Finanshels

Finanshels: finance back office for UAE businesses

Finanshels presents itself as an AI-native finance back office aimed at companies operating in the United Arab Emirates. Its proposition is to take on the finance function so that founders and operators can concentrate on growth. The service combines software with a team of finance professionals, and the company describes itself as an independent private consultancy and registered tax agency, explicitly stating that it is not the Federal Tax Authority (FTA) nor affiliated with any government body.

The company reports more than 7,000 clients across the UAE and a team of over 150 people working across accounting, tax, controllership and compliance. It also states that it is an FTA Registered Tax Agency.

Services offered

Finanshels structures its offer as individual services that can be taken separately or combined into a full finance function, all run by the same team and platform:

• Accounting: books kept current, reconciled and ready for decision-making.
• Corporate Tax Advisory: advice on the company's tax position and corporate tax returns.
• VAT Advisory: VAT guidance, support with return preparation and help with FTA questions.
• Payroll: processing payments to staff accurately and on schedule.
• Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable: managing outgoing payments and collections to protect cash.
• CFO services: reporting, forecasting and decision support.
• Full finance function: a single team running accounting, tax, payroll, AP, AR and reporting.

The site also lists additional areas under compliance and value-added services, including AML compliance, audit services, full liquidation services, salary benchmarking, transfer pricing, PRO services and legal advisory.

The finance platform

The Finanshels platform brings books, cash and obligations into a single live view, updated as work happens rather than weeks later. According to the company, it covers cash, profit, receivables, payables, tax, runway, compliance and reports without needing to rebuild the picture in Excel. Users can ask questions in plain English to understand what moved and what to do about it.

The company stresses that a person remains accountable: every figure shown has been reviewed by a finance professional. The platform distinguishes between what the AI does (reading documents, categorizing, reconciling, watching deadlines and flagging anomalies) and what finance professionals do (reviewing exceptions, approving accounting, resolving complex cases, reviewing tax work and explaining the numbers).

From several advisers to one relationship

Finanshels frames its model as a shift away from coordinating multiple providers. In its description, a business typically juggles an accounting firm, a tax consultant, payroll, AP, AR and reporting as six separate relationships that the founder or CFO has to coordinate and chase. Finanshels proposes consolidating them into one relationship with one team, one operating rhythm and one point of accountability, with a named accountant owning the outcome and a single place where the numbers live.

Tools and resources

The company publishes a range of free guides, calculators and tools, including a valuation calculator, a business setup cost planner, UAE industry benchmarking, a free zone finder, a compliance roadmap builder, a financial health checker, a gratuity calculator, a corporate tax deadline checker and a finance hiring salary benchmark. It also offers ebooks, a blog, a glossary, FAQs, webinars and events, and an SME hub.

Reputation and team

At the time of writing this profile, the site cited a score of 4.9 from 287 reviews on Trustpilot (October 2026). It also highlights a team of more than 150 members across accounting, tax, controllership and compliance.