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title: 'Chief Financial Officer - CFO at Taekus'
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# Chief Financial Officer - CFO at Taekus

- **Company:** Taekus
- **Location:** United States
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/taekus/e1f7a07f-3fe5-4d01-92db-53f1f77738e5

## Job description

## About Taekus

Taekus is building the first true luxury consumer bank, powered by vertically integrated rewards technology. We are building a modern financial institution around the way affluent consumers actually live, spend, and travel—combining banking, premium credit cards, loyalty, travel, and concierge experiences into a single ecosystem. Taekus has already built significant scale and is entering its next phase of growth. As we expand our banking products, launch our credit card platform, grow our membership base, and prepare for continued institutional growth, we are looking for a CFO who can help build the financial infrastructure and discipline required for the next stage of the company.

## The Role

We are looking for an experienced Chief Financial Officer who has spent significant time operating at the CFO level, including meaningful experience as a CFO within a bank or financial institution. This is not a traditional accounting-focused CFO role. The right person will be equally comfortable with financial strategy, banking economics, capital, risk, regulatory environments, board and investor management, and the day-to-day financial decisions required to operate a rapidly growing financial institution. You will work closely with the CEO and leadership team to build the financial foundation for Taekus' next phase—helping us understand the economics of the business, allocate capital intelligently, build scalable financial systems, and prepare the company for substantially greater scale.

## What You'll Own

Financial Strategy & Leadership

- Serve as the company's senior financial leader and strategic partner to the CEO and executive team.
- Develop and manage Taekus' financial strategy as the company scales.
- Manage sophisticated financial models covering banking, payments, credit cards, rewards, travel, and other emerging revenue streams.
- Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, scenario planning, and long-range financial planning.
- Help management make informed decisions around growth, pricing, product investment, capital allocation, and strategic initiatives.

Banking & Financial Institution Economics

- Bring deep practical knowledge of bank financial statements, balance sheets, liquidity, capital, and banking economics.
- Partner with banking and regulatory stakeholders to ensure Taekus' financial infrastructure and reporting are built appropriately for a growing financial institution.
- Help management understand and optimize the economics of deposits, payments, interchange, credit, rewards, and other financial products.

Accounting, Controls & Infrastructure

- Oversee accounting, financial reporting, treasury, tax, and financial controls.
- Build a finance organization and infrastructure that can scale significantly beyond Taekus' current size.
- Establish appropriate financial controls, processes, policies, and reporting cadence.
- Ensure financial reporting is accurate, timely, and decision-useful.

## What We're Looking For

Required:

- 12+ years of experience serving as a CFO, with substantial time operating in the CFO seat.
- Prior experience as the CFO of a bank or comparable regulated financial institution is required.
- Deep understanding of banking and financial institution economics.
- Significant experience with financial planning, forecasting, accounting, treasury, capital management, and financial controls.
- Experience working directly with boards, investors, auditors, regulators, and financial institutions.
- Strong understanding of fintech, payments, banking, credit cards, or adjacent financial services.

Especially Valuable:

- Experience with consumer banking or credit cards.
- Experience in a fintech, bank-fintech partnership, or technology-enabled financial institution.
- Experience taking a financial organization through significant growth or institutional fundraising.

## Why Taekus

Taekus is entering an important phase of growth. We've built the foundation; now we're building the institution. You'll have the opportunity to help shape the financial infrastructure, strategy, and organization of a new category of consumer financial company while working directly with the founders and executive team. This is a chance to join early enough to have significant influence, while operating a business that already has meaningful scale and a clear path toward substantially more.

## About Taekus

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Taekus is a fintech company building a premium travel credit card that optimizes reward points for airline tickets.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage; $6.43M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (CEO: Austen Mance)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Financial Services, Fintech, Payments
- **Target customers**: B2C – individual travelers seeking premium credit card rewards and better financial services
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Premium rewards payments products for those who want better financial services.” [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/taekus)

## Products & Services
- **[Taekus Credit Card]**: A premium credit card designed for travelers, offering rewards and benefits with an emphasis on optimizing reward points for airline tickets. The product is a financial services offering (credit card) rather than a software platform. [taekus.com](https://taekus.com/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding – $6.43M (Seed round completed August 2022) [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/taekus)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Soma Capital, Adapt Ventures [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/taekus)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 18 employees (+44.4% year-over-year) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/taekus)
  - Claimed profitability “4 months after launch” (as of Feb 2022) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/taekus)
  - Active hiring across engineering, compliance, underwriting, and operations [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/taekus)
  - Monthly website visits: ~90,901 (traffic growth +141% month-over-month) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/taekus)

## Competitive Advantages
- Focus on premium travel rewards with a specific optimization for airline tickets, differentiating from general cash-back or points cards.
- Early profitability claim suggests strong unit economics and product-market fit.
- Backed by reputable early-stage investors (Soma Capital, Adapt Ventures).

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling the team across engineering, product, and operations to expand the credit card offering and customer base.
- Building a “traveler’s dream credit card” with a seamless rewards experience.
- Maintaining profitability while growing headcount and market presence.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Small, fast-growing fintech startup (20 total employees) with a focus on engineering and product excellence. Team alumni include engineers from Square, Cash App, DoorDash, and Box. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/taekus)
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Some roles are listed as remote, while the San Francisco HQ has an on-site workspace. The company appears to support flexible work arrangements. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/taekus)
- **Notable Perks**: Not explicitly detailed, but the company emphasizes building premium financial products and has a strong technical stack (Django, Python, PostgreSQL, Redis, Figma, etc.) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/taekus)
- **Engineering Culture**: Technical team makes up ~35% of headcount; senior and head-level roles are common. The stack is modern and focused on fintech reliability.

## Sources
1. [taekus.com](https://taekus.com/)
2. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/taekus](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/taekus)
3. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/taekus)
4. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/taekus)
5. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/taekus)

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