Head of Finance (Financial Control)
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About the Role
Tabby seeks a Head of Finance (Financial Control) for KSA to lead finance operations, ensuring robust financial reporting, statutory compliance, and governance.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual closing for KSA, ensuring accuracy, timeliness (D+3 target), and completeness
- Ensure compliance with IFRS (esp. IFRS 9, 15, 16), SOCPA standards, ZATCA regulations (CIT, Zakat, VAT, WHT, CTDF), and SAMA reporting requirements
- Oversee treasury and liquidity management for KSA, including bank accounts, merchant settlements, mandates, and payment approvals
- Manage external audits and deliver audit ready financials with complete documentation
- Establish, document, and strengthen internal controls across all finance processes
- Support provisioning and ECL calculations under IFRS 9 for customer and merchant receivables
- Drive ERP re platforming (Oracle NetSuite) and integrations
- Prepare and submit statutory and prudential reports to SAMA, and tax filings to ZATCA, on time
- Manage intercompany and transfer pricing compliance, working closely 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
Requirements
- Bachelor’s in Accounting/Finance
- SOCPA qualification required (CPA, ACCA, CMA also considered with SOCPA eligibility)
- 8–12+ years in controllership, statutory reporting, or finance leadership in FinTech, banking, payments, or Big 4 FS audit
- Strong knowledge of IFRS and local KSA accounting/tax regulations
- Demonstrated expertise in regulatory reporting (SAMA, ZATCA) and external audit management
- Experience with ERP systems (Oracle NetSuite preferred)
- Advanced Excel; exposure to SQL/data analysis a plus
- Proven track record in building and leading finance teams
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills in both Arabic and English
Full Job Posting
About the role
- We are seeking a Head of Finance (Financial Control) KSA to lead finance operations for Tabby Financing Company CJSC.
- This role will be pivotal in ensuring robust financial reporting, statutory compliance, and governance for our Saudi entity.
- The Financial Controller will own monthly closing, statutory and tax filings, SAMA prudential reporting, treasury operations, and external audits, while building a strong internal controls environment.
- This position will also be central to our ongoing ERP migration to Oracle NetSuite, ensuring our systems and processes meet the highest regulatory and audit standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual closing for KSA, ensuring accuracy, timeliness (D+3 target), and completeness.
- Ensure compliance with IFRS (esp. IFRS 9, 15, 16), SOCPA standards, ZATCA regulations (CIT, Zakat, VAT, WHT, CTDF), and SAMA reporting requirements.
- Oversee treasury and liquidity management for KSA, including bank accounts, merchant settlements, mandates, and payment approvals.
- Manage external audits and deliver audit ready financials with complete documentation.
- Establish, document, and strengthen internal controls across all finance processes.
- Support provisioning and ECL calculations under IFRS 9 for customer and merchant receivables.
- Drive ERP re platforming (Oracle NetSuite) and integrations.
- Prepare and submit statutory and prudential reports to SAMA, and tax filings to ZATCA, on time.
- Manage intercompany and transfer pricing compliance, working closely 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).
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Education & Certification: Bachelor’s in Accounting/Finance; SOCPA qualification required (CPA, ACCA, CMA also considered with SOCPA eligibility).
- Experience: 8–12+ years in controllership, statutory reporting, or finance leadership in FinTech, banking, payments, or Big 4 FS audit.
- Strong knowledge of IFRS and local KSA accounting/tax regulations.
- Demonstrated expertise in regulatory reporting (SAMA, ZATCA) and external audit management.
- Experience with ERP systems (Oracle NetSuite preferred); e invoicing (ClearTax or equivalent) is a plus.
- Advanced Excel; exposure to SQL/data analysis a plus.
- Proven track record in building and leading finance teams.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills in both Arabic and English.
- Strong analytical, problem solving, and process improvement mindset.
- High integrity, judgment, and ability to thrive under pressure in a fast growth environment.
Benefits
- Flexible working model with trust and autonomy from day one.
- A high growth environment with ownership and responsibility that will accelerate your career.
- Participation in the company’s employee stock options program.
- Comprehensive health insurance.
- Flexi Perks: a monetary benefit to spend on what matters most to you — health, well being, education, or professional development.
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