Senior Finance Manager

Finance Manager

Dubai

September 9, 2026

Application ends: December 8, 2026

Job Description

REQUIREMENTS

You’re an experienced finance professional with a background in financial controlling, audit, advisory, or management accounting, within Banking, FinTech, or financial services.
You have a deep understanding of UAE financial reporting standards and IFRS, coupled with expertise in financial resources controls and industry-specific regulatory rules.
You’re skilled at data analysis, improving controls and internal processes, and managing complex stakeholder groups (like the Board, Auditors, Advisors, and Government Authorities).
As a finance business partner, you provide commercial insights, support decisions, and align with business strategy.
You thrive in a flexible environment, working with various teams on projects and ad-hoc requests.
You’re a self-starter, detail-oriented, and comfortable with uncertainty, able to organise your work with minimal guidance.

RESPONSIBILITES

Accounting, Close & Controls (Controllership):

Ensure financial compliance: review monthly and quarterly financials to guarantee accuracy of your entities.
Own the integrity of the general ledger – ensuring we comply with local accounting and tax requirements.
Have strong knowledge of local regulatory requirements, such as for capital, inter-company transactions, transfer pricing agreements and management of financial risks.
Design, operate, and continuously improve key financial controls with strong evidence standards and repeatable processes; lead remediation for any control/audit findings.
Take the role of the Chief Financial Officer for our client in UAE. This includes reporting to the local Board and building a deep understanding of our liquidity management and safeguarding process in the region.
Serve as the primary accounting/finance contact for regulators, external auditors, and internal audit.
Lead the annual statutory audit for the entities, including audit planning, PBC coordination, timeline management, and stakeholder communication.
Prepare and review statutory financial statements and supporting schedules; ensure consistency with underlying books and agreed accounting policies.
Lead initial setup and ongoing management of periodic regulatory reporting: planning, data collection, validation, preparation, and submission with a high bar for accuracy and integrity.
Be the Regional Expansion, Banking, Compliance, Product, & People Team’s main point of contact in finance to ensure that all new entities, products, legislation, etc. are understood and finance is prepared for all changes, ensuring that the customer product is understood and optimised for growth.
Work with finance teams (Finance Product team and Group Accounting) to ensure systems, controls, and processes are prepared for regional requirements, with clear definitions and change management.
Work with global FP&A and analytical teams to build budgeting and forecasting for the region.
Partner with Product, Banking, Ops, and Compliance to connect operational drivers to financial outcomes (unit economics, cost-to-serve, efficiency metrics, and investment trade-offs).