Country Finance Director, UK - Global Payment

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