Astra is building mission-critical infrastructure for moving money at scale. Our platform processes billions in annual transaction volume with 99.9%+ uptime, powering real-time transfers, bank debits, card disbursements, and complex financial compliance systems. We provide APIs and automation tools that enable businesses to move money programmatically while maintaining strict regulatory requirements.
Astra is seeking a Head of Finance to lead and scale our finance function during a period of rapid growth. Reporting directly to the CEO, you will own the company's financial strategy, planning, reporting, and operational rigor, while serving as a key thought partner to the leadership team.
We're looking for a strategic finance leader who can help shape how the business scales — from pricing strategy and capital planning to long-range forecasting, investor readiness, and operational decision-making. This is a highly impactful role that sits at the intersection of strategy, operations, and execution. You will build the financial infrastructure that enables Astra to scale efficiently, provide visibility into company performance, support fundraising and board reporting, and help drive critical decisions across every department.
As Astra’s first finance leader, you’ll own the oversight of tactical work, while defining processes, standard procedures, and building a team to deliver for our fast-growing company’s operational needs. With those foundational systems in place, you will be expected to direct and grow that function rather than execute it yourself – freeing you to focus on the financial strategy, modeling, and investor-facing work that the business needs most right now. Over time, you'll build out the team further as Astra's needs grow.
The ideal candidate has helped scale a venture-backed fintech, payments, or infrastructure company through multiple stages of growth, ideally from seed or Series A through later-stage scale, and has sat close enough to a fundraising process to know what investors actually look for. This person brings strong judgment, executive presence, and the ability to influence decisions in environments where there is no existing playbook.
If you have run the finance function before or were a senior high-performing contributor to a finance team and you want end-to-end ownership at a company moving fast, keep reading.
Own financial strategy and capital planning
Guide strategic decision-making
Tell the financial story
Own board materials, investor updates, fundraising analyses, and executive reporting. Translate complex payments and fintech economics into narratives that support decision-making among internal and external stakeholders. Lead data room preparation and diligence processes, drawing on prior fundraising experience to anticipate what investors will ask.
Drive FP&A
Build and maintain the financial models that power decision-making across the business — driver-based models for GMV/TPV, take rate, revenue yield, and unit economics. Develop reporting, dashboards, and KPI frameworks that provide visibility into performance and operating drivers.
Own payments and fintech economics
Analyze and forecast payments revenue streams, including interchange, network fees, processor costs, and revenue share agreements. Build models around interchange-plus, buy-rate, and blended pricing structures. Evaluate merchant profitability, cohort performance, and partner economics.
Own treasury and settlement operations
Direct reconciliation and settlement accounting across payment rails (ACH, RTP, FedNow, wires, and card networks settlement). Own treasury and liquidity management, and partner with Astra's compliance and payments teams on capital requirements and licensing tied to our payments operations.
Own company planning
Lead the annual budgeting process, long-range planning, and recurring forecasting cycles. Partner with department leaders to align investments, headcount, and operating plans with company goals.
Required Experience
7+ years of experience in finance, FP&A, investment banking, strategic finance, or related fields, with exposure to accounting/controllership fundamentals
Experience operating in an early-stage or venture-backed startup, ideally as a founding or first finance hire
Direct hands-on experience running point on fundraising processes — data rooms, diligence, investor materials, or board reporting
Exceptional financial modeling, forecasting, and analytical skills
Strong understanding of fintech or payments business models and operating drivers
Experience partnering directly with executive leadership and presenting to boards or investors
A track record of building scalable financial processes and reporting frameworks
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate financial insights into business recommendations
Comfort directing tactical work through others rather than owning every detail personally
Education
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field; CPA, CFA, or MBA a plus
Preferred Experience
Experience in payments, fintech, SaaS, or embedded finance
Familiarity with interchange, network fees, acquirer/processor pricing, and revenue share models
Prior fundraising, investor relations, or corporate development experience
Experience building and managing a finance team from the ground up
Exposure to BI tools (Tableau, Power BI, Looker) and/or SQL
Astra is scaling from roughly 30 toward 50–60 employees, and finance has been run informally up to this point. This hire will set the financial strategy and infrastructure Astra needs for its next stage — credible forecasts, investor-ready reporting, and sound capital planning — while directing the tactical work rather than getting buried in it. It's a rare chance to shape financial strategy at a fintech company from the ground floor, with real leverage from day one.
Competitive compensation with equity in a growing fintech company.
Remote-first culture with flexible working arrangements
Small team, big impact — your work directly supports Astra’s ability to scale responsibly
Professional growth opportunities in compliance and risk management
Mission-driven — build infrastructure that powers financial innovation while meeting the highest regulatory standards
Astra is a remote-first company hiring only within the U.S. We value thoughtful collaboration, clarity, and initiative. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team.
Compensation Range: $200K - $245K
