Our client is seeking a strategic, highly adaptable Senior Finance Manager / Finance Lead to take ownership of financial operations and build scalable structures across its international operations (Startup environment).

This role is tailored for a senior finance professional with startup or fractional CFO experience who thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments. The idóneo candidate excels at operating amid ambiguity, synthesizing information distributed across disparate systems and teams, establishing clear processes, and providing executive-level decision support.

A critical priority for this role is specialized expertise in managing complex international banking relationships, clearly presenting unconventional business models to bank compliance teams, and ensuring reliable, uninterrupted payment rails.

Key Responsibilities

Banking & Compliance Management

- Build, maintain, and expand complex international banking and payment processing relationships.
- Clearly communicate and position unconventional business operations to banking compliance teams to ensure ongoing stability and operational flexibility.
- Proactively navigate regulatory hurdles, payment restrictions, and compliance requests to safeguard reliable payment options.
- Manage multi-currency accounts and foreign exchange exposure across global entities.

Financial Architecture & Process Building
- Establish financial structures, spending controls, and approval workflows in an evolving startup environment.
- Consolidate fragmented data across different software, spreadsheets, and team channels into accurate, cohesive financial systems.
- Develop dynamic financial models, weekly visibility dashboards, and budget-versus-actual tracking tools.
- Streamline treasury, accounts payable/receivable,



and month-end close procedures to maintain operational efficiency.

Strategic FP&A; & Leadership Support
- Partner directly with executive leadership to provide strategic guidance, risk assessments, and practical solutions.
- Lead financial planning and analysis (FP&A;), cash flow forecasting, and multi-year projections.
- Manage working capital and optimize cash flow performance across multi-entity operations.

Core Requirements & Qualifications
- Startup & Senior Experience: Proven background in senior finance leadership (Senior Finance Manager, Head of Finance, or Fractional CFO) within startup or high-growth environments.
- Banking & Compliance Expertise: Demonstrated track record of establishing and maintaining complex international banking relationships and successfully navigating compliance audits.
- Unconventional Business Support: Experience supporting unconventional, non-standard, or cross-border business models with unique banking or operational considerations.
- Navigating Ambiguity: Exceptional ability to build structure in fluid, changing environments and centralize information from diverse sources.
- Financial Foundations: Strong technical grounding in FP&A;, cash flow management, multi-currency reporting, and internal spending controls.
- Problem-Solving Mindset: A creative, solution-oriented approach with the initiative to turn dynamic business ideas into actionable financial frameworks.

Preferred Qualifications
- Exposure to international company structures and cross-border commercial transactions with startup mentality, very agile.
- Familiarity with modern accounting platforms (e.g., SAP, QuickBooks, Xero, or Odoo) and modern spreadsheet modeling techniques.
- Understanding of emerging payment technologies and alternative financial rails, paired with a strong focus on compliance.

📌 Senior Finance Manager | Startup (México)
🏢 BruntWork
📍 México