Finance Integration Lead - Dubai - leantech

Description

About the Job

Lean is seeking a Finance Integration Lead to support a finance integration initiative across a group of international entities.

This role will be focused on stabilising financial records, migrating accounting systems, and aligning finance processes, before handing ownership back to Lean's ongoing finance leadership.

The role is highly hands‑on and execution‑focused, suited to a senior finance professional with strong multi‑entity and cross‑border integration experience, who is comfortable operating in ambiguity and delivering outcomes within a fixed timeframe.

The Moment

Lean has tripled in size over the past twelve months. We're on track to triple again next year.

What started as the region's pioneering Open Finance platform is now becoming something bigger:
a multi‑product infrastructure company powering payments, data, and lending across MENA. We're expanding into new markets, opening offices, acquiring businesses, and building capabilities that didn't exist here before.

We've processed billions of dollars in transactions.

We're trusted by 350+ clients - from Binance and Careem to Etisalat - and backed by General Catalyst, Sequoia, and Shorooq.

Our $67.5M Series B was just the beginning.

Responsibilities

Finance Integration & Systems Migration

• Lead a defined finance integration workstream across multiple legal entities and jurisdictions.
• Review, clean up, and stabilise historical and current financial records.
• Re‑map charts of accounts across entities to align with Lean's group GL structure.
• Migrate financial data from multiple legacy accounting systems (including Zoho Books, QuickBooks, and crypto‑native accounting tools) into Wafeq, Lean's accounting platform.

Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and auditability throughout the migration process.

Accounting, Close & Reporting

• Manage month‑end and year‑end close activities for in‑scope entities during the integration period.
• Prepare and review management accounts, reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
• Align accounting policies and treatments with Lean's group standards.
• Identify and resolve historical accounting gaps, inconsistencies, or process weaknesses.

Tax & Regulatory Compliance

• Review tax registrations and ongoing compliance requirements across relevant jurisdictions.
• Ensure appropriate tax registrations are in place (e.g. corporate tax, VAT/GST, withholding taxes where applicable).
• Coordinate the preparation, review, and timely filing of tax returns and statutory submissions.
• Work with external tax advisors to address local and cross‑border tax matters.
• Identify historical tax gaps or risks and support remediation as part of the integration.
• Align tax processes, documentation, and compliance calendars with Lean's group standards.

Audit & Compliance

• Coordinate and oversee statutory audits across multiple entities and jurisdictions.
• Act as the primary finance contact for external auditors during the integration period.
• Manage audit timelines, deliverables, and responses.
• Support compliance with applicable accounting standards and local regulatory requirements.

Finance Operations

• Oversee day‑to‑day finance operations for in‑scope entities during the transition period, including:
• Accounts Payable
• Accounts Receivable
• Expense management
• Payroll coordination
• Support the implementation of appropriate controls, approval workflows, and documentation aligned with Lean standards.

Process Alignment & Stakeholder Management

• Align finance and reporting processes into a consistent, documented operating model.
• Work closely with Lean's finance leadership and cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Provide regular updates on progress, risks, and key milestones.
• Ensure a structured handover to Lean's BAU finance team at the conclusion of the contract.

What we're looking for

• 10+ years of experience in finance, accounting, or financial operations
• Demonstrated experience delivering multi‑entity or cross‑border finance integrations or transformations
• Strong hands‑on experience with GL clean‑ups, chart of accounts alignment, and accounting system migrations
• Experience coordinating tax registrations, filings, and compliance across multiple jurisdictions
• Experience working with multiple accounting platforms (e.g. QuickBooks, Zoho Books, Wafeq, NetSuite, or similar)
• Experience managing statutory audits across multiple jurisdictions
• Exposure to fintech, payments, or crypto‑adjacent businesses is a strong plus
• Highly hands‑on and delivery‑focused
• Comfortable operating in environments with evolving scope or incomplete information
• Strong attention to detail with a pragmatic, problem‑solving mindset
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Able to operate independently and take ownership of outcomes
• ACA / ACCA / CPA or equivalent qualification preferred
• Strong understanding of IFRS (or relevant local GAAP)
• Practical working knowledge of corporate and indirect tax concepts.

NB.

While we think the above experience could be important, we're keen to hear from people that believe they have valuable experience to bring to the role.

If you identify with the team and mission, but not all of our requirements, then please still apply

Why Join us?

We're building the financial infrastructure for MENA. Not as a slogan, as a fact.

Since 2019, we've become the first regulated Open Banking and Open Finance company operating across the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

We've processed billions of dollars. We connect millions of accounts. We enable companies like Binance, Careem, and Etisalat to build products that were previously impossible in this region.

Our recent $67.5M Series B from General Catalyst and Sequoia isn't just validation: it's fuel.

We're expanding into new markets, launching new products, and setting the pace for what financial innovation looks like in MENA.

We solve hard problems. We move fast. We hold ourselves to a high standard. And we're looking for people who've done this before to help us do it right.

If you're motivated by building something that lasts, not just something that scales, Lean is where you need to be.

Not only do we offer competitive salaries, private healthcare, and flexible office hours, but we also insist that every member of the team hold a meaningful equity stake in the business to ensure long‑term alignment.

We'd love you to join us for this journey

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