Accountant - MIS - Al Futtaim Automotive Finance

Job description / Role

Accountant - MIS - Al Futtaim Automotive Finance - UAE

Due to our rapid growth and future expansion plans, we are building our talent pool for Accountant – MIS who are performance driven, to work for our automotive team across the UAE.

As a member of Al-Futtaim Automotive Finance, you will be responsible to support the Department General Manager on delivering robust, timely and accurate Financial planning and reviews, provide Commercial and analytical support ensuring accounting and financial records are accurate and support the external audit, ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures with major emphasis on Five Year Plan / Budget / Quarterly Reviews, Profit Forecasts / Daily / Weekly Operating controls, Monthly Management Reporting and Reviews, Divisional KPI and Cost analysis, Monthly Closing and GL Reviews.

Job holder is required to constantly interact with Business Finance, General Manager's and Auto finance leadership. The position also interface with other Al-Futtaim Finance Shared Service functions in ensuring quality monthly financials. The jobholder understands the front-end process and interface with financial and information databases to ensure accuracy.

Having a good understanding of systems (SAP and Policy / Procedures) is crucial both for determining applicability and relevance as well as for designing verification procedures and processes that are meant to highlight exceptions.

This vacancy is specifically looking after all the future/upcoming Accountant – MIS roles across the UAE, covering all automotive brands such as Toyota, Lexus, Honda, Hino, Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Volvo, Ram, Automall and Al Futtaim Auto Centre (ALAC).

Requirements

To be considered for this role, you must have a Degree in Accounting /Professional accounting qualification is preferred, ideally in an automotive dealership with relevant experience within a large organization. With strong Analytical, process oriented, good communication and presentation skills, well organized, able to work simultaneously on multiple priorities, has the ability to think clearly and lucidly when under pressure with tight deadlines.

Apart from your previous experience you must have extensive knowledge of ERP systems, MS Office -Excel Skills, good attention to details and knowledge of SAP would be a strong advantage.

To be successful, you must be commercially aware and knowledgeable of the industry with relevant experience within a large organization in a supervisory level. You should be able to plan and priorities workload with minimum supervisory input, persuasive skills, self-starter, self-motivated; a strong team player able to solve problems and resolve issues in an amicable manner, be able to anticipates emerging trends and issues in the books of account and initiate appropriate action. Having the ability to build and sustain relationships in a multicultural environment and able to communicate to all levels of the organization.

About the Company

Established in the 1930's, the Al-Futtaim Group initially operated as a trading enterprise. Rapid development throughout the 1940's and 50's saw it establish itself regionally as an integrated commercial, industrial and services organisation, positioning itself one of the leading business houses in the lower Gulf region. Today, it operates collectively over 40 companies bearing the Al-Futtaim name, dominates many market segments in the UAE, and has expanded its sphere of operation to include Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Egypt.

The Group comprises a diverse range of strategically positioned operating subsidiaries and associate companies, structured to give the Al-Futtaim Group the flexibility and versatility to keep ahead of local competition while keeping pace with the ever-evolving global business scenario. The Groups continued investment in world-class systems technology is clear evidence of its commitment to maintain leading edge performance and service delivery.

The success of the Al-Futtaim Group can be attributed to a business approach that combines the ability to change with the traditional values of integrity, service and social responsibility that define its core business philosophy. This, linked with the Groups belief in decentralisation, gives the heads of the operating companies a high degree of functional autonomy and authority, providing the Group with essential flexibility, and individual employees a clearly defined work culture and sense of responsibility.