B

Block

Runs Square payments and the Cash App money app

Head of Financial Operations

Business OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTokyo, Japan$304.5k - $628.2k

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 15 years of experience in fintech, payments, banking, card networks, acquiring, issuing, payment operations, or related financial services roles.
  • Deep expertise in Japan’s payments ecosystem, including card networks, acquirers, issuers, processors, banks, regulators, government bodies, and industry associations.
  • A strong track record building and influencing senior relationships with partners, financial institutions, regulators, industry bodies, and market stakeholders.
  • Strong commercial judgment, including experience negotiating complex agreements and balancing cost, risk, compliance, customer experience, product outcomes, and growth.
  • Experience representing a company externally with senior partners, regulators, government stakeholders, industry bodies, or public-facing audiences.
  • Proven ability to lead through ambiguity, translate complexity into clear plans, and deliver measurable outcomes across business, product, operational, regulatory, and technical challenges.
  • Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives with Product, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Risk, Policy, Marketing, and Operations teams.
  • Executive-level communication and presentation skills in English, with the ability to make clear and persuasive recommendations to senior stakeholders.
  • Native- or business-level Japanese proficiency, including the ability to negotiate, influence, and build trust with Japan-based partners and regulators.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the execution of Square Japan’s Financial Operations priorities, turning regional and global strategy into clear market plans and outcomes.
  • Own operational performance for incoming and outgoing payments, including reliability, settlement, incident management, controls, cost efficiency, and seller experience.
  • Build and manage senior relationships with banks, acquirers, card networks, payment providers, industry bodies, regulators, and other strategic partners.
  • Lead commercial and operational negotiations with payment and banking partners to support Square’s growth, product roadmap, risk requirements, and cost objectives.
  • Represent Square Japan in partner, industry, regulatory, and public forums where Financial Operations expertise is required.
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Policy, Finance, Marketing, and Operations to launch new capabilities and resolve market-specific challenges.
  • Identify opportunities to improve authorization performance, settlement reliability, reconciliation, payment costs, dispute outcomes, vendor performance, and operational controls.
  • Monitor regulatory, network, partner, and industry changes in Japan and lead coordinated responses across internal teams.
  • Establish governance, reporting, operating rhythms, and escalation paths that improve decision-making, transparency, and accountability.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience working directly with key regulators or government bodies in Japan, including METI, JFSA, or relevant payments and financial services authorities.
  • Understanding of Payment Facilitator, acquiring, issuing, settlement, clearing, reconciliation, and card network operating models.
  • Experience working in a US-headquartered fintech, technology, payments, or financial services company.
  • Media training or experience serving as an external spokesperson, industry representative, or senior market leader.

About the Company

Block

Runs Square payments and the Cash App money app

Block runs Square, which sells card readers and checkout software to businesses, and Cash App, an app people use to send, save, spend, and borrow money. Its first product, a square card reader that plugged into a phone's headphone jack in 2010, let street vendors and other small sellers accept credit cards. Square earns a fee on each card payment and charges for software, while Cash App makes money from its debit card, short-term loans, Afterpay installment plans, and bitcoin sales. Block also owns the music streaming service TIDAL and builds bitcoin hardware, including the Bitkey wallet and Proto mining rigs. Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey co-founded the company in 2009, and its main office is in Oakland, California.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Oakland, CA
Founded
2009

Recently Posted Jobs

Explore more opportunities at Block

See more jobs