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Director, Client Money Movement
Position Summary
As Director, Client Money Movement, you will lead the strategy, governance, infrastructure, and execution of Strada's end-to-end client fund movement ecosystem. This highly visible leadership role is responsible for the secure, compliant, and efficient movement of billions of dollars in client funds supporting payroll, tax remittance, garnishments, benefit payments, and other disbursement services.
This leader will establish and scale a best-in-class Money Movement function, designing future-state operating models, banking infrastructure, controls, reconciliation processes, and payment workflows while partnering closely with Treasury, Finance, Product, Technology, Compliance, Client Operations, and Banking Partners.
The successful candidate combines deep expertise in payments, treasury operations, payroll funding, financial controls, and regulatory compliance with the ability to drive organizational transformation, automation, and strategic growth.
This role serves as the executive owner of the client money movement lifecycle, ensuring operational excellence, regulatory compliance, strong financial stewardship, and an exceptional client experience.
Key Responsibilities
Money Movement Strategy & Transformation
Define and execute the strategic vision for Strada's Client Money Movement organization.
Design and optimize end-to-end processes supporting payroll funding, tax payments, garnishments, benefits, and other client disbursements.
Develop future-state operating models that improve scalability, automation, Straight Through Processing (STP), and operational resilience.
Lead transformation initiatives that simplify workflows, improve client experience, and reduce operational risk.
Establish KPIs, SLAs, and performance metrics that provide visibility into operational effectiveness and risk.
Client Funds Governance & Financial Controls
Establish governance frameworks for the management of client funds, including individual and commingled account structures.
Ensure proper segregation, safeguarding, allocation, and accounting of client funds.
Oversee daily, monthly, and quarterly reconciliations across bank accounts, subledgers, and general ledger activity.
Partner with Finance and Treasury teams to ensure accurate accounting, reporting, and financial transparency.
Develop and maintain controls that support audit readiness and regulatory compliance.
Treasury Partnership & Liquidity Management
Partner closely with Treasury to develop funding, liquidity, and cash positioning strategies.
Ensure client funds are received and available prior to disbursement while maintaining appropriate risk controls.
Evaluate opportunities to optimize liquidity and float income while maintaining regulatory and fiduciary responsibilities.
Oversee forecasting and visibility into client fund requirements, settlement obligations, and cash flows.
Payments Operations & Banking Infrastructure
Lead the design and optimization of funding and disbursement processes across ACH, wire, RTP, and emerging payment rails.
Own relationships with banking partners, payment processors, and financial technology vendors.
Define requirements for payment systems,…