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About Tabby

Tabby (تَبّي) is a leading FinTech company in the GCC region, dedicated to reshaping financial relationships by offering freedom in how people shop, earn, and save. Serving over 15 million users, Tabby enables customers to manage their spending and maximize their money. Its flagship offering allows shoppers to split payments online and in-store without interest or fees. Over 40,000 global brands and small businesses, including Amazon, Noon, IKEA, and SHEIN, partner with Tabby to facilitate flexible payments. Founded in 2019, Tabby has secured over $1 billion in funding and is valued at $ billion, generating over $10 billion in annual transaction volume for its partners.

The Role: Head of Finance (Financial Control) - KSA

Tabby is seeking a Head of Finance (Financial Control) to lead finance operations for Tabby Financing Company CJSC in Saudi Arabia. This full-time position, based in Jeddah or Makkah, is central to ensuring robust financial reporting, statutory compliance, and strong governance for the Saudi entity. The role involves owning critical financial processes, building internal controls, and supporting a significant ERP migration project.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closing processes for KSA, ensuring accuracy, timeliness (D+3 target), and completeness.
• Oversee treasury and liquidity management for KSA, including bank accounts, merchant settlements, mandates, and payment approvals.
• Manage external audits and deliver audit-ready financials supported by comprehensive documentation.
• Establish, document, and strengthen internal controls across all finance processes.
• Support provisioning and Expected Credit Loss (ECL) calculations under IFRS 9 for customer and merchant receivables.
• Manage intercompany transactions and transfer pricing compliance, collaborating with the Group Tax team.
• Build, coach, and develop a high-performing local finance team within KSA.
• Partner cross-functionally with Compliance, Legal, Product, and Operations teams to ensure finance readiness for new product launches, including wallet, BNPL, cards, remittance, and loyalty/cashback initiatives.

Regulatory Compliance and System Integration

A key aspect of this role involves ensuring stringent compliance with all relevant financial and tax regulations. This includes adherence to IFRS standards, particularly IFRS 9, 15, and 16, as well as SOCPA standards. The Head of Finance will be responsible for timely preparation and submission of statutory and prudential reports to the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA), and tax filings to the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA), covering Corporate Income Tax (CIT), Zakat, VAT, Withholding Tax (WHT), and Customs Duty and Tax Deferral (CTDF). Furthermore, this position will drive the ongoing ERP re-platforming initiative to Oracle NetSuite, ensuring seamless integrations and that all systems and processes meet the highest regulatory and audit standards.

Required Experience and Skills

• 5-10 years of experience in a finance leadership or financial control role, preferably within the FinTech or financial services sector.
• Demonstrated expertise in IFRS (especially IFRS 9, 15, 16), SOCPA standards, ZATCA regulations, and SAMA reporting requirements.
• Proven ability to manage monthly closing processes, statutory and tax filings, treasury operations, and external audits.
• Experience in establishing and strengthening internal control environments.
• Familiarity with ERP systems, with direct experience in or strong understanding of Oracle NetSuite being an advantage.
• Strong leadership capabilities to build, coach, and develop a finance team.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills to work effectively with various departments.

Work Location

This full-time position is based in Saudi Arabia, with primary locations in Jeddah or Makkah.