Country Finance Director, UK - Global Payment
ByteDance
Accounting & Finance
London, UK
Responsibilities
About the Team: The Global Payment team of Bytedance provides payment solutions - including payment acquisitions, disbursements, transaction monitoring, payment method management, foreign exchange conversion, accounting, reconciliations, and so on to ensure that our users have a smooth and secure payment experience on ByteDance platforms including TikTok. We are seeking a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the UK payment business for our regulated payments/e-money entity. This role will be responsible for establishing a robust financial management framework in collaboration with the group finance team, ensuring full compliance with UK regulatory requirements, and partnering with business leadership to drive sustainable growth. This is a senior role requiring deep expertise in customer funds safeguarding, regulatory reporting, and financial governance within a UK-regulated payments, banking, or fintech environment. Responsibilities - Collaborate with HQ team to build the UK finance function, including accounting, treasury, financial reporting, and financial controls, in alignment with group standards - Oversee safeguarding of customer funds, ensuring compliance with UK regulatory requirements (e.g. FCA expectations), including reconciliation processes and controls - Own regulatory reporting for the UK entity, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with applicable regulations - Develop and implement entity level financial policies, procedures, and governance frameworks, supporting licensing requirements and ongoing regulatory obligations - Provide strategic financial leadership to senior management and Board, translating financial insights into actionable business decisions - Help to manage P&L performance, including revenue, operating margin, cost control, transfer pricing, and budgeting processes - Partner closely with global finance, treasury, and tax teams to ensure alignment on policies, reporting standards, and key financial assumptions - Manage relationships with regulators - Collaborate cross-functionally with Legal, Compliance, Risk, and Business teams to support business growth while maintaining regulatory compliance
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications - Proven experience as a senior finance expert within a UK-regulated payments/e-money institution, bank, or fintech, ideally within a global organisation - Strong experience in customer funds safeguarding, reconciliation, and regulatory reporting - Demonstrated experience in building and scaling finance functions, with strong collaboration and people management capabilities - Prior experience operating at Board or senior management level, with strong stakeholder management skills - Strong understanding of financial controls, accounting standards, and regulatory requirements in the UK - Detail-oriented, highly organised, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment, with excellent communication skills to clearly explain complex financial topics - Experience in implementing automation, with a forward-looking mindset to adopt frontier technologies such as AI Preferred Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree (or above) in Accounting, Finance, or a related field - Professional qualification such as ACCA, ACA, or equivalent - Experience working in high-growth or scaling fintech environments - Familiarity with FCA regulatory framework
Job Information
About Us
Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.
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Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.
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Diversity & Inclusion
ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.