Chief Financial Officer
Who are we?
Privilee is a next-generation wellness and lifestyle platform operating across the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and soon Singapore and Hong Kong. We offer all-access experiences to premium hotels, beach clubs, gyms, and studios, empowering people to live well on their terms. We are scaling faster than ever: new markets, new verticals, deeper partnerships and a sharper organisational design underpin our long-term “10x in 10 years” ambition. To power this next chapter, we are hiring a Chief Financial Officer who can provide strategic financial leadership, elevate financial rigor, and prepare the business for multi-country scale.
The Role
The CFO will be a core member of Privilee’s leadership team, responsible for shaping the company’s financial future while ensuring operational excellence across all finance functions. This leader combines strategic foresight with hands-on execution, and brings the maturity, judgment and business acumen required in a fast-scaling, multi-country organisation. This role is critical to our ability to scale efficiently, allocate capital wisely, and unlock long-term company value. The ideal candidate can operate at three levels:
1. Strategic architect – designing and driving long-term financial strategy.
2. Business partner – enabling data-driven decisions across all departments.
3. Finance operator – ensuring world-class FP&A, Controlling, Risc and Accounting functions.
Key Responsibilities
Financial leadership and strategy
Own Privilee’s long-term financial strategy, roadmap and capital structure across markets. Lead multi-year financial planning, bottoms-up forecasting, scenario analysis, and strategic decision support. Provide financial stewardship to CEO, COO and leadership team on growth opportunities, unit economics, valuation levers and investment priorities.
FP&A excellence
Lead the full FP&A cycle, including budgeting, forecasting, KPI frameworks, business cases, and board-ready insights. Establish scalable financial models that support new countries, new products, and new business models.
Controlling and accounting oversight
Ensure accuracy, compliance, financial integrity, and strong internal controls across regions. Oversee monthly close, reporting, audit, tax planning and entity governance across multiple jurisdictions.
Business partnering
Act as a strategic advisor to functional leaders. Translate financial insights into operational decisions, performance management, prioritisation and resource allocation across the different business areas.
Cash, capital and performance management
Lead cash flow management and working capital optimisation. Treasury planning together with the Director of Corporate Investments. Drive ROI discipline across initiatives and ensure accountability for financial performance
Scale-up readiness
Build systems, processes and tools that enable fast, efficient multi-country expansion. Introduce best-in-class reporting, automation, dashboarding and financial governance.
Risk and governance
Lead and establish a clear risk management framework covering financial, operational, regulatory and market risks, supporting leadership in risk-adjusted decision making. Ensure appropriate controls, policies and governance standards are in place across all markets and business areas.
Leadership and team development
Lead, coach and grow the Accounting, FP&A and Controlling teams. Champion a culture of financial literacy and data-driven decision making company-wide.
Personality
- Strong analytical and strategic mindset, with a high degree of business acumen and business intuition.
- Capable of streamlining operations, making them efficient and ready for scale.
- Able to apply and mentor sense-making across finance functions, specially FP&A.
- Ability to make sense of context & data to solve problems and provide insights to leadership.
- Collaborative, seeking transparency and alignment across business functions.
Requirements
Education & Credentials
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA, CFA, CPA or ACCA preferred.
Knowledge & Experience
- 8+ years of finance leadership experience, with strong foundations in FP&A, Controlling, and Accounting.
- Proven experience in high-growth, multi-market scale-ups, ideally in consumer tech, subscription, marketplace, or lifestyle businesses.
- Track record of driving strategic initiatives, building financial frameworks, and partnering with senior executives.
- Awareness of key tax considerations and transfer pricing concepts relevant to operating across multiple jurisdictions (e.g., intercompany charges, cost allocations, compliance documentation).
Strategic Leadership Competencies
- Demonstrated ability to build teams, scale processes, and elevate financial discipline.
- Collaborative, high-integrity leader who thrives in dynamic, fast-paced environments.
- Deep business acumen and ability to connect financial insights to commercial & strategic decisions.
- Exceptional analytical and strategic thinking, with the ability to simplify complexity for the organisation.
Our Culture
By joining Privilee, you will be part of a passionate, dedicated and dynamic team; who are determined to create the ultimate wellness & lifestyle offering. Collaboration and the sharing of ideas is supported and empowered, contributing to our positive company culture. We care about people and want to support their personal and career growth. We consider success as being motivated and eager to work every day. With an inspiring office environment located in JLT, Privilee is the ultimate place to work. We offer amazing perks, from a competitive salary, comprehensive insurance, flexibility, an in-house chef who provides breakfast and lunch, plus a Privilee membership so you can experience the product first-hand.
