Finance Operations Lead

About the role

Disrupt is a UAE-headquartered venture builder and holding company building companies in consumer technology, AI, fintech, cybersecurity and Web3. Its Group Finance is split between FP&A and a Center of Excellence (COE) that handles bookkeeping, AR/AP, payroll, reporting, consolidation and taxes. This Finance Operations Lead owns accounting, close and reporting for a cluster of group entities end to end and leads the Associates who run them day to day, acting as the Group Financial Controller's right hand.

Key responsibilities

• Review processes, reporting and controls, remove manual work through automation and AI, and hold the team to timely closes and clean audits.
• Own the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of accounting and reporting, handle complex transactions (revenue recognition, IFRS 16 leases, IFRS 9 instruments, intercompany funding, investments, foreign currency) and prepare monthly management accounts and statutory statements.
• Run the monthly close to the group calendar with books closed by the 5th, feed clean trial balances to consolidation, and reconcile every bank, card, wallet, intercompany and balance sheet account.
• Support the tax team with reconciled ledgers and data for UAE Corporate Tax, VAT, Pakistan income tax, sales tax on services and withholding, and ensure withholding, VAT and intercompany entries are booked correctly at source.
• Apply the authorization matrix, segregation of duties and maker-checker, protect master data, track SLAs and chase late inputs.
• Keep accounting setups clean in Odoo and QuickBooks, test system changes, onboard new entities and identify automation opportunities.
• Lead Associates with clear expectations, allocate work across the team, train them, build a case library, and develop at least one Associate to step into the role.
• Prepare audit files, run audit fieldwork and answer first-line queries from auditors, regulators, free-zone authorities and corporate service providers.

Required profile

• Qualified accountant: Chartered Accountant (ICAP, ICAEW or equivalent), ACCA or CPA.
• 4+ years of accounting experience, including at least 2 years reviewing others' work and running month-end close for several entities.
• Has supervised and trained a team of accountants or associates and lifted their standard.
• Has prepared statutory financial statements and supported external audits from planning to sign-off.
• Hands-on experience with an ERP or accounting system, including setup and month-end processes.
• Working knowledge of tax compliance in Pakistan or the UAE, and of internal controls (authorization matrices, segregation of duties, maker-checker).

Required skills

• Strong command of IFRS, including consolidation, intercompany, revenue, leases and financial instruments; working knowledge of US GAAP.
• Preferred: multi-jurisdiction group or shared services experience (UAE, Pakistan, US or offshore), technology or venture-backed background, and hands-on use of Odoo, AI and automation tools.