Job description

Analog is seeking a hands-on Financial Controller in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, within Financial Operations & Tax, to own accounting operations, close and compliance, and build a high-quality, professional reporting engine for leadership, investors, and internal stakeholders, with a meaningful volume of reporting that must be consistent, automated, and scalable rather than manual spreadsheet-heavy work. The role partners closely with the FD to develop clean reporting packs, automate recurring reporting workflows, and improve visibility through Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power BI, including reporting such as cash waterfall, runway, unit economics, and performance dashboards. Responsibilities include owning monthly/quarterly/year-end close for P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow while continuously improving close speed and accuracy; maintaining the general ledger, chart of accounts, accounting policies, and reconciliation discipline; and leading revenue recognition and contract accounting, including revenue recognition for subscription, milestone-based projects, implementation/services, and hardware-enabled offerings, and partnering with Sales/Delivery to ensure contract terms support clean accounting and reporting. A major focus is reporting excellence and automation: owning production of professional, board/investor-grade reporting that is clear, consistent, and decision-useful; building and maintaining a recurring reporting cadence including a monthly management reporting pack (financials + KPIs), cash runway and cash waterfall reporting, gross margin by product line and customer/project profitability, and views for billing, collections, deferred revenue, churn, and backlog; reducing manual effort by automating reporting through standardized Dynamics 365 reports, data models, and mapping, governed Power BI datasets/dashboards with defined metrics, repeatable close checklists with automated reconciliations/controls, and scalable templates and processes. The role owns cash, working capital, and controls by managing AR/AP workflows, collections cadence, vendor payment runs, working capital tracking, building and maintaining a cash waterfall/runway view with clean reconciliation to the books, and implementing controls and approval workflows appropriate for an early-stage company such as procurement controls, expense controls, and authorization matrices. The role also serves as finance systems owner for Microsoft Dynamics 365 including workflow design, master data governance, and control implementation, and partners on Power BI reporting across finance KPIs, margin, cash, and operational analytics, ensuring metrics are consistent and auditable. Operational finance responsibilities include establishing and monitoring COGS and gross margin drivers such as robot costs, field service/service costs, cloud/GPU/compute spend, and logistics; improving project profitability tracking and informing pricing and delivery decisions; and working closely with Sales, Ops, Engineering, and Delivery to ensure data integrity and finance alignment. Audit, tax, and compliance duties include coordinating external accountants/auditors, keeping documentation diligence-ready, and managing tax compliance including VAT/sales tax and payroll-related filings where applicable. Qualifications specified include 7–10 years progressive experience (Controller, Audit + industry, etc.), strong technical accounting foundation in IFRS and/or US GAAP with revenue recognition experience under IFRS 15 / ASC 606, a track record of building high-quality recurring reporting and automating finance reporting workflows, hands-on ERP experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 strongly preferred, strong Excel skills and BI/reporting tools with Power BI preferred. Nice-to-have experience includes hardware + software + services models (RaaS/IoT/robotics/consumer tech/industrial tech), lease accounting familiarity, experience tying cloud/GPU/compute usage to unit economics and product profitability, and experience supporting fundraising diligence and investor reporting.