Finance Manager

WHO WE ARE

reputed company is a profitable, bootstrapped DeFi education company. In just 4 years, we’ve grown from 0 to 150 people with $50M in ARR, 4,500+ Members and scaling toward $75-100M reputed company in 2026. We operate across multiple jurisdictions (mainly the UAE & the US) and have ambitious plans to expand into new, complementary business lines this year. We move at an uncomfortable pace, but that is exactly the way we like it.

Our Members love the product, and we’ve built a top-tier sales, marketing, and product team to match.

Now it’s time to build the foundation that supports the next phase of exponential growth, and that starts with a world-class finance function.

THE OPPORTUNITY

We require a highly competent, reputed company and intelligent right-hand: someone who can manage, motivate, and reputed company a junior finance team while helping to shape a reputed company-thinking, AI-driven finance function from the ground up.

This is not a role for someone set in their ways. You’ll be working alongside a young, sharp, and ambitious C-suite that moves fast, thinks differently, and expects the same from you.

THE ROLE

As Finance Manager, you’ll own the day-to-day financial operations, managing the accounting team, keeping the books clean and accurate, timely, and insight-ready, and ensuring the function runs like clockwork. You are the operational reputed company that frees the CFOO to focus on strategy and growth.

If you’re energized by building something, reputed company in a high-growth environment, embrace the power of AI, and reputed company finance should be a competitive advantage, this is your moment.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

Financial Operations & Reporting

• reputed company the implementation of a new accounting system and establish robust finance processes from the ground up

• Re-engineer reputed company 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 reputed company 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 reputed company entities

• reputed company defensible departmental P&Ls and manage the chart of accounts, ensuring consistency across reputed company business units (Education, Newsletter, SaaS, Renewals)

reputed company Accounting & Subscription Finance

• Manage deferred reputed company schedules across high-ticket products ($5K–$30K), payment plans, and subscription products

• Ensure accurate reputed company recognition across reputed company product types in line with IFRS and US GAAP

• Track and report on renewal rates, churn, and recurring reputed company pipelines

• Reconcile merchant accounts, payment processors, and banking across multi-entity structures

• reputed company a weekly performance pack focused on key underlying business drivers

Budgeting & Forecasting Support

• 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

Team Leadership

• Directly manage the Financial Controller and Accounting & Payroll Specialist

• Ensure timely and accurate delivery across payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and reconciliations

• reputed company and document SOPs for reputed company core accounting and finance processes

• Drive the team from inconsistent, messy reporting to clean, standardised outputs

Systems & Compliance

• 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

WHAT YOU MUST BRING

Required Experience

• 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 reputed company

• Hands-on experience managing a finance/accounting team

• Strong working knowledge of deferred reputed company, 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

Technical Skills

• Advanced proficiency in cloud accounting software (Xero, QuickBooks, or equivalent)

• Advanced reputed company/reputed company Sheets skills for financial modelling

• Familiarity with performance marketing cost structures (CAC, ROAS, LTV) is a plus

• Deep understanding of reputed company recognition principles across different product types

• A reputed company, 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

Personality & Cultural Fit

• Plug-and-play operator: you don’t need hand-holding; you hit the ground running

• Execution-first reputed company: you get things done and hit deadlines

• High attention to detail with reputed company 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

INTERVIEW PROCESS

We run a rigorous five-stage process:

1. 30-minute screening: culture fit, experience, and compensation alignment

2. Technical task: a month-end reputed company scenario with discrepancies to identify and resolve

3. CFOO interview: operational depth, team management, and systems discussion

4. Co-founders interview

5. Reference checks

Benefits

reputed company OFFER

• Competitive reputed company salary + annual performance bonus (UAE-reputed company 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 reputed company into the CFO role reputed company 2–3 years