Director of Finance
spiderSilk
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Dubai
Contract type: Full time
Who We Are!
Back in 2019, spiderSilk was born with a bold idea: build regional, sovereign cybersecurity IP that could stand tall on the global stage.
Our mission? To shake up the way organizations protect their ever-changing digital worlds with continuous, intelligent, and autonomous security that doesn’t miss a beat.
We’re a global mix of curious minds, problem-solvers, and passionate builders, all united by one goal: making the internet a safer place for everyone. Around here, we thrive on vision, energy, and a strong sense of ownership.
If this feels like your kind of crew, you’ll probably fit right in.
Role Summary
The Finance Director is a strategic, hands-on leader responsible for spiderSilk’s financial strategy, performance, governance, and operational finance. This role will partner closely with the CEO and executive team to drive sustainable growth, improve unit economics, strengthen controls, and enable capital-efficient scaling. The Finance Director will own reporting, budgeting/forecasting, cash management, fundraising support, and finance operations (including accounting, tax, compliance, procurement, and commercial finance).
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Finance & Business Partnership
Investor & Board Readiness
Back in 2019, spiderSilk was born with a bold idea: build regional, sovereign cybersecurity IP that could stand tall on the global stage.
Our mission? To shake up the way organizations protect their ever-changing digital worlds with continuous, intelligent, and autonomous security that doesn’t miss a beat.
We’re a global mix of curious minds, problem-solvers, and passionate builders, all united by one goal: making the internet a safer place for everyone. Around here, we thrive on vision, energy, and a strong sense of ownership.
If this feels like your kind of crew, you’ll probably fit right in.
Role Summary
The Finance Director is a strategic, hands-on leader responsible for spiderSilk’s financial strategy, performance, governance, and operational finance. This role will partner closely with the CEO and executive team to drive sustainable growth, improve unit economics, strengthen controls, and enable capital-efficient scaling. The Finance Director will own reporting, budgeting/forecasting, cash management, fundraising support, and finance operations (including accounting, tax, compliance, procurement, and commercial finance).
Key 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).
- 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.
- Partner with Sales leadership on pricing, discounting, deal structuring, and approvals.
- Improve revenue recognition processes and contract review (SaaS/subscriptions, services, multi-year deals).
Investor & Board Readiness
- Prepare investor-grade reporting, board packs, and performance narratives.
- 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).
- Hire, coach, and develop a high-performing finance team over time.
- Build a culture of accountability, ownership, and operational discipline across the company.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- A leadership seat at the table shaping a category-defining cybersecurity company.
- High ownership and autonomy with direct impact on company trajectory.
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