Senior Accountant O2C

Al-Futtaim; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A major financial service provider based in Dubai is looking for a Senior Accountant O2C. This role entails ensuring strong governance in the Order to Cash process and supporting day-to-day operations. The ideal candidate will hold a finance degree, have 2 to 5 years of supervisory experience, and be proficient in ERP systems such as SAP. Excellent communication skills and attention to detail are essential. This position offers an opportunity to drive process improvements while working in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 2 to 5 years relevant experience in a supervisory level role.
• Detail-oriented and organized work approach.
• Experience in handling teams.

Responsibilities

• Ensure control and governance of the Order to Cash process.
• Perform GL reconciliations and support business units.
• Calculate provision for doubtful debts.

Skills

Good accounting knowledge (IFRS knowledge preferred)

Analytical skills

Excellent communication skills

Proficient in Excel and Microsoft Office

Education

Finance Graduate or equivalent

Tools

ERP systems (e.g. SAP)

Job description

Job Summary

Al-Futtaim Group Finance Shared Service Center team is currently seeking a finance professional to join their team in the capacity of Senior Accountant O2C.

As a Senior Accountant O2C in Group Finance Shares Service Centre (FSSC), he/she will focus on supporting the day-to-day activities of the O2C function whilst complying with organization's policies and procedures and ensuring necessary checks and balances to mitigate risks through his team members:

This position will be responsible for the following.

• Ensure strong control and governance to the activities involved in Order to Cash process in compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Drive further development and enhancement of the current process.
• Carry out daily/weekly/monthly partnering support to business units.
• Perform GL Reconciliations.
• Ensure risks/exceptions / interface fallouts are resolved on a timely manner by performing review, reconciliation, escalations, and substantiation of O2C accounts and reports.
• Review Accounts Receivables and overdues position shared with business to facilitate their follow-up and collection activities.
• Perform customer accounts reconciliations.
• Calculate and review provision working for various risks including doubtful debts as per Policy.
• Post various accounting entries.
• Review and comply with the department check list for month end and year end book closing.
• Identify standardization and automation initiates and drive as a project for cost saving.
• Ensure Support with resolution of audit requests (internal and external) within the submission timelines.
• Review GL Schedules from the Balance Sheet Substantiation perspective as per the group initiative.
• Support management with ad-hoc reporting requirements.
• Liaise with IT Team, System, Process & Compliance Team, Divisional Controlling Team, and various Business Units to resolve issues, escalations, projects, and other initiatives.
• Conduct review meeting with BUFCs.
• To play an active role in transition and integration.
• Create customer master data based on business unit's request.
• Review customer KYC documents and update customer master.

Key Accountabilities

• Timely O2C partnering support to Business in day-to-day operations.
• Review GL Reconciliations.
• Daily collection control account monitoring and exception management.
• Perform monthly / periodic reconciliation and substantiation of O2C accounts and highlight exceptions and related risks to the Business.
• Preparation and circulation of periodic O2C exception reports & dashboards to stakeholders.
• Perform assigned month end book closing tasks within O2C.
• Computation of Provision for doubtful debts in accordance with Policy.
• Identify and support process standardization and improvement initiatives to improve efficiency and quality of reporting for FSSC O2C processes.
• Any other O2C activities assigned from time to time.
• Actively participate in Transition activities.

Qualification, Experience, & Skills

• Finance Graduate or Semi-qualified or Qualified or equivalent qualifications.
• Good accounting knowledge (IFRS knowledge is preferred)
• Analytical as well as Process oriented.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Prior working knowledge in ERP systems (ex: SAP)
• Knowledge of Excel, Power Point and other Microsoft office tools.
• Detail-oriented and organized.

Minimum Experience

• At least 2 to 5 years relevant experience within a large organization in a supervisory level, with a good knowledge of ERP systems.

Behavioral Competencies

• People Management: Must have experience in handling teams.
• Organization: Must possess the drive to learn, prioritize and manage workload with minimum supervision.
• Communication: Effectively communicate/liaise with internal/external contacts.
• Team Player: Should enjoy working in a team and be able to solve problems and resolve issues in an amicable manner.
• Should have interpersonal and delegation capabilities.
• Should comply with Al Futtaim core values: Respect, Integrity, Collaboration and Excellence.

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