Key skills
CloudAISaaSLeadership
About this role
Role Overview
- Lead the implementation of a new accounting system and establish robust finance processes from the ground up
- Re-engineer current workflows — including payroll — using automation and AI, targeting a 50% reduction in time spent on manual and repetitive tasks
- Own the daily cash flow reporting and monthly close process end-to-end, working directly with the Financial Controller and Accounting & Payroll Specialist to ensure figures are always accurate
- Prepare monthly management accounts, P&L variance analysis, and departmental budget reports for CFOO review
- Maintain and strengthen internal controls, ensuring audit-ready books across all entities
- Develop defensible departmental P&Ls and manage the chart of accounts, ensuring consistency across all business units (Education, Newsletter, SaaS, Renewals)
- Manage deferred revenue schedules across high-ticket products ($5K–$30K), payment plans, and subscription products
- Ensure accurate revenue recognition across all product types in line with IFRS and US GAAP
- Track and report on renewal rates, churn, and recurring revenue pipelines
- Reconcile merchant accounts, payment processors, and banking across multi-entity structures
- Develop a weekly performance pack focused on key underlying business drivers
- Support the CFOO in building and maintaining rolling financial models (monthly, quarterly, annual)
- Maintain departmental budget trackers and proactively flag variances to the CFOO
- Assist with headcount planning and cost center reporting
- Contribute to 6–12-month cash flow forecasting
- Contribute to cost optimization projects across the business
- Directly manage the Financial Controller and Accounting & Payroll Specialist
- Ensure timely and accurate delivery across payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and reconciliations
- Develop and document SOPs for all core accounting and finance processes
- Drive the team from inconsistent, messy reporting to clean, standardised outputs
- Own the accounting system
- Track corporate filing deadlines and compliance obligations across jurisdictions (UAE, US)
- Support the CFOO in managing external audit and tax advisor relationships
- Assist with crypto transaction reconciliation and treasury reporting
Requirements
- 5–10 years in hands-on finance or accounting roles, with at least 5+ years leading a team and full end-to-end ownership of monthly financial statements in a managerial capacity
- Hands-on experience managing a finance/accounting team
- Strong working knowledge of deferred revenue, subscription accounting, crypto accounting, and multi-entity consolidation
- Experience with high-volume merchant account reconciliation and payment processors
- Multi-jurisdiction experience (UAE/US preferred)
- Crypto or digital asset exposure is a strong advantage, note this role includes crypto transaction reconciliation and treasury reporting
- Advanced proficiency in cloud accounting software (Xero, QuickBooks, or equivalent)
- Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills for financial modelling
- Familiarity with performance marketing cost structures (CAC, ROAS, LTV) is a plus
- Deep understanding of revenue recognition principles across different product types
- A prolific, demonstrable user of AI tools, you must be able to clearly demonstrate how you bring this to the role
- Strong technical leader, fully conversant with both IFRS and US GAAP
- Plug-and-play operator: you don’t need hand-holding; you hit the ground running
- Execution-first mindset: you get things done and hit deadlines
- High attention to detail with zero tolerance for sloppy numbers
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, founder-led environment
- Clear communicator who surfaces issues early and always brings solutions
- Eager to grow into a senior finance leadership role.
Tech Stack
- Cloud
Benefits
- Competitive base salary + annual performance bonus (UAE-based roles are tax-free, significantly enhancing take-home pay)
- Fully remote with Dubai time-zone overlap
- High-growth, high-impact environment where your work directly shapes the business
- Direct access to founders and genuine influence over how the finance function is built
- A clear path to step into the CFO role within 2–3 years