Head of Revenue & Recognition

Snoonu is looking for a Head of Revenue Recognition to own end-to-end revenue recognition and settlement accounting across our multi-country footprint (Qatar, Kuwait, and Oman). This role sits at the heart of Finance - ensuring that complex, multi-rail transaction flows (cash, card, wallet, BNPL, and POS) are recognized, reconciled, and reported in line with IFRS 15 and Snoonu's accounting policies. You will lead a team of finance professionals responsible for daily and monthly reconciliations, partner settlement operations, and cash-flow forecasting, while setting the accounting policy, controls, and governance framework that keep revenue recognition accurate, compliant, and audit-ready.

This is a senior leadership role that combines strong technical accounting judgment with the ability to coach a team, present decision-ready reports to Finance leadership, and act as the trusted point of contact for merchants, banks, and auditors.

• Own Revenue Recognition & Settlement Operations: Lead end-to-end fund-flow, reconciliation, and revenue-recognition reporting across Qatar, Kuwait, and Oman, ensuring revenue, fees, and merchant liabilities are recognized in accordance with IFRS 15 and managing a team responsible for accurate and timely settlement outcomes.
• Set Revenue Recognition Policy & Accounting Treatment: Define and maintain the accounting policy and liability mapping that determine how multi-rail transactions (cash, card, wallet, BNPL, POS) are translated into revenue, fees, and merchant liabilities, ensuring consistent application of IFRS 15 across all entities.
• Translate Business Requirements into Accounting Logic: Partner with Finance Systems and business stakeholders to turn new business and product requirements into documented, well-controlled accounting treatments, reducing reliance on manual spreadsheet processes.
• Design Controls & Exception Handling: Establish validation controls, exception-management processes, and dispute-resolution workflows (e.g., IBAN validation, eligibility checks) that reduce manual intervention and strengthen the integrity of settlement and revenue data.
• Govern Recurring Revenue Adjustments: Oversee the calculation, validation, and posting of recurring revenue impacting items - delivery promotions, canceled order wallet/bank adjustments, and delivered order refunds and coverage mapping - across AMS and Odoo ERP.
• Lead Cash-Flow Forecasting & Payment Prioritization: Link collections, payouts, and merchant liabilities to provide Finance leadership with a decision-ready, working capital view and a prioritized merchant payment plan.
• Drive System Migrations & Reconciliation: Lead ERP and platform migrations (e.g., AMS-to-Big Query-to-Odoo), including reconciliation of balances, resolution of exceptions, and stabilization of new finance workflows.
• Assess Financial Impact of Product & Marketplace Changes: Partner with Product, Commercial, Operations, and Engineering to evaluate the accounting and revenue impact of new initiatives (e.g., segmented offers, marketplace orders, multi-cart, loyalty programs) and design the resulting accounting treatment.
• Build Reporting & Dashboards: Oversee reporting and dashboards (Tableau, Power BI, Excel) that give the business real-time visibility into settlement status, reconciliation progress, and revenue recognition KPIs.
• Act as Finance Point of Contact: Resolve queries from Accounts Managers, merchants, auditors, banks, and payment partners, and support internal and external audit walkthroughs with accurate, well documented data.
• Lead & Develop the Team: Manage workload balancing, coaching, performance follow up, and hiring input for the Partner Settlement and Revenue Recognition team.
• Drive Process & Control Improvement: Identify opportunities to streamline revenue recognition and settlement processes and strengthen financial controls, building team capability so the function works faster and with greater accuracy.

• Qualified Accountant: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, and a recognized professional accounting qualification (CPA, CMA, or ACCA) is required.
• Experience: 6+ years of progressive experience in revenue recognition, financial reporting, or partner settlement, including demonstrated experience leading and developing a team; e-commerce, fintech, or marketplace experience is a strong plus.
• IFRS 15 Expertise: In-depth knowledge of IFRS 15 (Revenue from Contracts with Customers) and proven ability to apply it to complex, multi-rail transaction flows (cash, card, wallet, BNPL, POS), including judgment calls on recognition timing and merchant liability treatment.
• Technical Accounting Judgment: Strong command of financial reporting standards and internal control frameworks, with the ability to design accounting treatments for new business scenarios and defend them to auditors and stakeholders.
• Leadership: Proven track record leading and developing a finance team - coaching,…