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Astra

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2016

📦 Logistics

💳 Fintech

🔌 API

Logistics • Fintech • API

<Astra> Astra is a Payments Cloud platform that provides a vertically integrated, compliance-first solution for instant money movement across multiple payment rails (ACH, RTP, FedNow, Visa Direct, Mastercard Move). It centralizes processing plus KYC/AML, fraud screening, ledgering, reconciliation, disputes, and treasury behind a single API so businesses can launch payouts, instant funding, and accelerated bank transfers without building or maintaining a payments stack. Astra targets developer-led teams and platforms, enabling fast time-to-market, intelligent routing, and configurable payment workflows for B2B customers via one integration.

📋 Description

• Lead and scale Astra’s finance function during rapid growth • Own financial strategy, planning, reporting, and operational rigor • Monitor cash flow, runway, and capital needs; build forecasting frameworks • Advise the CEO and leadership team on pricing, resource allocation, and growth initiatives • Own board materials, investor updates, fundraising analyses, executive reporting, data room preparation, and diligence processes • Build financial models for GMV/TPV, take rate, revenue yield, and unit economics • Develop reporting, dashboards, and KPI frameworks • Analyze and forecast payments revenue, interchange, network fees, processor costs, and revenue share agreements • Evaluate merchant profitability, cohort performance, and partner economics • Direct reconciliation and settlement accounting across ACH, RTP, FedNow, wires, and card networks • Own treasury and liquidity management and partner with compliance and payments teams on capital requirements and licensing • Lead annual budgeting, long-range planning, and recurring forecasting cycles • Direct monthly close, accounts payable/receivable, treasury, and bookkeeping • Coordinate audits and manage relationships with auditors, tax advisors, and banking partners • Establish accounting policies, internal controls, repeatable processes, and scalable reporting frameworks • Analyze business performance and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, unit economics, and growth • Manage and develop existing finance employees and recruit additional team members

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in finance, FP&A, investment banking, strategic finance, or related fields • Exposure to accounting/controllership fundamentals • Experience in an early-stage or venture-backed startup, ideally as a founding or first finance hire • Hands-on experience leading fundraising processes, including 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 • Track record of building scalable financial processes and reporting frameworks • Excellent communication skills and ability to translate financial insights into business recommendations • Comfort directing tactical work through others • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field • 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 such as Tableau, Power BI, or Looker and/or SQL • CPA, CFA, or MBA a plus (preferred)

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity in a growing fintech company • Remote-first culture with flexible working arrangements • Professional growth opportunities in compliance and risk management • Mission-driven work supporting financial innovation and regulatory standards