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Tabby, a $3.3B-valued fintech unicorn operating across the GCC region, is seeking a Head of Finance (Financial Control) to lead finance operations for its Saudi entity, Tabby Financing Company CJSC. This is a pivotal leadership role responsible for ensuring robust financial reporting, statutory compliance, and governance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closing for KSA operations with D+3 target timelines, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
- Ensure full compliance with IFRS standards (particularly IFRS 9, 15, 16), SOCPA accounting standards, and ZATCA tax regulations (CIT, Zakat, VAT, WHT, CTDF).
- Oversee SAMA prudential reporting and regulatory submissions to maintain banking authority compliance.
- Manage treasury and liquidity operations including bank accounts, merchant settlements, payment mandates, and approval workflows.
- Establish, document, and continuously strengthen internal controls across all finance processes to support audit readiness.
- Support provisioning and ECL (Expected Credit Loss) calculations under IFRS 9 for customer and merchant receivables.
- Lead the ERP migration to Oracle NetSuite, ensuring systems and processes meet regulatory and audit standards.
- Manage external audits and deliver audit-ready financial statements with complete supporting documentation.
- Prepare and submit statutory and prudential reports to SAMA and tax filings to ZATCA on schedule.
- Manage intercompany transactions and transfer pricing compliance in coordination with Group Tax.
- Build, coach, and develop a high-performing local finance team in KSA.
- Partner cross-functionally with Compliance, Legal, Product, and Operations to ensure finance readiness for new product launches (wallet, BNPL, cards, remittance, loyalty/cashback).
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance with SOCPA qualification (CPA, ACCA, CMA also considered if SOCPA-eligible).
- 8–12+ years of experience in controllership, statutory reporting, or finance leadership in fintech, banking, payments, or Big 4 financial services audit.
- Strong expertise in IFRS and KSA accounting/tax regulations.
- Demonstrated experience with regulatory reporting (SAMA, ZATCA) and external audit management.
- Experience with ERP systems, preferably Oracle NetSuite; e-invoicing platforms (ClearTax or equivalent) a plus.
- Advanced Excel proficiency; SQL and data analysis experience preferred.
- Proven track record building and leading finance teams.
- Fluency in both Arabic and English.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a process improvement mindset.
- High integrity and ability to perform under pressure in a fast-growth environment.
