Finance Manager, Payments

Lightspark is building the open payment protocol for the Internet making money move like data: instantly, globally, and without friction. With enterprise tools like Grid, Node, and Spark, businesses can send and receive money instantly, securely, and at a fraction of the cost, anytime, anywhere. Lightspark is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, but serves the world.

Lightspark is seeking a Finance Manager to spearhead the build out and operation of some of Lightspark’s key finance workstreams. The Finance Manager will. Your work will directly impact our operational resilience, customer trust, and ability to scale. You will also drive critical internal and external financial system integrations, including identifying the requirements and driving efficiencies for our bitcoin and fiat operations. Your ability to intricately connect finance requirements to our product solutions will be integral to our success.

This role is custom-made for someone with boundless optimism for the future and an insatiable appetite for learning. We value adaptability, and you will have a “can-do” attitude,and have a strong sense of ownership. You will need to be self-sufficient to deliver results.

What you'll be doing:

- Own a range of crypto-asset and fiat finance, treasury, and accounting priorities including calculating and tracking various revenue models, wallet structures, and liquidity management.

- Collaborate with Product and Engineering to align financial and treasury infrastructure with payments and settlement flows.

- Partner with business, product, and go-to-market teams to evaluate pricing strategies, commercial terms, and margin optimization opportunities.

- Build financial models to support pricing decisions, product launches, and strategic initiatives, including scenario analysis and sensitivity testing.

- Optimize financial systems and reporting. You will collaborate with various cross-functional teams to implement system enhancements that improve the...