Director of Finance
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About the Role
Lead financial strategy, operations, and controls while ensuring compliance and developing a high-performing finance team in a SaaS environment.
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Strategic Finance & Business Partnership
- Build and own spiderSilk s financial strategy aligned to growth goals and product roadmap.
- Act as a trusted advisor to CEO/Board on performance, runway, scenarios, and trade-offs
- Lead annual planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial models.
- Establish KPI frameworks for SaaS/security metrics (ARR/MRR, NRR/GRR, CAC, LTV, payback, churn, margin, pipeline-to-revenue).
Financial Operations & Controls
- Own accounting, month-end close, financial statements, and management reporting cadence.
- Implement strong internal controls, policies, and approval workflows (spend, procurement, delegations).
- Ensure compliance across tax, regulatory, audit, and corporate governance requirements both for UAE and KSA with North America in the pipeline.
- Oversee payroll, treasury, cash flow, and working capital management.
Commercial & Revenue Finance
- Partner with Sales leadership on pricing, discounting, deal structuring, and approvals.
- Improve revenue recognition processes and contract review (SaaS/subscriptions, services, multi-year deals).
- Build a scalable order-to-cash process: invoicing, collections, revenue reporting, and renewal forecasting.
Investor & Board Readiness
- Prepare investor-grade reporting, board packs, and performance narratives.
Systems, Data & Finance Enablement
- Select and implement finance tooling (ERP/accounting, FP&A, billing, expenses) that scales
- Build a finance data model that connects product usage, sales pipeline, and revenue outcomes.
- Develop a lean, high-performance finance function (internal team + external partners as needed).
Leadership
- Hire, coach, and develop a high-performing finance team over time.
- Build a culture of accountability, ownership, and operational discipline across the company.
Success Measures (First 6 12 Months)
- Accurate monthly close and reporting delivered on time with clear insights.
- A reliable forecast model connecting pipeline, ARR and cash, with scenario planning.
- Strong controls and spend governance without slowing the business.
- Clear view of unit economics and initiatives to improve margin and efficiency.
- Board/investor-ready reporting and diligence readiness.
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