Financial Manager DFSA/VARA

B2Broker; Dubai; On-site; AED 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

B2Broker in Dubai is seeking a highly skilled finance professional to lead multi-entity financial reporting and audit operations while ensuring compliance with DFSA and CySEC regulations. The role requires a minimum of 5 years of post-qualification experience, preferably with Big4 audit training.

Responsibilities include preparing IFRS financial statements, managing audit cycles, and improving processes with automation and AI-driven solutions. Strong knowledge of accounting software and regulatory frameworks is crucial for candidates.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of post-qualification experience in finance, audit, or accounting.
• Hands-on experience with CySEC or DFSA-regulated entities.
• Experience preparing regulatory returns in DFSA or CySEC.

Responsibilities

• Lead preparation, review, and finalisation of IFRS financial statements.
• Manage statutory audit cycles with Big4 and tier-2 firms.
• Prepare and review regulatory submissions including DFSA PIB Annual Returns.

Skills

Post-qualification experience in finance, audit, or accounting

Use of AI tools for finance work

Strong knowledge of accounting and ERP software

Excellent communication skills

Understanding CySEC or DFSA regulations

Education

Qualified accountant: ACA / ACCA / CPA

Tools

QuickBooks

SAP

Python

VBA

Job description

Multi-Entity Financial Reporting and Audit

Lead the preparation, review and finalisation of IFRS financial statements for Group entities across multiple jurisdictions.

Hands‑on experience in accounting and bookkeeping with multi‑jurisdiction exposure.

Manage simultaneous statutory audit cycles with Big4 and tier‑2 audit firms, owning the audit timetable, deliverables and partner/manager relationships.

Drive resolution of complex IFRS technical matters including IFRS9 financial instruments, SPPI, derivative bifurcation, IFRS16 leases, IAS7 cash flow statement, IAS10 post‑balance‑sheet events, IAS32 equity vs liability classification and emerging topics such as crypto/stablecoin asset classification.

Coordinate consolidation and elimination workings, ensuring consistency of accounting policies across entities.

Regulatory Compliance and Capital Adequacy

Prepare and review regulatory submissions including DFSA PIB Annual Returns and Category2 capital adequacy calculations, CySEC, IFR, CRR returns, etc.

Track and respond to regulatory change (e.g., CySEC circulars, DFSA Consultation Papers, MiCA transition).

Monitor regulatory capital, support capital injection planning and remediate any identified shortfalls.

Liaise with external regulatory consultants and home‑host regulators where required.

Risk Management and Brokerage Operations Support

Assist with the Risk Management function on the annual report (ICAAP, IRAP‑equivalent processes and capital planning).

Provide finance input on EMIR, EMIR REFIT reporting, MiFIR and counterparty exposure.

Support pricing, margin and P&L analysis of CFD, FX, Prime of Prime and liquidity provision activities.

Establish and monitor safeguard requirements across multiple jurisdictions.

Automation and AI Implementation

Identify, design and deliver automation and AI‑driven improvements across reconciliation, reporting, audit support, regulatory submission and tax/TP workflows.

Build and maintain custom AI workflows, prompts and skills, including structured outputs retrieval and document generation pipelines.

Implement AI, MCP, API integrations across the Group’s core stack (e.g. accounting software, Atlassian, Slack, Google Drive, regulatory portals where API‑accessible).

Champion AI‑native ways of working across the Finance, Accounting, Audit and Tax team, building internal documentation, playbooks and reusable skill templates.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of post‑qualification experience in finance, audit, or accounting.
• Qualified accountant: ACA / ACCA / CPA or recognised equivalent (strong advantage).
• Hands‑on experience and understanding with CySEC or DFSA‑regulated entities (PIB Annual Return; Category2 /3A capital adequacy).
• Experience with Risk Management function and producing or reviewing risk‑related regulatory deliverables.
• Experience working with CFD / FX / brokerage / Prime of Prime / institutional liquidity provision firms.
• Experience preparing and submitting regulatory returns in DFSA and/or CySEC.
• Multi‑jurisdictional finance experience across Cyprus, UAE and/or other jurisdictions.
• Strong working knowledge of accounting and ERP/finance software (e.g. QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, or comparable).
• Mandatory AI capability: daily, sophisticated use of AI tools such as Claude or ChatGPT for finance work; demonstrable ability to build custom prompts, skills, and workflows; ability to integrate AI with core systems via APIs / MCP servers.
• Excellent written and spoken English; ability to communicate confidently with regulators, auditors, and senior internal stakeholders.

Preferably

• Big4 audit training (Deloitte / EY / KPMG / PwC) strongly preferred.
• Additional qualifications: CFA, ADIT, or tax‑specialist certification.
• Experience with MiCA and EU crypto/digital asset regulatory frameworks.
• Experience with Atlassian (Jira / Confluence) and Slack‑native finance operations.
• Experience with Python, VBA, or Power Automate for finance automation (note: AI‑led automation is the primary focus, not RPA/scripting alone).
• Prior held regulatory required positions (DFSA, CySEC and/or FCA).