Chief Financial Officer

Client of Guildhall; Dubai; On-site; AED 918,000 - 1,653,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity upside

Tax-free compensation

Job summary

Guildhall is seeking a fast-scaling digital asset company CFO to own the financial strategy, controls, and reporting across a multi-entity structure, guiding the path to a Nasdaq listing.

The role requires US GAAP, SOX ICFR, and SEC expertise, with hands-on IPO/de-SPAC experience and a proven record building high-performing finance teams globally. Based in Dubai, with international travel as needed.

Qualifications

• US CPA in good standing with Big Four audit background.
• Experience as CFO or Senior Finance Director in a US-listed company or prepping for listing.
• Hands-on IPO/de-SPAC experience including SEC readiness and filings.
• Deep US GAAP, SEC rules, SOX ICFR understanding for public governance.

Responsibilities

• Own financial strategy, controls and reporting across a multi-entity structure.
• Lead path to Nasdaq listing, IPO de-SPAC readiness, SEC reporting and ICFR.
• Build and lead global finance team (accounting, FP&A, treasury).
• Oversee treasury, tax, risk, financial-crime controls across jurisdictions.

Skills

IPO experience

de-SPAC

SEC reporting

SOX ICFR

US GAAP

Investor relations

Leadership

Multi-entity ops

Dubai/UAE exposure

Education

US CPA in good standing

Job description

About the Role

Guildhall is looking for a fast-scaling regulated digital asset company preparing for a US public listing. As Chief Financial Officer you will own financial strategy, controls and reporting across a multi-entity multi-jurisdiction structure and lead the company’s path to a Nasdaq listing. The mandate is immediate to build the public-company financial infrastructure SEC reporting US GAAP SOX ICFR that the listing timeline demands. It’s a rare seat, a founding public-company CFO mandate based in one of the world’s fastest-growing digital asset hubs. The role includes leading the path to a Nasdaq listing including IPO de-SPAC readiness, building SEC reporting US GAAP statements and SOX ICFR controls from scratch, owning the equity story and investor relations for analysts and shareholders, setting accounting policy for the company’s digital asset products, overseeing reserve accounting, attestation and audit processes for the company’s financial products, leading treasury, tax, risk and financial-crime controls across jurisdictions, building and leading a global finance team across accounting, FP&A and treasury.

What you’ll bring

• US CPA in good standing with a strong Big Four audit accounting background.
• Proven experience as a CFO or Senior Finance Director within a US-listed company or an organization preparing for a US listing.
• Hands-on experience with IPOs, de-SPAC transactions, S-1/F-1 filings, and SEC reporting, including public-company readiness and compliance.
• Deep expertise in US GAAP, SEC reporting requirements, SOX, and ICFR, with a strong understanding of public-company financial governance.
• Demonstrated track record of building, scaling, and leading high-performing finance teams through periods of rapid growth and organizational complexity.
• Strong executive presence and communication skills, with the credibility to engage effectively with Boards, investors, auditors, regulators, and other senior stakeholders.
• Experience across digital assets, fintech, cryptocurrency, payments, commodities, or other regulated financial services is highly advantageous.
• Strong understanding of multi-entity, multi-jurisdictional financial operations, with UAE/GCC experience considered an advantage.
• Experience with capital raising, M&A, treasury, financial planning, and strategic capital allocation is preferred.
• Willingness to be based in or relocate to Dubai, UAE, with flexibility for international travel.

What’s on offer

• A founding CFO mandate reporting directly to the CEO and board.
• Ownership of the group’s path to a US public listing.
• Base in Dubai with international travel across the group’s markets.
• Tax-free compensation with meaningful equity upside.

Common questions

• US CPA in good standing, with a strong Big Four audit/accounting background.
• Proven experience as a CFO or Senior Finance Director within a US-listed company or an organization preparing for a US listing.
• Hands-on experience with IPOs, de-SPAC transactions, S-1/F-1 filings, and SEC reporting, including public-company readiness and compliance.
• Deep expertise in US GAAP, SEC reporting requirements, SOX, and ICFR, with a strong understanding of public-company financial governance.
• Demonstrated track record of building, scaling, and leading high-performing finance teams through periods of rapid growth and organizational complexity.
• Strong executive presence and communication skills, with the credibility to engage effectively with Boards, investors, auditors, regulators, and other senior stakeholders.
• Experience across digital assets, fintech, cryptocurrency, payments, commodities, or other regulated financial services is highly advantageous.
• Strong understanding of multi-entity, multi-jurisdictional financial operations, with UAE/GCC experience considered an advantage.
• Experience with capital raising, M&A, treasury, financial planning, and strategic capital allocation is preferred.
• Willingness to be based in or relocate to Dubai, UAE, with flexibility for international travel.