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As a humble family business that started on the banks of the Dubai Creek in the 1930s, Al-Futtaim has expanded to a presence in 31 countries, a portfolio of over 200 companies, and 42,000 employees. You'll find us in industries ranging from automotive and retail, to finance and real estate, and connecting people with international names like Lexus, Ikea, Robinsons, and Adidas. Our team is proudly multicultural and multinational because that kind of diverse representation gives us the global mindset to grow and impact the people, markets, and trends around us.

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We are looking to recruit a talent Emirati candidate as Accountant to be a member of Automotive Finance Shared Service in sales control team - to support the operations (Sales and After sales) - by (a) ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures with major emphasis on - cash control, sales accounting documentation, stock controls, day to day internal controls review and process improvements in Showrooms and Service Centres.

Your responsibility will be as below:

Cash Controls

Review of daily collection and deposit of cash and cheques by branches and scrutinise GL control accounts for exceptions.

Sales Accounting and control

Ensure through Test Checks and Branch Visits

All documentation is complete as per company procedures for all Finance / Cash / Credit / Inter and Intra company deals.

VCC and Sales letters released / issued as per company procedure.

Validation of Sales document pack /LPO and credit approval or clear funds/ registration copy and authorise final release of the vehicle for customer delivery.

Refunds are processed within the sub-delegated authority /documentation and facilitate refund process with AFSS for beyond authority levels.

Review and recommend actions to reduce cancellations and rebilling.

Co-ordinate with Division and IT to ensure all promotional schemes are timely defined in system to report correct costs and accurate information on the documents to customers.

Check and validate all agreed check list before confirming passport release of branch staff as applicable.

Maturing and clearing of PDC.

Processing of monthly rebates to customer.

Checking of vendor payment before releasing payment.

Providing support in yearly stock audit and yearly closing of books.

MIS

To review and propose changes / improvements to the monthly branch composites and MIS based on evolving Dealer requirements.

Recovery GL account reconciliation / Sales Document control

Reconciling of recovery GL Accounts, preparing 'action-triggering' schedules and taking timely action to resolve any issues.

Monthly reviews of Sales document/Credit card transaction and preparation of reports that would enable analysis of the accounts and procedure.

Providing analysis and reports related to 'recovery account' income.

Internal Branch Visit - Audit review and recommendations

Ensure implement ion of Internal audit recommendations and ensure best practices rolled out to all the locations / Showrooms.

Policy and Procedures and System support

Continuous review of existing policy and procedures and recommend improvements to strengthen internal control.

Ongoing Review of system process and ensure its applicability to business requirements in co-ordination with Automotive business operations.

Training

Ensure ongoing training of Cashiers / Branch Accountants / Branch Accounts Managers on all issues related to Sales Accounting and related controls.

Devise and implement a training program for training of new joiners (Cashiers / Branch Accountants/ BAMs.)

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