Finance Controller

Overview FINANCE OPERATIONS CONTROLLER We're not hiring a CFO. We're not hiring a spreadsheet builder. We're not hiring someone who needs a team of five to do the work of one. We need a Finance Operator. Someone who walks into organised chaos, rolls up their sleeves, oversees the right people and processes, and doesn't leave until it's a machine. ABOUT AI ACQUISITION AI Acquisition is the global category leader in AI service-provider enablement. We connect AI agencies with enterprise opportunities at scale through a hybrid PaaS and AI marketplace model. We operate across multiple entities, currencies, and geographies. We move fast, we spend big on ads, and our financial infrastructure needs to match the pace of the business. We are not a 9-to-5 business. We are building something that matters and we need people who build with us. THE ROLE This is a hands-on leadership role. You will report directly to and support our Director of Finance, freeing them from the operational grind so they can focus on strategy and growth. You will inherit a multi-entity structure with real operational complexity: live cash flow pressure, a payment infrastructure in transition, manual processes that need to be automated, and financial data that needs to be turned into clean, actionable systems. Your mandate is simple: stabilize, systematize, and automate. You will oversee the people and processes that execute this work, and where needed, you will get into the detail yourself. This role also demands genuine scale experience. We are looking for someone who has operated finance functions with high transaction volume and real operational complexity — not a controlled, low-volume environment — and who naturally approaches problems by building repeatable systems rather than one-off fixes. Requirements THIS IS NOT FOR YOU IF You can only work independently and struggle to lead or direct others You prefer building models over building systems You manage from a distance rather than having genuine operational grip You treat SOPs as someone else's job You wait for direction instead of creating clarity You call something "done" when it's documented but not implemented You've only worked in low-volume, low-complexity finance environments WHAT YOU'LL OWN Cash Flow & Treasury Oversight & Execution Own the daily cash cycle across multiple entities. Oversee and manage high-volume USD revenue flows from Whop into UAE bank accounts Ensure seamless daily funding of GBP/AED corporate cards for Meta ad spend — ad accounts do not pause on your watch Build a live cash visibility system so the Founding team sees the position at a glance, not after a request WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE Ad accounts never pause because of cash flow Payment infrastructure is fully transitioned and running without manual intervention Every financial process has an SOP. Every SOP is being followed The Director of Finance has more time to think because you handle the execution…