Strategy & Finance Associate ADGM, Abu Dhabi
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About the Role
Pure Professionals Group is partnering with an ADGM-regulated fintech to find a Strategy & Finance Associate. This hands-on role involves building cap table models, financial models, investor materials, and board presentations, working directly with the founding team.
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Responsibilities
- Building and maintaining cap table models, including dilution analysis, option pool management and waterfall scenarios
- Developing and refining financial models to support fundraising, scenario planning and investor due diligence
- Preparing pitch decks, investor presentations and board materials that communicate the business story with precision and impact
- Supporting the SEO, Finance team and founders on strategic finance initiatives including capital raises, debt structuring and partnership discussions
- Translating complex financial data into clear, compelling narratives for a sophisticated investor audience
- Working cross functionally with product, risk and operations to ensure financial planning reflects business reality
Requirements
- 3 to 6 years of experience in investment banking, venture capital, private equity, or a high growth fintech or startup office
- Demonstrable experience building investor grade financial models and cap tables from scratch
- Strong PowerPoint and presentation skills; you know how to tell a story with numbers
- Familiarity with the ADGM or DIFC regulatory environment is a significant advantage
- A bias for action, high attention to detail and the ability to operate with ambiguity in a fast moving environment
- Based in Abu Dhabi or willing to relocate
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The Opportunity
- We are partnering with a well funded ADGM regulated fintech at an exciting inflection point, moving from pre launch into operational scale.
- This is a rare opportunity to join a founder led business at the ground floor and play a meaningful role in shaping its trajectory.
- As Strategy & Finance Associate, you will work directly with the founding team on the strategic foundations of the business.
What You Will Be Doing
- Building and maintaining cap table models, including dilution analysis, option pool management and waterfall scenarios
- Developing and refining financial models to support fundraising, scenario planning and investor due diligence
- Preparing pitch decks, investor presentations and board materials that communicate the business story with precision and impact
- Supporting the SEO, Finance team and founders on strategic finance initiatives including capital raises, debt structuring and partnership discussions
- Translating complex financial data into clear, compelling narratives for a sophisticated investor audience
- Working cross functionally with product, risk and operations to ensure financial planning reflects business reality
What We Are Looking For
- 3 to 6 years of experience in investment banking, venture capital, private equity, or a high growth fintech or startup office
- Demonstrable experience building investor grade financial models and cap tables from scratch
- Strong PowerPoint and presentation skills; you know how to tell a story with numbers
- Familiarity with the ADGM or DIFC regulatory environment is a significant advantage
- A bias for action, high attention to detail and the ability to operate with ambiguity in a fast moving environment
- Based in Abu Dhabi or willing to relocate
Why This Role
- This is not a corporate finance role in a large institution. This is a seat at the table in a business that is building something genuinely new in the ADGM ecosystem.
- If you want visibility, responsibility and the chance to grow with a business from inception, this is the opportunity.
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