Chief Financial Officer

Core responsibilities

• Client portfolio management: Own end-to-end client onboarding, monthly close processes, and VAT/CT filings
• Leadership support: Provide seamless coverage during manager's leave, ensuring uninterrupted client service
• Process innovation: Champion automation tool rollouts and spearhead process improvements across the team
• Technical execution: Handle journal entries, reconciliations, and compliance work across multiple accounting platforms
• Client relations: Maintain confident, professional relationships across diverse industry verticals

Requirements

Essential requirements

• Qualification: ACCA/ACA/CA completed or final stages
• Experience: Minimum 2 years solid UAE accounting and tax experience across multiple industries
• Technical proficiency: Cloud accounting platforms (Zoho Books, QuickBooks, Odoo, Xero) and advanced Excel
• Regulatory knowledge: Strong UAE VAT and corporate tax expertise with independent filing capability
• Mindset: Startup-ready with genuine roll-up-your-sleeves attitude—comfortable owning detailed work while eyeing bigger responsibilities
• Client-facing: Confident, articulate communication style for diverse stakeholder interactions