Accountant – O2C – Finance Shared Service Center

Job Description

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 A"rab 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 world’s most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group’s 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 – O2C.

Overview of the role
As an (O2C) Accountant 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:

This position will be responsible for the following.
– Provide daily partnering support to business operations by assisting in O2C activities.
– PDC Management, which includes PDC collection, Warehousing, Banking, Maturing, Hold / Postponement etc.
– Identify, highlight and expedite timely action to resolve exceptions / interface fallouts by performing review, reconciliation and substantiation of O2C accounts and reports.
– Highlight receivables and overdue position to business to facilitate their follow-up and collection activities.
– Ensure adequate provision is created for doubtful debts as per Policy.
– Highlight risks and exceptions based on daily review of Collection control accounts and ensure resolution of exceptions within SLA by escalating in a timely manner.
– Create and maintain various master record for the O2C activities.
– Perform assigned month end book closing tasks within O2C.
– Monitor the ongoing automated activities and ensure continuity of daily tasks.
– Support with resolution of audit requests within the submission timelines
– Identify and support on standardization and improvement initiatives within the O2C function.
– Execute Customer Account Reconciliation/Balance Confirmation/SOA/Dunning etc.