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Chief Financial Officer

Outpace Professional Services
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Full Time
Executive
3 weeks ago
Financial StrategyCapital PlanningTreasury ManagementM&A FinanceFinancial ReportingFP&A
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Role Summary

  • Priority: P1 / P2 hire when capital strategy, M&A, multi entity complexity, or investor/board reporting requires executive finance leadership.
  • Reports to: CEO / ownership.
  • Owns: Financial strategy, capital structure, treasury, M&A finance, tax strategy, investor/board reporting, and executive level financial governance across all entities and verticals.
  • Mission: Build the financial leadership layer above the Finance Director so OPS can scale toward $100M+ revenue without weak capital controls, poor cash visibility, or fragmented entity governance.

Core Responsibilities

  • Own group financial strategy, capital planning, treasury, banking relationships, and long term financial architecture.
  • Lead M&A finance workstreams for acquisitions such as SkyDog Ops / CRM and potential PMO acquisitions, including diligence, modeling, integration planning, and post close reporting.
  • Own investor, board, lender, and strategic finance reporting as the company matures.
  • Design the tax, transfer pricing, intercompany, and multi entity finance structure with outside advisors.
  • Set finance policy for revenue recognition, margin targets, working capital, cash reserves, debt/equity financing, and approval controls.
  • Partner with MD OPS, RevOps, Finance Director, and vertical leaders on branch level P&L, forecast discipline, hiring affordability, and growth scenarios.
  • Oversee Finance Director and controller structure once CFO is hired.
  • Create financial readiness for $75M $100M+ annual revenue scale.

Required Profile

  • Senior finance leader with multi entity, multi jurisdiction operating experience.
  • Experience in services, consulting, SaaS, systems integration, ERP/CRM, or project based revenue environments.
  • Strong M&A finance, treasury, FP&A, reporting, and controls background.
  • Able to operate strategically while building practical systems in a fast growth environment.
  • Comfortable partnering with founder/CEO, MD OPS, sales, delivery, HR, RevOps, and external accountants/advisors.

Preferred / Nice To Have

  • Prior CFO or VP Finance experience in a $25M $150M revenue company.
  • Experience with international entities: US, Canada, UK, UAE, Europe.
  • Experience building finance functions around acquisitions and high growth hiring plans.

Success Metrics

  • Reliable group level cash forecast and capital plan.
  • Clean board/investor finance pack cadence.
  • Clear branch level P&L reporting and margin visibility.
  • Documented finance governance across all entities.
  • M&A finance process is repeatable and decision ready.

First 90 Days

  • Review entity structure, accounting partners, banking, tax, reporting, and cash controls.
  • Assess Finance Director/controller operating model and define gaps.
  • Create CFO level finance roadmap for $100M+ revenue readiness.
  • Build first executive finance pack: cash, revenue, margin, forecast, hiring affordability, and risks.
  • Define capital/M&A finance playbook for acquisitions or new entity builds.

About Outpace Professional Services

  • OPS delivers enterprise grade ERP, automation, and sovereign technology solutions for ambitious businesses.
  • Our team specialises in Odoo ERP, hyper automation, systems integration, and operational transformation.
  • At OPS, we value agility, transparency, and excellence without ego.

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