About this role
We are looking for a Lead, Financial Reporting to support finance operations for our Saudi Arabia entity, ensuring accurate financial reporting, regulatory compliance, and strong financial governance. This role will support and oversee statutory reporting, tax compliance, treasury, audits, and internal controls while partnering closely with cross-functional teams to support business growth and new product launches. As a key member of the finance team, you will help strengthen finance processes, maintain compliance with SAMA, ZATCA, SOCPA, and IFRS requirements, and contribute to building a scalable finance function in one of our fastest-growing markets. Own and deliver the monthly, quarterly, and annual close for KSA, ensuring accuracy, timeliness (D+3 target), and completeness. Prepare IFRS financial statements with local (SOCPA) adjustments, along with supporting schedules and reconciliations. Apply IFRS (esp. IFRS 9, 15, 16) and SOCPA standards correctly in the financial statements, and keep accounting positions well documented. Prepare and support ZATCA filings (CIT, Zakat, VAT, WHT, CTDF) and SAMA regulatory/prudential returns, ensuring they reconcile to the financial statements. Perform balance-sheet reconciliations and maintain the integrity of the general ledger. Support provisioning and ECL calculations under IFRS 9 for customer and merchant receivables. Support external audits — prepare audit-ready financials with complete documentation and act as a key contact for auditors on reporting matters. Maintain and strengthen internal controls, reconciliations, and segregation of duties across reporting processes. Support treasury and settlement reporting and related reconciliations (bank accounts, merchant settlements). Support intercompany and transfer-pricing reporting in coordination with Group Tax. Drive process improvements and support ERP (Oracle NetSuite) reporting, data integrity, and automation. Mentor and review the work of junior finance team members. Partner cross-functionally with Compliance, Legal, Product, and Operations to support finance readiness for new product launches (wallet, BNPL, cards, remittance, loyalty/cashback).