Finance Operations Lead

AI Acquisition; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

AI Acquisition in the United Arab Emirates is seeking a senior finance operations leader to own cash flow, treasury, and the new UAE-native payment infrastructure. You will manage multi-currency, multi-entity finance workflows, automate manual steps, and partner with an external bookkeeping provider to ensure accuracy and timeliness.

You'll build live dashboards, deliver weekly P&L highlights, and drive systematization across Xero and card platforms, reducing firefighting and increasing

Qualifications

• 7+ years in finance operations, treasury or senior finance.
• Experience with multi-currency, multi-entity setups at high volume.
• Experience managing external bookkeeping or accounting partners.
• Familiarity with Xero, Wise, and corporate card platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own daily cash cycle across entities and currencies.
• Oversee high-volume USD revenue into UAE accounts.
• Lead transition of payment infrastructure to UAE-native tools.
• Deliver weekly cash and P&L view with minimal reporting overhead.
• Automate repetitive manual processes and create SOPs.

Skills

Multi-currency ops

Treasury management

Xero expertise

AI in finance reporting

Process automation

Education

CIMA/ACCA/CA preferred

Tools

Xero

Wise

Pleo

Qashio

Job description

Four entities. Three currencies. $5M+ moving monthly. Ad accounts funded daily across GBP and AED. Revenue flowing from Whop into UAE structures. A payment infrastructure mid-transition. An external bookkeeping partner who needs managing to a standard.

The finance function works. It just works with too many manual steps, too much chasing, and not enough visibility for the people running the business.

Your job is to close that gap - clean systems, automated where possible, visible at a glance.

What you'll own

Cash flow and treasury

• Own the daily cash cycle across all entities
• Manage high-volume USD revenue from Whop into UAE accounts
• Fund GBP/AED corporate cards for Meta ad spend daily - ad accounts don't pause on your watch
• Build a live cash position view the founding team can read without asking

Payment infrastructure

• Lead the migration from Pleo/UK setup to Qashio (UAE-native)
• Evaluate Whop's virtual card platform for automated Meta spend
• Remove manual card-topping entirely - tracked, reconciled, automated

Systems and reporting

• Audit every manual process; automate what repeats
• Build SOPs across cash, payments, refunds, reconciliation; make sure they're followed
• Manage Emifast (external bookkeeping) on accuracy and timeliness across Xero
• Deliver a weekly cash and P&L view in five bullet points, not twenty tabs

Requirements

Who you are

You've run finance in a real operational environment - high transaction volume, multiple currencies, entities that each have their own quirks. You use AI tools in your day-to-day (seriously, not as a buzzword).

You build systems rather than spreadsheets. You flag problems before they become escalations. You don't need to be chased.

You're probably not looking aggressively. You're in a role that works fine but doesn't stretch you, or one where the complexity was real but the scope wasn't.

Requirements

• 7+ years in finance operations, treasury, or hands-on senior finance
• Multi-currency, multi-entity experience at genuine transaction volume
• Xero, Wise, corporate card platforms (Pleo, Qashio or similar)
• Actively uses AI in finance reporting or operations
• Experience managing external bookkeeping or accounting partners

Highly desirable

• UAE / DMCC entity experience
• Performance marketing or high ad-spend environment
• CIMA, ACCA, or CA qualified

What you get

• Real operational complexity from day one