Sr. Financial Controller - Al Futtaim Group Dubai, UAE

Job Description

Overview of the role:

Global Aftersales operations encompasses aftersales operations of all brands and companies covering all UAE, GCC and International geographies of Group’s Automotive Division including specialized Body & Paint and Tier-2 company ALAC. 

Senior Financial controller will participate in the planning, performance management and controlling cycle of the Global Aftersales. He/she will be a trusted business partner to Managing Director of Global aftersales and his operations team. He/she will be responsible to develop the (financial) reporting process with state-of-the-art tools to provide both internal and external stakeholders with insightful, accurate and timely financial information. Within his/her role as Senior Financial Controller, he/she has a lot of autonomy and responsibility. He/she, together with Business Control oriented staff, part of the Global Aftersales finance department and will report to the General Manager of Finance.

 

What you will do:

•   Review and analysis of monthly financial statements of all Global Aftersales operations and dispersion management across all brands, ALAC;

•   Partner with Sr. FCs of ALAC and other businesses to establish Global aftersales P&L performance review and develop reporting / KPIs to review with key stakeholders.

•   Perform detail costing for cost to serve and provide visibility on financials KPI to drive business and operational accountability

•   Understand individual market dynamic on return and after sales opportunity; translate to financials implication to drive P&L and Cashflow optimization.

•   Analysis of forecasts and budgets of all activities, locations, of Global aftersales operations, including consistency checks;

•   First line support of Global aftersales operations and local financial controllers on finance related questions;

•   First line support of Global aftersales operations and local financial controllers on finance related questions;

•   Development, maintenance and analysis of divisional specific reports and dashboards;

•   Optimizing financial processes and performance through data analysis (e.g., process mining, business intelligence);

•   Analysis of consolidated product contribution margins;

•   Preparation of accounting position papers;

•   Support in development and delivery of extensive KPI pyramid across all Global aftersales locations and brands/companies

•   Lead initiatives to improve financial decision making and visibility regarding inventory, demand, and supply at region.

•   Be the voice of finance in business and operations reviews. Challenge business case from a profitability and cashflow perspective

•   Manage the control environment for inventory and develop best practices

•   Participate, own, and deliver all Global aftersales M&A and unwind projects;

•   Support operational leaders and GMs 

•   Liaise with peers (Sr. FCs) of all the businesses to build and deliver a monthly performance culture by also keeping strong focus on working capital and cashflows improvements

•   Support in consolidating information for Brands and active point of contact with Brand Finance team.

•   Collect data from both internal and external resources on various types of costs. Income and expense projection and variance analysis

•   Help in preparing or sharing the site level P&L view on monthly basis.

•   Review of P&L with Brand Lead / Performance office / GM on risk and opportunities

•   Prompt support to get ad-hoc data and analysis for General Manager aftersales and his Brand Lead / planning team.

•   Active role with Planning team on end-to-end forecasts, annual budget, strategic plans preparation

•   Financial ownership of all warranty and retention products across Global aftersales portfolio with responsibility to provide effective and timely Management Reports on all Warranty and retention products 

•   Develop detailed business MIS to encapsulate all the key performance indicators for end-to-end global aftersales operations and performance covering all financial, commercial & operational dimensions

Skills

Required Skills to be successful:

•  Extensive Financial analyst experience

•  Automotive background / experience

•  Commercial experience

•  Can manage independently

•  Process / Audit background

What equips you for the role:

•   Qualified Accountant or equivalent post graduate qualification.

•   Minimum 12-15 years relevant experience 

•   Excellent numeracy skills, Analytical skills, Positive leadership, Team-builder, Commercial awareness

•   Well-developed oral and written communication skills are a must. Ideal candidate must be self directed. Strong interpersonal and team building skills. 

•   Previous experience in a similar position in a world class organization will be advantageous.

 

Job Details

Job Location

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Company Industry

Accounting

Company Type

Employer (Private Sector)

Job Role

Finance and Investment

Employment Type

Full Time Employee

Monthly Salary Range

Unspecified

Number of Vacancies

1
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