Financial Controller in Dubai

TestHiring; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company in Dubai is looking for a Financial Controller to oversee all financial operations, ensuring compliance with regulations while driving financial strategy. The role requires strong financial literacy and the ability to act as a liaison with auditors, investors, and regulators. The ideal candidate should have advanced experience in financial banking and leadership capabilities within a high-performing finance team.

Qualifications

• Strong financial literacy and operational oversight are critical.
• Advanced experience in financial banking is required.
• Ability to work with auditors, investors, and regulators.

Responsibilities

• Analyze financial systems and coordinate with teams.
• Lead development of forecasts and business plans.
• Manage budgeting, reconciliation, and financial reporting.
• Ensure compliance with relevant banking regulations.

Skills

Financial literacy

Financial operational oversight

Experience in financial banking

Financial regulatory awareness

Decision making

Job description

We re Hiring! Financial Controller

Location: Dubai UAE

Position: Financial Controller

The Role Financial Controller

We are seeking a strategic execution-focused Financial Controller to operate as a critical extension of the CFO. It requires strong financial literacy, financial operational oversight, advanced experience in financial banking, financial regulatory awareness and the ability to serve as a responsible financial decision maker.

The ideal candidate will oversee all aspects of financial operations related to banking products while also acting as a proxy for the CFO across high-stakes conversations with auditors, investors, partners and regulators.

This is a pivotal leadership role as we build a world‑class fintech backbone under a regulated entity.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Systems Analysis

• Analyze financial systems and services related to fintech and coordinate with products and operation teams to modelize products/services into financial flows.
• Lead the development of financial forecasts, business plans and performance dashboards.
• Deliver insight-driven reports and financial models to senior leadership board and investors.

Strategic & Executive Support

• Represent the CFO in key meetings with auditors, investors, regulators and partners.
• Drive financial strategy execution, investor communications and business case modeling.
• Prepare financial content for board decks, funding rounds and business planning.

Financial Operations & Management

• Lead budgeting, forecasting, reconciliation, reporting and liquidity planning.
• Deliver timely and accurate financial statements (monthly, quarterly, annually).
• Manage treasury and optimize capital allocation across entities and initiatives.

Regulatory & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with banking and financial regulations relevant to fintech operations (e.g., central bank regulations, AML/KYC requirements, tax laws).
• Liaise with external auditors, tax advisors, and legal counsel to ensure proper governance and risk management.
• Own internal financial governance frameworks and controls.

Team Leadership

• Build and lead a high‑performing finance team with clear KPIs and workflows.
• Serve as the primary financial liaison across departments including Product, Risk, Technology, Marketing and others.
• Evaluate financial implications of product strategies and growth initiatives.