--- title: 'Chief of Staff, Group CFO at Referrals Only' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/chief-of-staff-group-cfo-referrals-only-london-fg8xem42f7fh' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-14' --- # Chief of Staff, Group CFO at Referrals Only - **Company:** Referrals Only - **Location:** London, United Kingdom - **Posted:** 2026-08-19 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-14 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/monzoreferrals/jobs/8141669 ## Job description 📍London | 💰£90,000 - £120,000 + Incentive Awards tied to your performance + [Benefits](https://monzo.com/careers/)  ✨ The Chief of Staff (CoS) will support our Group CFO, working across the Finance collective, which encompasses 250+ individuals. You'll play a critical role in managing operations, aligning leadership, and driving strategic initiatives. - Strategic Oversight: Ensure key initiatives are on track, providing updates and alignment with leadership. - Data-Driven Storytelling: Summarise insights and create compelling presentations and reports that support decision making and interactions with internal (i.e. Board, Executive team) and external (i.e. Investors) stakeholders. - Execution & Accountability: Own the implementation of initiatives, collaborating with senior leaders to keep projects on track. - Strategic Doer: Combine hands-on execution with strategic thinking to align cross-functional teams with the CFO’s vision. - Leadership Team Support: Assist the CFO in running leadership team (LT) meetings, preparing materials. - Operational Collaboration: Leverage people skills to build relationships across the company and partner with the CoS to the CEO, CFO's EA and Finance Senior Leadership to coordinate key initiatives, ensuring alignment across teams. 🔑You’ll play a key role by… - Formulating and executing strategic projects. - Collaborating across the company to remove roadblocks and solve complex challenges. - Organising team engagement initiatives like collective All Hands, Offsites in partnership with EAs etc. - Preparing the CFO for meetings with key stakeholders - Drafting and communicating major updates. 🤩We’d love to hear from you if… - You’ve spent time in consulting, investment banking or high growth tech. - Proven ability to drive outcomes through influence, consensus-building, and effective stakeholder management. - Skilled in financial analysis and analytical tools. - Strong communicator with a talent for delivering clear, constructive feedback and aligning teams. - Curious, organised multi-tasker who thrives in dynamic, fast-paced environments and proactively solves problems 🙌What’s in it for you 💰 £90,000 - £120,000 ➕ Incentive Awards tied to your performance. ⏰We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, and at times that suit you and your team. 📚£1,000 learning budget each year to use on books, training courses and conferences. 🏡We will set you up to work from home; all employees are given Macbooks and for fully remote workers we will provide extra support for your work-from-home setup. ➕ Plus lots more! [Read our full list of benefits](https://monzo.com/careers/). 🌈 The application journey has 3 key steps - Recruiter Call. - Interview with the Director of Finance Strategy. - Interview with Group CFO (Hiring Manager) Our average process takes around 3-4 weeks but we will always work around your availability. You will have the chance to speak to our recruitment team at various points during your process but if you do have any specific questions or want to talk through reasonable adjustments ahead of or during application please us at any point on core-hiring@monzo.com. ## #LI-TP1 ## About Referrals Only ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Marqeta is the world’s first modern card issuing platform, providing open APIs that enable businesses to create, manage, and scale customized payment card programs. - **Entity Type**: Public (Ticker: MQ on NASDAQ) - **Headquarters**: Oakland, California, USA - **Founded**: 2010 - **Founders**: Jason Gardner (Founder & Executive Chairman) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Financial Technology (Fintech) — Modern Card Issuing & Payment Solutions - **Target customers**: B2B; serves a wide range of industries including digital banking, on-demand delivery, buy now, pay later, expense management, retail, and workforce payments. Customers include Square, DoorDash, and other high-growth fintech and enterprise companies. - **Mission or purpose statement**: To simplify payments and enable any company to deliver delightful payment experiences natively, powering more flexible, engaging, and innovative payment products. ## Products & Services - **Modern Card Issuing Platform (SaaS/API)**: Fully open API platform that allows developers to launch new credit and debit card programs with speed, flexibility, and scale. Supports instant wage access, embedded finance, and custom card products. - **Compliance & Risk Management (Service)**: Integrated fraud detection, spend control, and compliance tools to ensure high levels of security and uptime. - **Global Expansion Capabilities (Platform)**: Certified to operate in over 40 countries across the US, Europe, and Asia, enabling businesses to scale globally. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: As a public company, market cap fluctuates. As of mid-2026, Marqeta is a publicly traded company valued in the multi-billion dollar range (exact figure varies with market conditions). - **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue — $383 billion+ in total volume processed in 2025; 80x volume growth since 2017; 99.99% platform uptime in 2025. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Key customers include Square (Block), DoorDash, and other leading fintech and enterprise firms. Partners include issuing banks, networks (e.g., Visa, Mastercard), and card fulfillment providers. - **Growth Signals**: Recognized as a CNBC Disruptor (top 50 in 2021 award); consistent expansion into new geographies (EU, UK, Asia); continued hiring across multiple departments and regions (US, Canada, UK). ## Competitive Advantages - **First-mover & category leader**: Marqeta defined the modern card issuing category with its open API platform, giving it a decade-plus head start over competitors. - **Scalability & reliability**: Proven track record of 99.99% uptime and handling massive transaction volumes (80x growth since 2017) — critical for enterprise customers. - **Deep integration with major networks**: Pre-existing relationships with Visa, Mastercard, and issuing banks shorten time-to-market for customers. - **Developer-first approach**: Open APIs and developer tools make it easy for engineering teams to build custom payment experiences quickly. ## Strategic Focus - **Global expansion**: Continuing to expand its certified operations into new countries (currently 40+) to serve multinational customers. - **Embedded finance & new use cases**: Driving adoption in instant wage access, embedded finance, and enterprise expense management. - **AI & automation**: Investing in AI-powered fraud detection, risk management, and product automation (e.g., hiring for Principal Security Engineer, Product & AI; Lead Product Manager, Enterprise AI & Automation). - **Platform stability & security**: Maintaining industry-leading uptime and security compliance as core differentiators. ## Why Work Here - **Culture & values**: Marqeta emphasizes a culture of “Simplify and Innovate,” “Solve for the Customer,” “Do What’s Right,” “Make it Count,” and “Win as a Team.” Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) include BlackCard, HOLA, RepresentAsian, Desi, MQ-Proud, Vets@MQ, Women’s Group, Parents’ Group, and Marqetaglots. - **Remote/hybrid policy**: Many roles are remote (US, Canada, UK), with some positions based in Oakland, CA or London, UK. The company supports flexible work arrangements. - **Notable perks & engineering culture**: Fast-paced, purpose-driven environment; strong focus on developer experience and open APIs; opportunities to work on cutting-edge payment infrastructure at massive scale. The company invests heavily in early career talent and internal mobility. - **Award-winning workplace**: Recognized as a top workplace (e.g., CNBC Disruptor) and offers a collaborative, inclusive environment. ## Sources 1. [Marqeta About Us](https://www.marqeta.com/company/about-us) 2. [Marqeta Careers Page](https://www.marqeta.com/company/careers) 3. [Marqeta Homepage](https://www.marqeta.com/) 4. [Greenhouse Job Board](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/marqeta) 5. 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