Director Ledger Reconciliation Systems

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end reconciliation and money movement domain, including ledgering logic, payout flows, and exception handling.
• Deeply understand how funds move through the current system — where data originates, how it transforms, where it breaks, and why.
• Document an existing, tribal-knowledge-heavy system and turn it into a clear, maintainable, auditable operational model.
• Lead the architectural direction for a long-term fix to the post-capture payout calculation issue, ensuring alignment with both Finance and Engineering.
• Partner with engineering teams to design and implement scalable, accurate, and resilient reconciliation and ledgering systems.
• Serve as the primary translator between Finance and Engineering — ensuring both sides understand requirements, constraints, and impacts.
• Define product requirements, roadmap, and success metrics for reconciliation and money movement systems.
• Identify root causes of reconciliation discrepancies and drive cross-functional resolution.
• Build processes, controls, and reporting frameworks that improve accuracy, transparency, and audit readiness.
• Provide leadership, clarity, and direction in a domain where ambiguity and complexity are currently high.

Required Experience & Skills

• Director-level experience in financial systems, payments technology, or a related domain.
• Strong accounting and financial background — able to understand ledgers, settlement flows, and reconciliation logic.
• Deep understanding of how money moves through technical systems (capture → settlement → payout → ledgering).
• Experience designing or owning financial or payment system architecture.
• Ability to diagnose system-level issues, identify failure points, and guide engineering toward sustainable fixes.
• Exceptional communication skills — able to speak credibly with both Finance and Engineering and translate between them.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives with high ambiguity and high business impact.
• Strong documentation discipline and the ability to turn tribal knowledge into structured, repeatable processes.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with payout systems, settlement engines, or payment processors.
• Background in building or modernizing ledgering systems.
• Familiarity with financial compliance, audit requirements, or SOX-related controls.
• Product management experience in financial or payments platforms.