Financial Controller

Justlife.com; Dubai; On-site; AED 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Justlife.com, the leading home-services platform in the UAE and KSA, seeks a senior finance leader to transform and scale its financial backbone. You will elevate governance, reporting, and controls for a fast-growing multi-entity group, working closely with senior leadership.

You will build and strengthen the finance team, own month-end close, and drive IFRS reporting across jurisdictions, while partnering with external auditors and regulators to ensure robust compliance.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of finance, controlling and accounting experience including Big4 or fast-paced consumer-tech
• Strong IFRS command with multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction reporting experience
• GCC exposure with UAE and KSA tax/compliance experience

Responsibilities

• Governance structure, COA architecture, and strong policy controls across the group
• Lead automation to standardize financial reporting and record-keeping
• Oversee IFRS financial reporting and month-end close for multi-entity setup
• Drive internal controls framework and regulatory/tax compliance for UAE and KSA
• Coordinate with external auditors, tax authorities, and advisors
• Translate complex results into actionable insights for executives
• Provide investor reporting packages for stakeholders
• Develop and mentor the finance team to high performance

Skills

Governance

Financial reporting

IFRS

Stakeholder communication

Team leadership

Multi-entity accounting

Education

CPA or CA (ACA/ACCA/equivalent)

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

ERP systems

Audit coordination tools

Job description

Transform the financial backbone of the region s leading home-services platform for its next stage of growth

The opportunity Justlife is the leading home-services platform operating across the UAE and KSA. We re looking for the leader who will transform our financial backbone for the next stage of our growth. This is a build-and-scale mandate. You will take a finance function that already runs a fast-growing business and strengthen the systems controls and reporting that the next stage of our growth will run on working directly with senior leadership. It s a builder s seat with visible impact not a caretaker role boxed into narrow reporting.

Why this role exists Justlife is scaling fast as the category leader and finance is scaling with the business. This role elevates financial rigor governance and reporting accuracy to institutional grade across the group and sets the standard the next phase of growth will run on. For someone who wants to shape how finance works inside a fast-moving market leader this is that seat.

What you ll build in your first six months Transform the finance function own and deliver a step-change in how Justlife s finances are governed closed and reported Earn full trust build productive relationships with internal stakeholders external auditors and advisors with complete command of the company s financial position Level up grow the finance team s capability depth and ownership as the business scales

• Governance accounting structure amp systems
• Chart of Accounts amp architecture own standardize and govern the COA across all entities as the group grows
• Systems amp automation lead initiatives to standardize automate and improve financial reporting and record-keeping systems
• Financial reporting amp month-end close Financial statements lead the preparation of monthly quarterly and annual statements under IFRS across a multi-entity multi-jurisdiction group
• Close process drive a timely accurate month-end close across all businesses
• Internal controls policy amp compliance Control environment strengthen implement and monitor a robust internal-control framework group-wide IFRS amp technical accounting maintain accounting policies and implement new IFRS updates consistently group-wide
• Regulatory amp tax compliance ensure full compliance with statutory accounting and tax requirements with specific focus on UAE and KSA
• External relations amp stakeholder communication Audit coordination act as primary liaison for external auditors tax authorities and advisors
• Management insight translate complex results into actionable insight on performance risk and key metrics for executive leadership
• Investor reporting support clear accurate reporting packages for shareholders and investors
• Team leadership Develop talent supervise coach and mentor the finance team run performance reviews and create growth opportunities Build the unit foster a high-performing finance-operations team aligned to group objectives

You are a qualified finance leader who has scaled a function, not just run one. You re structured and detail-oriented, driven by delivery, and energized rather than unsettled by a fast-moving function with many concurrent workstreams.

Must-haves Qualification CPA or CA (ACA / ACCA / equivalent), plus a bachelor s degree in a relevant field. Experience 10+ years across finance, controlling and accounting, including time in Big4 and/or a fast-paced consumer-tech company. Technical depth strong IFRS command with proven multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction reporting experience. Strong pluses GCC exposure hands-on with UAE and KSA tax and statutory requirements. People leadership a track record of growing a finance team into a high-ownership, high-performing unit.