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Lightspark · 2 weeks ago

Treasury & Regulatory Finance Manager

Culver City, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$145K/yr - $170K/yr

7+ years exp

Lightspark is building open payments for the Internet, and they are seeking a Treasury & Regulatory Finance Manager to spearhead the build out and operation of their Treasury workstreams and regulated payments business. This role is critical in ensuring financial compliance while managing liquidity, cash, and digital assets to support business growth.

CryptocurrencyMobile PaymentsPayments

Responsibilities

Monitor and manage fiat, bitcoin, and other digital asset liquidity across global entities, banks, and custodians for all Lightspark entities

Execute timely internal transfers, fiat wires, bitcoin transactions, and exchange conversions to meet obligations

Develop frameworks for safeguarding funds, intercompany settlements, and liquidity stress testing

Support capital allocation, working capital forecasting, and treasury strategy

Support new product launches with treasury operational design for both fiat and bitcoin flows

Leverage AI/ML and automation tools to streamline reconciliations, detect anomalies in cash/crypto flows, and enhance liquidity forecasting accuracy

Implement scalable processes and controls for reconciliations, settlements, and cash reporting

Analyze large data sets using BI and AI-driven tools to reduce complexity, surface insights, and make actionable recommendations for management

Ensure compliance with liquidity requirements across Lightspark’s regulated entities

Partner with Compliance, Accounting, and Operations teams to support license renewals, and ongoing reporting obligations for financial KPIs (e.g. permissible investments reporting)

Maintain documentation and evidence for regulators, auditors, and banking/custody partners

Explore the use of AI-enabled reporting and monitoring tools to improve compliance efficiency and ensure timely, accurate filings across multiple jurisdictions

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

Provide treasury and regulatory insights for strategic planning and Senior Management reporting

Build scalable playbooks and automation for settlements, reconciliations, and reporting, including evaluating how AI agents and data pipelines can evolve these processes over time

Support management in completing special projects, ad-hoc questions and initiatives

Qualification

Treasury OperationsRegulatory ReportingLiquidity ManagementFinancial ModelingAI/ML ToolsBI ToolsDigital Asset FlowsCommunication SkillsAdaptabilityProblem Solving

Required

7+ years of experience in Finance, Treasury, or Regulatory Reporting in fintech, payments, or financial services

Experience in a regulated payments fintech or crypto company, work with international regulated payment entities is a plus

Experience with financial regulatory filings for licensed entities (e.g., state MTLs, FCA/EMI)

Hands-on treasury experience (cash forecasting, liquidity management, reconciliations)

Experience with both traditional payment rails (SWIFT, ACH, SEPA, SPEI, etc) and digital asset flows (bitcoin on-chain transactions, Lightning Network, crypto custody solutions)

Advanced Excel/Google Sheets and financial modeling skills

Enthusiasm and energy to deeply understand our business model – pricing model, flow of funds, interactions across crypto + fiat rails, and implementing emerging technologies like AI to improve efficiency, scalability, and resilience

Curiosity and comfort working with emerging AI/automation tools in finance and treasury contexts

Ability, and enthusiasm, to see challenges as an opportunity to grow

Experience communicating effectively across a broad range of communication mediums to a variety of different audiences, both internal and external

Experience navigating a fast paced startup environment

Ability to work onsite in our HQ in Los Angeles, California