrity, professional reputation, independence, and availability required for a regulated Management Board position
• Independent judgement and confidence to challenge decisions involving material financial or regulatory risk
• Strategic thinking and willingness to take ownership of operational finance processes
• Clear communication with the CEO, Management Board, regulators, auditors, and non-finance stakeholders
• High standards of accuracy, confidentiality, accountability, and professional ethics
• Ability to prioritise regulatory deadlines while building a reliable and scalable finance function
• Будет плюсом: direct experience within an electronic money institution, payment institution, or bank, ACCA, ACA, CIMA, certified auditor status or another recognised professional finance qualification, experience with recovery planning, wind-down planning, capital planning, or financial stress testing, knowledge of cross-border payments, safeguarding accounts, related-party transactions, or outsourced finance arrangements, experience improving financial systems, reporting automation, and data quality

• Senior leadership package aligned with the scope and regulatory responsibility of the position
• Direct influence on the company’s financial strategy, governance, and business decisions
• Ownership of finance, safeguarding, capital, liquidity, and regulatory financial reporting
• International exposure across payments, banking relationships, technology partners, and regulated markets