Serving venture-backed platforms, private market firms, and wealthtech companies across NYC, LA, Miami, and beyond.
FinTech hiring is fast, technical, and regulated — you can’t afford mis-hires when you’re building in public and moving at Series A+ speed. Swell Recruit places the controllers, compliance leaders, and finance operators who keep you audit-ready while you scale.
We work across the coasts and into markets where private capital, digital assets, and tokenization are reshaping how assets are managed, reported, and traded.
FinTech Roles we fill
Whether you’re pre-IPO or scaling through a Series B, the finance and compliance talent you hire now defines how cleanly you grow. Here’s where we focus our fintech recruiting practice.
- VP / Head of Compliance — AML, KYC, consumer finance, payments, digital assets
- Controller / Head of Finance / VP Finance — venture-backed and PE-backed platforms
- Chief Compliance Officer — crypto, broker-dealer, RIA
- Data & analytics leaders supporting risk, fraud, and revenue decisions
- Finance ops and reporting leaders to professionalize pre- and post-raise
- Controller / CFO for private market infrastructure — tokenization platforms, alt-investment
Where we focus
- B2B and B2C FinTech at Series A through pre-IPO — payments, lending, wealthtech, infrastructure, embedded finance
- Private market and tokenization platforms scaling finance and compliance functions
- Family offices and RIAs adopting fintech infrastructure
- US-based leadership roles across NYC, LA, Miami — and emerging fintech hubs including the Midwest and Southeast
- Distributed and hybrid team structures
Why Swell as your FinTech recruiter?
Most fintech recruiters live on the coasts. We do too — but our network doesn’t stop there. If you’re building private market infrastructure in Detroit, scaling a wealthtech platform in Nashville, or running a crypto compliance function outside the traditional fintech corridor, we know the operators you need.
How It Works
Share the role → We search our network → You meet vetted candidates within 2 weeks.
Hiring your next Controller, VP Compliance, or finance ops leader? Tell me about the role — I’ll respond within 24 hours on whether it’s in my strike zone.
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Swell Recruit — FinTech Practice
Placing finance and compliance leaders at the companies redefining how money moves, scales, and reports.
Specialties: Payments · WealthTech · Crypto & Digital Assets · Private Market Infrastructure · Embedded Finance · B2B SaaS
Recent FinTech Searches:
Controller — WealthTech, $25M ARR
Chief Compliance Officer — Crypto, $500M rev.
CFO — FinTech, $40M rev.
Markets: New York City · Los Angeles · Miami · Midwest & Southeast
Our practice extends beyond fintech — including CPA firms, and family offices.
📞 NYC: +1-347-709-8816 · LA/Miami: +1-424-645-7059
🌐 swellrecruit.com · LinkedIn · greg@swellrecruit.com
Contingency and retained search. No placement, no fee.