Financial Director

Overview

About the Role

Responsibilities

• **Strategic Finance & Business Partnership**
• Build and own spiderSilk’s financial strategy aligned to growth goals and product roadmap.
• Act as a trusted advisor to CEO/Board on performance, runway, scenarios, and trade-offs.
• Lead annual planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial models.
• Establish KPI frameworks for SaaS/security metrics (ARR/MRR, NRR/GRR, CAC, LTV, payback, churn, margin, pipeline-to-revenue).
• **Financial Operations & Controls**
• Own accounting, month-end close, financial statements, and management reporting cadence.
• Implement strong internal controls, policies, and approval workflows (spend, procurement, delegations).
• Ensure compliance across tax, regulatory, audit, and corporate governance requirements both for UAE and KSA with North America in the pipeline.
• Oversee payroll, treasury, cash flow, and working capital management.
• **Commercial & Revenue Finance**
• Partner with Sales leadership on pricing, discounting, deal structuring, and approvals.
• Improve revenue recognition processes and contract review (SaaS/subscriptions, services, multi-year deals).
• Build a scalable order-to-cash process: invoicing, collections, revenue reporting, and renewal forecasting.
• **Investor & Board Readiness**
• Prepare investor-grade reporting, board packs, and performance narratives.
• **Systems, Data & Finance Enablement**
• Select and implement finance tooling (ERP/accounting, FP&A, billing, expenses) that scales.
• Build a finance data model that connects product usage, sales pipeline, and revenue outcomes.
• Develop a lean, high-performance finance function (internal team + external partners as needed).
• **Leadership**
• Hire, coach, and develop a high-performing finance team over time.
• Build a culture of accountability, ownership, and operational discipline across the company.

Success Measures (First 6–12 Months)

• Accurate monthly close and reporting delivered on time with clear insights.
• A reliable forecast model connecting pipeline, ARR and cash, with scenario planning.
• Strong controls and spend governance without slowing the business.
• Clear view of unit economics and initiatives to improve margin and efficiency.
• Board/investor-ready reporting and diligence readiness.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in finance leadership roles, including experience as Finance Director, VP Finance, or Finance Director in a high-growth company.
• Strong SaaS/subscription business experience (cybersecurity or B2B software strongly preferred).
• Deep understanding of revenue recognition, contract/accounting implications, and multi-entity operations.
• Demonstrated strength in FP&A, cash management, and scaling finance operations.
• Experience working with Boards, investors, fundraising, and diligence processes.
• Strong knowledge of UAE/GCC finance, tax, and compliance frameworks.

Required Skills

• Strategic thinker with hands-on execution bias and comfortable building from scratch.
• Strong commercial instincts; can partner with Sales and Product without being a blocker.
• Highly analytical, detail-oriented, and data-driven with excellent judgment.
• Clear communicator who can simplify complex financial concepts for non-finance stakeholders.
• High integrity, discretion, and commitment to strong governance.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in venture-backed startups and building finance functions from early stage to scale.
• Exposure to international expansion, multi-currency operations, and cross-border tax considerations.
• Prior cybersecurity industry experience (SOC management, exposure management, threat intel ecosystems).