Director of Finance – UAE

About the role

Capital.com is hiring a Director of Finance to own all finance activity across our UAE operations — a region spanning both regulated and non‑regulated entities as the business scales in the Middle East. You'll be the senior finance authority for the UAE, carrying direct regulatory exposure and acting as the primary finance counterpart for regulators, auditors, banks and group leadership. This is a hands‑on regional leadership role combining financial control, regulatory reporting, treasury oversight and audit management with people leadership of a local finance team.

Key responsibilities

• Own all financial regulatory reporting for the UAE regulated entities, including monthly client‑money reports, cash‑flow forecasts and annual regulatory reports.
• Lead consolidation of the UAE entities (currently five) and prepare group internal management accounts monthly.
• Direct treasury activity, monitoring daily cash positions and overseeing client‑money reconciliations in line with UAE regulatory rules.
• Lead annual external audits across all UAE entities and manage relationships with external auditors end‑to‑end.
• Own budgeting and budget‑vs‑actual analysis for the UAE region, coordinating business plans with the Group FP&A team.
• Take responsibility for banking, payments, PSP relationships, payroll, accounting, bookkeeping and tax for both regulated and non‑regulated UAE entities.
• Approve regional expenses, oversee supplier payments and support tax planning to ensure compliance.
• Build and manage relationships with regulators, tax authorities, banks and suppliers.
• Lead, develop and manage the finance team, including objective setting, performance management and succession planning.

Required profile

• ACCA, ACA, CPA or equivalent professional accounting qualification.
• Senior finance leadership experience within a CFD, forex or online trading brokerage, with hands‑on ownership of consolidation, treasury and regulatory reporting across multiple entities.
• Direct experience with UAE regulatory reporting and client‑money rules (SCA and/or DFSA/ADGM frameworks).
• Proven experience leading external audit relationships end‑to‑end as the primary point of contact for auditors, regulators and banking partners.
• Strong people leadership experience, having built and managed a finance team through a period of growth.
• Excellent working knowledge of IFRS and multi‑entity consolidation.

Required skills

• accounting
• Regulatory Reporting
• Consolidation
• e-money relationships
• Treasury
• audit management
• multi-entity consolidation
• Bookkeeping
• Financial Control
• Payroll
• client money rules
• PSP relationships
• UAE regulatory reporting
• IFRS
• Tax Compliance

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• Work‑life harmony
• Generous time off with a comprehensive annual leave policy
• Employee referral program
• Comprehensive health benefits, including medical insurance and location‑specific perks
• Workation Wonderland – 30 extra days to work remotely from anywhere (subject to restrictions)
• Volunteer days – two additional paid days per year to support community causes