Finance Operations Manager

<div class="content-intro"><p>At Breeze, we're building the AI-powered infrastructure layer for global commerce, making it radically simpler for businesses to sell, get paid, and operate across markets.</p> <p>We go far beyond traditional payment processing. Breeze combines global payments, AI, stablecoins, and a Merchant of Record-like model to take on the complexity businesses typically manage themselves, including compliance, risk, fraud, chargebacks, reconciliation, and customer support.</p> <p>Our goal is simple: let businesses focus on building and selling great products while Breeze handles the complexity behind getting paid.</p> <p>Backed by <strong>Sequoia Capital</strong>, <strong>Multicoin Capital</strong>, and <strong>The Chainsmokers</strong>, Breeze is a successful, rapidly growing, and exceptionally well-capitalized company. We have the runway to think long term while remaining early enough that every person joining today can have a meaningful impact on what we build.</p></div><p><strong>Overview</strong></p> <p>As our Financial Operations Manager, reporting to our Head of Finance, you'll run the daily mechanics of money movement: merchant settlement, liquidity positioning across our banking and custody footprint, and the funding decisions that keep payouts on schedule in every currency and every entity we operate in.</p> <p>This is an execution role with real judgment attached. You'll be positioning cash before markets open, deciding which account gets funded and from where, executing wires and on-chain transfers under dual control, and investigating breaks when a settlement doesn't land where it should. It's also a build role. Much of what you'll inherit runs on spreadsheets and tribal knowledge, and we need it running on process. If you've done treasury or payment operations inside a payments company, a bank, or a crypto business, the shape of this job will be familiar.</p> <p>We're looking for someone who thrives in fast-moving environments, wants meaningful ownership, and is excited to build rather than simply maintain.</p> <p><strong>What You'll Do</strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Merchant setup and settlement</span></p> <ul> <li>Own merchant settlement configuration: bank details, payout schedules, settlement currencies, funding instructions, rolling reserves, and holdback terms.</li> <li>Execute and monitor the daily settlement cycle, investigating failed, delayed, or misrouted payouts through to resolution.</li> <li>Own merchant-facing settlement inquiries and settlement statement accuracy.</li> <li>Maintain reserve balances and release schedules in line with risk policy.</li> <li>Respond to merchant queries on charges, balance reconciliations, top-up amounts, and tax collected.</li> <li>Investigate settlement discrepancies and coordinate with payment partners on resolution.</li> </ul> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Crypto settlements</span></p> <ul> <li>Execute and reconcile stablecoin settlement flows, including on and off-ramp conversions with exchange and OTC counterparties.</li> <li>Manage wallet operations: whitelisting, transfer approvals, and address hygiene.</li> <li>Monitor custody balances and coordinate movements between custodial, exchange, and operating wallets.</li> <li>Reconcile on-chain activity to internal ledgers and investigate discrepancies.</li> </ul> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Liquidity and cash management</span></p> <ul> <li>Run daily cash positioning across bank accounts in different countries and currencies, and monitor o