VP Finance at Bastion

<h1><strong>About Bastion</strong></h1><p style="min-height:1.5em">Bastion builds regulated financial infrastructure for modern businesses. Bastion's full stack product suite covers stablecoin issuance, custodial wallet infrastructure, and global asset conversion rails, with the flexibility to deploy individual capabilities or combine them end-to-end. </p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Bastion's regulated foundation underpins a compliance-first approach to risk management, ensuring the integrity and security of all financial activity within its systems. Bastion holds the appropriate licenses for its own operations, but can also act as a service provider, offering compliance and financial operations support under our customers’ licenses.</p><h2>Overview</h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">We are hiring a VP of Finance to Build scalable finance systems, processes, and infrastructure. This is a hands-on leadership role. You'll own the numbers end to end, from month-end close to regulatory filings to the financial models that inform how the company allocates capital and prices its products.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">You need to be someone who has lived inside the details of accounting and financial reporting, and who can also zoom out to drive strategic financial planning, build FP&amp;A capabilities, and partner with leadership on decisions that shape the business. You should be equally comfortable reviewing journal entries, building customer-level P&amp;Ls and pricing models, and presenting financial analysis to the board.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience in highly regulated industries (financial services in particular) is a strong bonus. Bastion operates under a NYDFS trust charter, which means the finance function carries specific regulatory reporting obligations. </p><p style="min-height:1.5em">You'll report to the COO.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">While there is a preference for the role to be based in NYC, we are open to candidates across the United States.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h1><strong>Work to Be Done</strong></h1><p style="min-height:1.5em">Instead of a list of requirements, we want to give you a directional look into the first 30, 90, and 180 days on the job.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We are a startup, so the pace is fast and the specific work will change. People who thrive here are finding ways to contribute in their first week, and fully productive in their third month. You need to be okay with that.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">If you think this is something you can handle, we will be excited to speak with you.</p><h3>First 30 days: Get into the details and start owning the numbers</h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Immerse yourself in Bastion's financial infrastructure.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Review all active regulatory reporting obligations—understand what gets filed, when, with which regulators, and who currently prepares each submission.</p></li><li><p s