Financial Controller
ordable/ is an e-commerce enabler that allows merchants to quickly accept and fulfill customer orders.
Our Story
In 2018, a home business owner selling baked goods was on the verge of closing her business to pursue other career goals overseas. Instead, a small team came together to build a solution that allowed her to fully operate from abroad. Quickly, she began merchandising her items online through social channels, accepting orders directly on her own website, processing payments, and dispatching deliveries direct to her customers. By the end of 2018, she grew her business 20-fold, all whilst working remotely. ordable/ was born out of the technology built for business owners with a need to grow.
ordable/ is an e-commerce enabler that allows merchants to quickly accept and fulfill customer orders.
Our Story
In 2018, a home business owner selling baked goods was on the verge of closing her business to pursue other career goals overseas. Instead, a small team came together to build a solution that allowed her to fully operate from abroad. Quickly, she began merchandising her items online through social channels, accepting orders directly on her own website, processing payments, and dispatching deliveries direct to her customers. By the end of 2018, she grew her business 20-fold, all whilst working remotely. ordable/ was born out of the technology built for business owners with a need to grow.
Finance & Operations Associate (Junior Financial Controller)
We are looking for a Finance & Operations Associate (Junior Financial Controller) who will not only keep our books in order, but also support with basic HR and admin functions as we scale across MENA. This role is hands-on and versatile: youโll be responsible for bookkeeping, reconciliations, and financial reporting, while also assisting in HR operations (contracts, payroll coordination, onboarding) and general administration (vendor coordination, office ops). You will play a key role in keeping ordable/ financially disciplined, compliant, and operationally smooth.
Key Responsibilities
- Finance & Accounting:
- Maintain bookkeeping for all ordable/ entities.
- Record and reconcile invoices, payments, expenses, payroll, and intercompany entries.
- Prepare monthly management reports (P&L, cash flow, variance vs. budget).
- Track and summarize SaaS metrics (ARR, MRR, churn, NRR, CAC, LTV) with commentary.
- Support VAT, tax filings, and audit requirements.
- HR & People Support:
- Assist in employee onboarding/offboarding (contracts, documents, systems access).
- Maintain employee records and ensure compliance with local labor laws.
- Coordinate payroll inputs (attendance, overtime, benefits) with external providers.
- Support employee engagement and HR admin tasks (letters, policies, leave tracking).
- Administration & Operations:
- Manage vendor relationships and service contracts (e.g., office, utilities, software tools).
- Organize and maintain financial and administrative documentation.
- Support leadership with ad hoc reporting and operational tasks.
- Assist with cross-functional coordination between finance, HR, and customer-facing teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- 1โ3 years of experience in finance, accounting, or admin roles.
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field.
- Strong knowledge of bookkeeping and reconciliations; SaaS exposure is a plus.
- Familiarity with HR admin (contracts, payroll, compliance) in at least one GCC/MENA country.
- Hands-on experience with accounting software (QuickBooks, Xero, Odoo, or ERP).
- Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills for reconciliations and simple reporting.
- Excellent organizational skills; able to balance finance, HR, and admin tasks.
- Proficiency in English; Arabic is a plus.
- Detail-oriented, proactive, and adaptable in a fast-moving scale-up environment.
Key Leadership Principles
At ordable/, our values drive our actions. In this role, and while all our principles are important, the ideal candidates will embody the following ordable/ principles:
- Obsess about customers: We always want to start from the customer and work backwards. We pay attention to what competitors are doing, and obsess over our customers.
- Raise the Bar: We always keep our standards high, and we keep raising them. We deliver high-quality products, services, processes, and we ensure that problems are fixed and they stay fixed.
- Do, and be swift about it: Speed matters in business. We always have a tendency to take action with calculated risk. Many decisions and actions are reversible – done is better than perfect.
- Dive Deep, be curious, and learn: We are positively skeptical, inquisitive, and always learning. We do not stop peeling back layers until we arrive at the core of problems and questions that we have.
- Own and deliver results: We take ownership of our work, and never say โthatโs not my jobโ – we roll up our sleeves and get it done. We deliver results and focus on the right inputs, quality, and timing.
- Empathize, Be Just, and Earn Trust: We listen attentively, speak honestly and openly, and we always respect others. We are self-critical, we keep egos in check, and benchmark against the best.
- Think Big and Long-Term: We think big, set ambitious goals, with far-reaching time horizons; sometimes beyond our own. We think long term and never sacrifice long-term value for short-term gains.
- Persist and pursue relentlessly: We are persistent and relentless about pursuing our objectives. We do not fear failure, and when we do fail, we will do so gracefully, learn, and improve.
- Disagree, then Commit & Collaborate: We respectfully challenge decisions if we disagree with them. When we reach a decision, we collaborate and follow through as a team.
- Be open, connect, and be transparent: We prefer to be open, connected, and transparent so we can make better decisions and have greater impact on our customers.
- Recognize talent and develop it: We look to raise the bar with every member of our growing team. Recognizing talent and developing capabilities is everyoneโs duty and we actively help each other grow.