Accountant - R2R | Finance Shared Service Center | Corporate Services - Jobs in United Arab Emirates, Dubai

Job Description

Job Requisition ID: 159182 Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the worlds most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Groups entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organisation to continue to grow and expand responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate. By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.We are currently seeking an experienced finance professional to join our Finance Shared Service Center in the capacity of Accountant - R2R.Overview of the role As a member of FSSC R2R team - To support monthly and yearly preparation of journal entries and reconciliation of GL accounts.What you will doGeneral ledger reconciliations & schedule reviewReconciliation of GL accounts, preparing GL schedules with actionable insights.

• Post transactions in SAP/BPC and maintain necessary documentation to support such transactions.
• Prepare necessary analysis and reports related to General ledger balances and provide highlights indicating risks and recommend mitigation action.
• Standardize accounting schedules and implement quality review process.
• Prepare & circulate monthly intercompany loan reconciliation
• Strive to continually improve GL review process for early warning signals.
• Gather necessary information related to balance sheet accounts from concerned stakeholders to ensure proper reconciliation of GL accounts.
• Prepare and submit audit schedules, data, documentations to ensure prompt closure of audit.

Monthly / Yearly books closing and business support

• Ensure timely inputs for preparation of financials and take ownership for compliance
• Follow checklists for monthly book closure and audit closure.
• Ensure necessary amortization and provision entries are posted and issues highlighted.
• Perform necessary reclassifications and validations in BPC process.
• Provide support in circulating weekly stock forecast
• Record month end stock provision entries after comprehensive review and confirmation by business.

Intercompany and Intracompany

• Review ICM module to ensure ICM team has accepted the regular charges (Warehouse rent, D&W, Warranty, Security charges. MDE charges, EIT, Visa, Emiratization & Training Levy)
• Highlight issues around elimination of transactions and provide inputs to fix process issues and to avoid recurrence

Required skills to be successful

• Good accounting (IFRS) knowledge preferred
• Analytical, process oriented
• Well organized, with excellent communication skills, a team player
• Should possess a good knowledge of excel and have prior experience in working with large databases
• Presentation skills, exposure to ERP
• (Preferably SAP) and SAP BW/ BPC

What equips you for the role

• Graduate/Fresh ACCA/CMA (or similar qualification)
• Fresher with necessary qualification and aptitude or minimum 2 years of similar experience, with good accounting knowledge and ERP systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills

Were here to provide excellent service but a little help from you can ensure a five-star candidate experience from start to finish.Before you click apply: Please read the job description carefully to ensure you can confidently demonstrate why this opportunity is right for you and take the time to put together a well-crafted and personalised CV to further boost your visibility. Our global Talent Acquisition team members are all assigned to specific businesses to ensure that we make the best matches between talent and opportunities. We not only consider the requisite compatibility of skills and behaviours, but also how candidates align with our Values of Respect, Integrity, Collaboration, and Excellence.As part of our candidate experience promise, we also want to make ourselves available to you throughout the application process. We make every effort to review and respond to every application.

Keyskills :
SAP Erp Bpc Excel IFRS

About Company

The Al-Futtaim Group is a large conglomerate based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.As a family-owned business, we take a long-term view in everything we do, because we believe that sustainable success requires uncompromising commitment.
That’s the reason why some of the world’s most admired and innovative brands from the USA, UK, Japan, Sweden, France, Germany and Switzerland – from sectors as diverse with each other as automotive, retail, real estate and finance – trust Al-Futtaim with their own reputation and commercial success since the 1930s.
And through our inherent customer-centric approach and relentless pursuit of perfection, we add significant value – connecting consumers in 20+ markets with these brands in contemporary, powerful, meaningful and emotional ways that create longstanding relationships based on loyalty and mutual trust.