Head of Finance

Tabby
Kuwait City
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Finance & AccountingExperience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Stakeholder management","Audit readiness","Control discipline","Builder mindset"]

Own the Kuwait entity’s books, month-end close, statutory reporting, and consolidation input into Group Finance. Lead controllership and the financial control environment, including reconciliations, audit ownership, and auditable accounting documentation. Manage CBK regulatory reporting, tax obligations, and statutory/corporate filings. Build and lead a finance team in Kuwait, acting as the trusted finance partner to Kuwait leadership and Group functions.

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Tabby
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Head of Finance

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Job Summary

Own the Kuwait entity’s books, month-end close, statutory reporting, and consolidation input into Group Finance. Lead controllership and the financial control environment, including reconciliations, audit ownership, and auditable accounting documentation. Manage CBK regulatory reporting, tax obligations, and statutory/corporate filings. Build and lead a finance team in Kuwait, acting as the trusted finance partner to Kuwait leadership and Group functions.
Location: Kuwait City
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Finance & Accounting
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the Kuwait entity’s general ledger, chart of accounts, accounting manual, and month-end close, delivering the reporting pack with variance commentary and balance sheet substantiation.
  • •Prepare Kuwait statutory financial statements and notes, including Arabic-language reconciliation where required, and ensure cross-reference and verification checks before issue.
  • •Ensure clean group consolidation for Kuwait, including intercompany reconciliation and settlement, transfer pricing support, related-party disclosures, and consistent application of group accounting policies.
  • •Run reconciliations and substantiation across banking/payment settlements, receivables subledger to GL, merchant payables, collections/recoveries, and suspense clearing with ageing and escalation.
  • •Own CBK regulatory reporting, tax and statutory/corporate filings; design and operate Kuwait financial controls; and lead end-to-end external audit planning through resolution of findings.

Key Requirements

  • •Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CPA, CA or equivalent).
  • •8–12+ years of progressive finance experience, including Big Four audit/advisory and proven ownership of a controllership function.
  • •Deep IFRS expertise with experience preparing IFRS financial statements and technical position papers that have withstood audit scrutiny.
  • •Hands-on IFRS 9 expected credit loss experience in lending/consumer finance/BNPL/banking or receivables-intensive businesses.
  • •Experience in regulated financial services with central bank regulatory reporting, plus strong reconciliation and close control discipline.
Experience:8+ yearsBig FourLendingConsumer financeBNPLFinancial servicesReceivables-intensive
Skills:LeadershipStakeholder managementAudit readinessControl disciplineBuilder mindset
Certifications:ACAACCACPACA
Languages:EnglishArabic
Tech Stack:IFRSIFRS 9ERP

Company Brief

Tabby
Tabby is a MENA buy‑now‑pay‑later and fintech platform that enables customers to split purchases into installments, offers in‑store and online payment products, a consumer app, and merchant services across Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait and the wider region.
Industry: Lending
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Founded: 2019
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