Finance Manager

Finance Manager

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Department: Finance
Work format: On-site

The Project

We are building a fast-growing iGaming startup with international ambitions. This is a lean, hands-on environment where finance is expected to be a business function, not a back-office silo. The role comes with real ownership from day one and direct exposure to senior leadership. For the right person, this is a chance to grow with the business into a broader finance leadership role as the company scales.

This is an on-site position in Dubai. Compensation and package are discussed individually with each candidate. The company can support relocation where required.

The Role

This role is designed as the CFO’s right hand.

You will help run the finance function end to end: management reporting, planning and analysis, finance operations, coordination with external accountants and auditors, treasury support, reporting automation, and process building across the business. We need someone who is comfortable moving between detail and decision-making — close the month properly, explain the numbers clearly, challenge assumptions, improve tools, and help build a finance function that can scale.

This is not a narrow reporting role. It is for someone who is equally comfortable with operational discipline, analytical depth, and cross-functional execution.

Responsibilities

1. Management Reporting and Business Planning

1.1. Own the preparation of monthly management reporting packs for the CFO and senior leadership, including commentary on key financial results, trends, risks, and opportunities.

1.2. Perform plan-versus-actual and factor analysis of financial results, identifying the underlying drivers of deviations across revenue, margin, bonus costs, payment costs, marketing spend, operating expenses, and EBITDA.

1.3. Lead budgeting, forecasting, and scenario-planning processes across the business.

1.4. Maintain and continuously improve the business financial model.

1.5. Develop tools and methodologies for analyzing the economics of the business across markets, products, channels, promotions and major cost drivers.

1.6. Maintain and update regular finance reporting templates, KPI frameworks, and reporting forms used by the finance department.

2. Finance Operations, Treasury, and Counterparty Payments

2.1. Coordinate day-to-day finance operations across the project perimeter, including management accounts, reconciliations, close activities, control reviews, and support for statutory reporting.

2.2. Work with external accountants and advisers on bookkeeping, statutory accounts, tax, VAT, audit, and compliance matters for legal entities across Cyprus, the UAE, and offshore jurisdictions.

2.3. Support the opening, maintenance, and operational servicing of bank accounts for legal entities within the group structure.

2.4. Monitor liquidity, cash balances, intercompany positions, and working-capital requirements, escalating risks early and clearly.

2.5. Control outgoing payments to counterparties, ensuring proper approval flow, documentation, accuracy, and timing.

2.6. Review and monitor key reconciliations across bank accounts, PSPs, wallets, intercompany balances, and other balance sheet lines.

2.7. Support finance-related settlement and control processes covering suppliers, consultants, affiliates, revenue-share partners, and other counterparties.

3. Systems, Automation, and Finance Data

3.1. Define business requirements for the IT department for the development of finance and back-office services, including analysis of dashboards, reporting automation, data layers, and finance-supporting risk-management systems.

3.2. Work with IT and relevant business teams to improve data quality, reporting logic, and the reliability of finance source data across the back office, BI environment, payment systems, and accounting tools.

3.3. Participate in implementation and improvement of ERP, reporting, BI, and workflow systems used by Finance.

4. Governance, Controls, and Cross-Functional Process Design

4.1. Participate in shaping internal regulations, SOPs, approval matrices, and control procedures for the finance department.

4.2. Develop and refine operating processes jointly with Operations, Legal, and Risk.

4.3. Prepare recommendations for management on business performance and operational efficiency improvements

Requirements

1. 5+ years of relevant experience in finance management, FP&A, business control, financial reporting, or similar roles.

2. Strong experience in management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modelling.

3. Strong Excel skills and confidence working with large datasets and detailed financial information.

4. Experience with accounting systems, ERP tools, and BI or reporting platforms.

• Strong stakeholder-management skills and the ability to work directly with CFO-level leadership and department heads.

6. Fluent English, both written and spoken.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Previous experience in iGaming, sportsbook, fintech, digital payments, or other high-volume online business.

2. ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CPA, CFA, or equivalent professional qualification.

3. Experience working across multi-entity and multi-jurisdiction structures.

4. Experience in finance-reporting automation and finance-systems improvement projects.

5. Experience with crypto accounting, wallet-flow reporting, digital-asset controls, and related finance processes if the product includes crypto rails.

We Offer

1. A high-trust finance role with real ownership and direct exposure to the CFO.

2. Clear professional and career growth potential along the business scaling

3. An on-site role in Dubai with relocation support where required.

4. Competitive compensation and package discussed individually with each candidate.

Application Question(s):

• Describe a finance process or reporting workflow you personally improved or automated. What was the problem, what changes did you implement, and what measurable impact did it have?

Important: AI-generated answers will automatically disqualify the candidate.

• Explain how you would investigate a significant variance between forecasted and actual EBITDA in a high-volume online business. Which key areas would you analyze first and why? Important: AI-generated answers will automatically disqualify the candidate.

Work Location: In person