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Financial consulting and outsourced CFO in Dubai

The owner's financial system in the UAE

ADE finds the gaps in profit, tax, cash flow, banking and risk, then shows you what to fix first. For owners and groups with UAE / cross-border structures.
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The diagnostic will show financial and tax risks causes of cash flow gaps engagement format: project or ongoing CFO support
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ADE Partners Big 4 (PwC, EY) · 25+ years in IFRS, tax and CFO services
Summary Enertech

Automotive, FMCG, manufacturing, retail and cross-border structures. These logos are not decoration — they signal experience with complex contours.

Who we help

We work with these situations every day

We work with these situations every day. Find your case — we'll show how to turn the numbers into a system.

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Owners of 1–5 companies in the UAE

Mainland / Free Zone · AED / USD

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Your situation
  • Several entities, different business lines and banks
  • The money picture is scattered across different spreadsheets
  • Unclear where you earn, where you lose, and where you take tax risks
What ADE does
  • We bring accounting, tax and management reporting into one picture
  • Dashboard for all companies: P&L, cash, CT/VAT risk alerts
  • You see the business as a system, not as scattered reports
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International groups UAE / CIS / EU

Cross-border · Multi-currency

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Your situation
  • Several countries, currencies and banks — no single picture
  • Different regulator and bank requirements in each contour
  • Rising Corporate Tax, VAT and transfer pricing risks
What ADE does
  • We connect the numbers across countries into a consolidated contour
  • Transparent group structure, TP documentation
  • Cash flow planning and gap forecasting
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A business that has outgrown "ordinary accounting"

CFO-as-a-Service · Management reporting

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Your situation
  • Accounting closes the reports but doesn't answer the owner's questions
  • Real profit unclear, "thin spots" in cash flow
  • Hard to tell what to finance first
What ADE does
  • Layer above accounting: management reporting for your decisions
  • Financial models, unit economics, 13-week cash forecast
  • An external CFO who looks at the business with you
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An owner with capital outside the business

Family Office Lite · Private wealth

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Your situation
  • Assets, accounts, real estate and investments outside operating companies
  • Personal capital and business contour live separately
  • No single picture, ownership structure or risk control
What ADE does
  • Bring assets into one contour: personal balance sheet and P&L
  • Structure ownership, coordinate the family's financial decisions
  • Build a sustainable base for passing capital to the next generation
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First step

Running a business across several countries? We'll show where the risks are across finance, tax and banking, and what to close first.

The first call and a scope estimate are free

We'll walk through countries, banks, reporting and taxes. After the call you'll have a short action plan.

What you'll get risk zones across taxes, banking and reporting priorities for the first actions engagement format: project or ongoing CFO support data needed to start, plus NDA Get an action plan
Our services

You hand us the foundation, the strategy and the support

And focus on growth, instead of controlling every number manually.

Foundation: accounting and tax

Accounting & Tax

The foundation for operational and regulatory needs of a business in the UAE.

Core accounting & compliance Complex accounting & reporting Tax advisory Transfer Pricing
Strategy: CFO and advisory

Business Advisory & CFO Services

Consulting and digitisation of the business at the owner's level.

Outsourced CFO Management & Process Consulting Financial Systems Automation Transaction Advisory & Corporate Finance
The ADE team

Who actually stands behind your financial system

Engagements in Dubai are led by partners and directors with PwC and EY backgrounds, IFRS, international tax, TP and CFO services. You speak with the people who own the methodology, the decisions and the result — not with an account manager.

Artem Zavertalyuk, ADE Partner

Artem Zavertalyuk

Partner FCCA

Co-founder of ADE. 25+ years of experience, Big 4 (PwC, EY). Accounting and tax, transaction support, outsourced CFO.

Dmitry Sklyarov, ADE Partner

Dmitry Sklyarov

Partner CPA, PhD in Economics

25+ years in international audit and CFO consulting: IFRS, group consolidation, due diligence, TP and tax.

Evgeny Rudakov, ADE Partner

Evgeny Rudakov

Partner CFO services and automation

Builds management accounting, financial models and CFO dashboards. Implementations of Optimacros, Anaplan and IBM for groups.

The standards that protect your interests

ACCA Platinum Approved Employer

ADE has held Platinum status for over 10 years. One of the few firms in the UAE with this level of recognition.

HLB Global

Member of HLB Global since 2021: 155+ countries and the Forum of Firms.

