About ChainUp
Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Singapore, ChainUp provides institutional-grade blockchain and digital asset technology solutions to clients globally. Our products and services support exchanges, custodians, wallets, payment companies, and Web3 businesses with secure infrastructure such as custody solutions, wallets, APIs, and compliance-ready systems. ChainUp operates internationally with regional teams across Asia and other key markets.
Role Overview
We are seeking a strategic and hands-on
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to lead ChainUp’s global finance function. This role will drive financial strategy, governance, planning, reporting, compliance, and risk management across multi-entity, multi-currency operations in a fast-moving digital asset environment. The CFO will partner closely with the CEO, executive leadership, and business heads to scale the organization sustainably.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Business Partnering
- Lead the company’s financial strategy, capital planning, and long-term financial roadmap aligned with business growth.
- Partner with CEO/executives on pricing, profitability, product margin, budgeting, and investment decisions.
- Provide insights on business performance, unit economics, revenue mix, and cost efficiency.
Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
- Own annual budgeting, forecasting, cashflow planning, and management reporting.
- Build clear KPIs and dashboards for leadership decision-making across products, regions, and entities.
- Conduct scenario planning (market cycles, revenue volatility, expansion planning, headcount plans).
Accounting, Reporting & Controls
- Oversee month-end/year-end closing and ensure timely and accurate financial statements.
- Strengthen internal controls, approval workflows, and finance policies for scalable operations.
- Manage multi-currency accounting, intercompany transactions, revenue recognition, and cost allocation.
Treasury, Cash Management & Risk
- Manage cashflow, liquidity, banking relationships, payment operations, and treasury strategy.
- Establish risk management processes including fraud prevention, operational risk, and financial governance.
- Support digital-asset-related financial processes where applicable (e.g., wallet flows, settlement processes, reconciliations) with strong controls.
Compliance, Audit, Tax & Corporate Governance
- Lead external audits, tax filings (including GST where relevant), and regulatory reporting as required.
- Coordinate with legal/compliance teams on corporate governance and finance-related regulatory obligations.
- Ensure finance practices meet cross-border entity compliance requirements and reporting standards.
Team Leadership
- Lead and develop the finance team across accounting, FP&A, tax, treasury, and operations.
Set clear performance standards, build strong finance processes, and implement best practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA/CA/ACCA strongly preferred.
- 5+ years of progressive finance experience, including leadership experience (CFO/Finance Director/Head of Finance).
- Strong track record in multi-entity, multi-country, multi-currency finance operations.
- Experience in technology, fintech, payments, trading, digital assets, blockchain, or regulated financial environments is highly advantageous.
- Strong knowledge of financial controls, audit, tax, compliance, and corporate governance.
- Proven ability to work strategically while remaining hands-on in execution.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Lead and develop the finance team across accounting, FP&A, tax, treasury, and operations.
