Finance Manager

Job Description

About the job

Role: Finance Manager & Business Controller

Location: Dubai, UAE

Company: Rentify

Type: Full-time

Requirement: Immediate

Rentify is building the financial and operating infrastructure for renting in the UAE.

Across Rentify Pay, Flex, Monthly, BELONG and Earn AI, we help tenants pay rent more flexibly while giving landlords and property managers better control over collections, renewals, reconciliation and portfolio operations.

We are looking for a hands-on Finance Manager & Business Controller to build and own the company’s finance function during an important stage of growth.

This is not a traditional accounting role.

You will work closely with the founders and leadership team across cash management, transaction controls, product economics, budgeting, financial reporting and investor readiness.
What you will own
Cash, budgeting and runway

• Maintain a clear view of cash balances, burn and runway
• Build and manage a rolling 13-week cash-flow forecast
• Lead annual and monthly budgeting
• Track actual performance against budget
• Manage payment schedules, payroll coordination and financial approvals
• Model the financial impact of hiring, product and commercial decisions

Transaction reconciliation and controls

• Reconcile customer payments, payment gateway reports and bank receipts
• Track landlord settlements, refunds, failed payments and reversals
• Reconcile partner commissions and revenue-sharing arrangements
• Build daily and weekly exception reports
• Ensure every transaction is accurately linked to the relevant customer, landlord and commercial agreement
• Strengthen financial controls as transaction volumes grow

Revenue and product economics

• Build financial models for Rentify Pay, Flex, Monthly, BELONG and Earn AI
• Track transaction value, revenue, direct costs and contribution margin by product
• Support pricing and commercial decisions
• Analyse customer and portfolio profitability
• Review partner economics across banks, payment providers and property managers
• Help the business understand where growth is creating real financial value

Management and investor reporting

• Lead the monthly financial close with support from external accountants
• Prepare monthly management accounts and founder reporting
• Build dashboards covering revenue, gross margin, burn, runway and customer concentration
• Maintain investor and board reporting metrics
• Support fundraising, due diligence and financial planning
• Ensure financial information is accurate, consistent and ready for external review

Accounting, tax and compliance coordination

• Manage external accounting, tax and audit partners
• Ensure timely completion of statutory filings and financial statements
• Maintain strong financial documentation and controls
• Develop accounting policies for new products and revenue streams
• Improve finance systems and processes as the company scales

Ideal industry and company backgrounds

We are particularly interested in candidates who have worked in businesses where finance sits close to transactions, customers and operations.

Relevant backgrounds include:
Fintech, payments and acquiring

Businesses managing high volumes of payments, settlements, gateway fees, refunds, chargebacks and reconciliation.Consumer lending and embedded finance

Companies offering credit, instalments, lending or financing products involving disbursements, collections, partner economics and revenue sharing.Marketplaces and transaction-heavy technology platforms

Businesses handling customer payments, merchant or partner settlements, commissions, refunds and multiple revenue streams.Proptech and real-estate operating platforms

Companies supporting landlords, property managers, developers or real-estate portfolios through software, payments, leasing or operational services.SaaS and subscription businesses

Companies with recurring revenue, customer onboarding, deferred revenue, pricing plans, customer retention and product-level profitability.High-growth, venture-backed startups

Early or growth-stage companies where the finance team has built processes, reporting, budgets and controls while the business was scaling quickly.Digital banks and financial-services platforms

Businesses offering digital accounts, card products, payment services, lending or other embedded financial products.

Experience in a company that has moved from founder-managed finance to a more structured finance function would be particularly relevant.

We are less focused on candidates whose experience has been limited to traditional bookkeeping, audit or large corporate finance roles without direct exposure to transactions, product economics or business operations.
What we are looking for

• 5 to 8 years of experience in finance, accounting, financial control or commercial finance
• Experience in fintech, payments, lending, SaaS, marketplaces, proptech or another transaction-heavy business
• Strong understanding of accounting, cash flow and financial controls
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills
• Experience reconciling payment gateways, bank statements or transaction data
• Ability to build financial models and management dashboards
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• High attention to detail
• Comfort working with incomplete or evolving information
• Ability to communicate clearly with founders, operational teams and external partners
• A practical, ownership-driven approach

You may be a strong fit if you

• Enjoy building processes rather than inheriting them
• Can move between detailed reconciliations and strategic analysis
• Are comfortable challenging assumptions and asking difficult questions
• Want to understand how the product and business actually work
• Prefer ownership and accountability over narrow job boundaries
• Can bring structure to a fast-moving early-stage company

What success looks like

Within your first six months, you will have:

• Built a reliable cash-flow and runway reporting system
• Established strong transaction and settlement controls
• Created clear product-level revenue and margin reporting
• Improved budgeting and spending discipline
• Introduced a consistent monthly management reporting process
• Prepared Rentify for future fundraising and financial due diligence
• Given the founders a clear and accurate view of the company’s financial position

Why Rentify

Rent is one of the largest recurring financial behaviours in a customer’s life, yet the category still relies heavily on cheques, spreadsheets and fragmented systems.

Rentify is building the layer that connects payments, financing, rewards and landlord operations.

This is an opportunity to build the finance function at an early-stage company operating at the intersection of fintech, property and AI.

To apply please send your CV and a short note explaining the below to info@gorentify.com

1. Why this role is relevant to your experience
2. Describe one finance proecess or control that you personally built in a growing company. What problem did it solve, and what changed after implementation?

Requirements added by the job poster

• 2+ years of work experience with Software as a Service (SaaS)