World TP

Tier 3 in the World TP 2020 ranking for Transfer Pricing.

How engagement with ADE works

You stop firefighting and start running the system

Three levels — each one takes a specific layer of manual control off your plate.

1

Strategy

You understand where the business is heading: what to develop, what to close, how to prepare for a deal, an investor or financing.

2

System

The financial model and management reporting answer your questions as an owner: what earns, what consumes resources, where the risks are.

3

Execution

Accounting, VAT, Corporate Tax, transfer pricing, banks and auditors run on a built scheme. You control decisions, not every document.

Our cases and results

What changes in a business after working with ADE

UAE EXPERTISE

We don't just "reconcile the numbers" — we build a system

In most companies in the UAE, the money is formally "owned" by accounting: reconcile the numbers, file the reports, avoid problems with the FTA and the banks. But that is just the accounting function. The capital management function is a different league.

What this looks like in practice:

A A system, not firefights.

We build processes so that reporting and planning don't turn into late-night sprints before deadlines.

Substance Substance over form.

If we see a risk in the tax model, contracts or structure, we don't stop at "as requested" — we dig deeper and propose options, even when that means asking uncomfortable questions.

Capital Capital safety.

In international business, an error in accounting or structuring is not "a slightly overpaid tax" — it's reputation, access to financing and the value of the business.

Where is the line, and what do we do?

The difference is in the horizon of responsibility: close the period, or manage what comes next.

Accounting

The accounting function owns the correctness of the form: everything properly drawn up, recognised and filed with regulators. It's about the past: close the period, meet UAE requirements, avoid questions from the FTA and the banks.

  • Documents, entries and deadlines
  • Historical reporting
  • Form and regulatory requirements

ADE

The function of controlling and growing capital owns the future: how much the group actually earns, where you lose money, whether liquidity holds under the current growth plan, and whether the business is ready for an audit, financing or a deal.

  • Profit, cash flow and liquidity
  • Tax, banking and structural risks
  • Readiness for audit, financing or a deal
Accounting & Tax + Business Advisory & CFO Services

At ADE we combine Accounting & Tax as the foundation and Business Advisory & CFO Services as the layer that helps the owner manage the value of the business.

If your financial system today only files reports, it's time to rebuild it

Start with an audit of the current model: accounting, taxes, reporting, cash flow and the management contour as one system.

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ADE blog

Expert insights and webinars

Real ADE publications on tax, transfer pricing, IFRS, financial systems automation and management decisions for businesses in the UAE.

Taxation Penalty appeal procedure in the UAE An overview of how the appeal process works and what to prepare before you talk to the regulator. Read the article
FAQ

What owners ask before the first call

If you expect more from the numbers than correct reporting — answers to "where to invest", "what to close" and "how to grow" — accounting alone isn't enough. An external CFO is needed when the business is run by numbers, not only by closing the period.

Do I need an external CFO if I already have an accountant?

If you expect more from the numbers than correct reporting — answers to "where to invest", "what to close" and "how to grow" — accounting alone isn't enough. An external CFO is needed when the business is run by numbers, not only by closing the period.

How are you different from a local accounting firm?

We don't just reconcile numbers or stop at filing. Our job is to build a system that shows real profit and supports the growth strategy.

Can we start with a small project?

Yes. We often start with a Tax Health Check, a Corporate Tax setup, a review of management reporting or a diagnostic of the CFO function.

When does transfer pricing become critical?

As soon as material intra-group transactions appear between companies in different countries. It's better to build the logic up front than to explain it to a regulator after the fact.

How do you work with international structures?

We look at your group as a whole: countries, currencies, taxes, regulators and banks. We build one financial model for decisions, not for a slide.

What happens at the first diagnostic?

In 30–45 minutes we walk through countries, companies, banks, the key numbers and the question on the table. On the way out, you know where the risks are and which steps bring the most effect in the next few months.

Is the first consultation really free?

Yes. We walk through the situation at no charge and show what engagement format makes sense. If we see we can help, we propose the next step and a clear scope.

Contact

Get a diagnostic and a plan of first steps

Describe the business structure, countries, banks and the question that gets in the way of seeing the picture. At the first call we'll walk through the risks, priorities and the engagement format.

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Leave a minimum of details. We'll reply with what documents are needed and where to start.

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NDA on request. The first consultation and a scope estimate are free.

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