Finance Manager

<div><p>Full Time Senior Finance Manager in financial services at Decentralized Masters in Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Remote. Apply directly through the link below.</p><p><b>At a glance:</b></p><ul><li>Work mode: Remote</li><li>Employment: Full Time</li><li>Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Remote</li><li>Experience: Senior · 4+ years</li></ul><p><b>Core stack:</b>Accounts Receivable, Variance Analysis, Accounts Payable, Team Leadership, Reconciliation, Optimization, Performance, Forecasting, Compliance, QuickBooks, Accounting, Budgeting, Payment, Remote, Excel, Audit, Sales, GAAP, IFRS, AI</p><p><b>Is this Finance Manager job remote?</b>Yes, this position is fully remote (Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Remote).</p><p><b>What skills are required?</b>Accounts Receivable, Variance Analysis, Accounts Payable, Team Leadership, Reconciliation, Optimization, Performance, Forecasting, Compliance, QuickBooks, and more.</p><h3>Who we are</h3><p>Decentralized Masters is a profitable, bootstrapped DeFi education company. In just 4 years, we’ve grown from 0 to 150 people with $50M in ARR, 4,500+ Members and scaling toward $75-100M revenue in 2026. We operate across multiple jurisdictions (mainly the UAE&the US) and have ambitious plans to expand into new, complementary business lines this year. We move at an uncomfortable pace, but that is exactly the way we like it.</p><p>Our Members love the product, and we’ve built a top-tier sales, marketing, and product team to match.</p><p>Now it’s time to build the foundation that supports the next phase of exponential growth, and that starts with a world-class finance function.</p><h3>The opportunity</h3><p>We require a highly competent, experienced and intelligent right-hand: someone who can manage, motivate, and develop a junior finance team while helping to shape a forward-thinking, AI-driven finance function from the ground up.</p><p>This is not a role for someone set in their ways. You’ll be working alongside a young, sharp, and ambitious C-suite that moves fast, thinks differently, and expects the same from you.</p><h3>The role</h3><p>As Finance Manager, you’ll own the day-to-day financial operations, managing the accounting team, keeping the books clean and accurate, timely, and insight-ready, and ensuring the function runs like clockwork. You are the operational engine that frees the CFOO to focus on strategy and growth.</p><p>If you’re energized by building something, thrive in a high-growth environment, embrace the power of AI, and believe finance should be a competitive advantage, this is your moment.</p><h3>What you’ll be doing</h3><h3>Financial Operations&Reporting</h3><ul><li>Lead the implementation of a new accounting system and establish robust finance processes from the ground up</li><li>Re-engineer current workflows — including payroll — using automation and AI, targeting a 50% reduction in time spent on manual and repetitive tasks</li><li>Own the daily cash flow reporting and monthly close process end-to-end, working directly with the Financial Controller and Accounting&Payroll Specialist to ensure figures are always accurate</li><li>Prepare monthly management accounts, P&L variance analysis, and departmental budget reports for CFOO review</li><li>Maintain and strengthen internal controls, ensuring audit-ready books across all entities</li><li>Develop defensible departmental P&Ls and manage the chart of accounts, ensuring consistency across all business units (Education, Newsletter, SaaS, Renewals)</li></ul><h3>Revenue Accounting&Subscription Finance</h3><ul><li>Manage deferred revenue schedules across high-ticket products ($5K–$30K), payment plans, and subscription products</li><li>Ensure accurate revenue recognition across all product types in line with IFRS and US GAAP</li><li>Track and report on renewal rates, churn, and recurring revenue pipelines</li><li>Reconcile merchant accounts, payment processors, and banking across multi-entity structures</li><li>Develop a weekly performance pack focused on key underlying business drivers</li></ul><h3>Budgeting&Forecasting Support</h3><ul><li>Support the CFOO in building and maintaining rolling financial models (monthly, quarterly, annual)</li><li>Maintain departmental budget trackers and proactively flag variances to the CFOO</li><li>Assist with headcount planning and cost center reporting</li><li>Contribute to 6–12-month cash flow forecasting</li><li>Contribute to cost optimization projects across the business</li></ul><h3>Team Leadership</h3><ul><li>Directly manage the Financial Controller and Accounting&Payroll Specialist</li><li>Ensure timely and accurate delivery across payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and reconciliations</li><li>Develop and document SOPs for all core accounting and finance processes</li><li>Drive the team from inconsistent, messy reporting to clean, standardised outputs</li></ul><h3>Systems&Compliance</h3><ul><li>Own the accounting system</li><li