Finance Manager

About Airwallex

About the role

What you’ll do

• Act as the designated CBUAE contact for financial and prudential reporting, returns, information requests, and supervisory meetings.
• Prepare, review, and submit regulatory returns, coordinating interpretation and the regulatory calendar with Compliance.
• Monitor regulatory capital, liquidity, and client-fund safeguarding; flag risks and recommend action.
• Own monthly close and financial controls, including journal entries, balance-sheet reconciliations, and P&L reviews.
• Prepare financial performance, capital, and cash commentary for local board packs and management reporting.
• Lead the annual IFRS statutory audit and liaise with auditors and advisors.
• Oversee UAE Corporate Tax and VAT compliance with the Tax team and external advisors.
• Support product launches by ensuring accurate reporting structures and regulatory submissions.
• Improve and automate UAE finance processes and collaborate on Controllership projects.
• Responsibilities may develop over time.

What you bring

• Professional finance or accounting qualification such as CPA, ACCA, CA, CFA, or equivalent.
• 8+ years of finance experience, including senior-level finance function experience.
• Strong working knowledge of IFRS, regulatory capital, and UAE payment-service-provider prudential reporting.
• Direct financial-regulator engagement experience; CBUAE experience is ideal.
• Financial controlling experience and a track record of building finance capabilities in a growing organization.
• Big Four experience is advantageous.
• Strong communication with regulators, auditors, boards, and stakeholders; able to work independently in ambiguity.

Regulatory requirements

• The role is regulated and the successful candidate must meet CBUAE Fit and Proper criteria; any offer is subject to regulatory approval.
• Candidates must have a clean regulatory and criminal record, with no past disciplinary action, dismissal for cause, or adverse financial-regulator findings.
• Candidates must have no history of fraud, dishonesty, or material misrepresentation and must be financially sound, without undischarged bankruptcy, insolvency proceedings, or outstanding unsatisfied judgments.
• Candidates must be resident in the UAE, dedicate sufficient time, and maintain meaningful on-the-ground presence.
• Other directorships or roles must be disclosed so the CBUAE can assess availability.
• The CBUAE will conduct background checks and may request references from previous regulators.