Job Descrption
Accounts Manager - Credit Control | Automotive Finance Shared Services
Toyota, Honda, Marks & Spencers, Ikea, Toys R Us and Dubai Festival City are just some of the amazing stable of world renowned brands managed by the Al Futtaim Group of Companies. Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim is one of the most progressive regional business houses in the Gulf region. Today, Al-Futtaim operates through more than 65 companies in sectors as diverse as commerce, industry and services, and employs in excess of 20,000 people across the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Pakistan, Singapore and Europe.
Automotive Finance Shared Services is a department under Automotive handling the back office functions related to accounting for Automotive. AFSS handles Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables, General Ledger Accounting, Reconciliations, Sales Accounting and annual closing and audits for the Automotive Division of Al-Futtaim.
Reports... to: Finance Manager
Direct Reports: None
Department: Automotive Finance Shared Services
Location: Dubai
Job Purpose:
• Support and manage Account Receivable of all automotive business units by providing proactive guidance.
• Train the staff to perform their duties efficiently and effectively.
• Monitor and support in collection.
• Streamline the processes in order to have the most efficient, simple and convenient processes which will support on time collection.
• Deal with difficult customers and long overdue payments with the help of division heads.
• Review and update company policy with regard to debt collection.
Description:
Credit evaluation:
• Evaluate credit requests from the business units and provide recommendation to ensure appropriate credit limits are granted as per set risk parameters.
• Implement a periodical credit review process for all customers to identify risk exposure and corrective mitigation process in place.
Accounts Receivable review:
Minimum Qualifications and Knowledge:
• Degree in Accounting (Bilingual- Arabic speaking preferable).
• Additional accounting qualification a plus.
Minimum Experience:
• A minimum of 3 years' experience with specific experience in Credit Control and receivables management of a large company.
• Prior experience of working with insurance companies an advantage.
Job-Specific Skills & Behavioural Competencies:
• Excellent communication skills - both verbal and written.
• Knowledge of Arabic an advantage.
• Diplomatic with the ability to deal with difficult customers with tact.
• Ability to lead a large and diverse team and coach them into top performers.
• Able to talk to all levels of the organization - both internal and external.
• Highly computer literate - knowledge of SAP will be an advantage.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to build and sustain relationships in a multicultural environment.
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