Job Description

Job Title Accounting

Required Skills

Experience

Description

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

Overview of the role

Assist the BP&A team in Strategic Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting, Reporting, Financial Analysis, Contingency Planning, Automation, Projects, and Administration

What you will do

Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting

Assist the BP&A Team to manage the Strategic Plan, Budget and Forecasts
Accurate and timely completion of planning responsibilities

Reporting, Financial Analysis, Contingency Planning

Assist the BP&A Team to follow up, prepare and circulate regular and adhoc reports and financial analysis on a timely manner
Accurate and timely completion of reporting responsibilities

Automation / Projects

Assist the BP&A Team to follow up, prepare and circulate regular and adhoc reports and financial analysis on a timely manner
Accurate and timely completion of automation / project responsibilities

Administration

Provide administrative support to BP&A Head and Team
Provide required support on a timely manner

What equips you for the role

The successful candidate should be a qualified Accountant with minimum 4 years of experience in relevant roles
The candidate should have adequate working knowledge of budgeting, financial / management reporting in Middle East preferably in retail sector.
Excellent analytical & presentation skills who want to further their career into the Business Planning and Analysis team.
You should have strong commercial awareness and the ability to drive business performance.
Strong understanding and application of corporate finance tools, techniques, and analysis, as well as forecasting, budgeting, and planning techniques

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Good working knowledge of other MS office packages, Advance level of Excel is essential
Knowledge of accounting software packages, preferably ERP such as SAP

Behavioral Competencies:

The candidate should be able to effectively interact and work within and outside team.
He / She should demonstrate ability to develop and maintain healthy relationship with colleagues to ensure timely delivery of results.

About Al-Futtaim Retail

Al-Futtaim Retail has established itself as one of the leaders in Retail across the Middle East, Africa & Asia over the past 30 years. We have developed partnerships with some of the biggest and most respected Brands in the world including IKEA, ACE and Toys R Us in the Middle East and the Inditex Group of Brands (Zara, Mango, Bershka and P&B) across Asia. We are also one of the largest Global partners of Marks and Spencers in both regions with over 75 stores offering both fashion & food options.

Most recently we have been responsible for bringing brands to the Middle East for the first time with the exciting launches of Watsons and B&Q and we aim to continue to be agile and adaptive to our markets with new launches and further development. For this to be possible we aim to recruit the best talent from all backgrounds who will continue to challenge and develop our diverse workforce which includes over 100 nationalities across 12 countries. Join us today and make a difference

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