Branch Accountant - Automotive Finance

dealership operations by ensuring that sales, collections, payments, cash movements, supplier transactions, and vehicle deals are accurately recorded and properly authorized. The role connects branch activity with finance controls, helping management maintain reliable accounting records and complete month-end reporting within established timelines.

Working in a high-volume automotive environment requires disciplined transaction review, timely reconciliation, and close coordination with sales, operations, suppliers, customers, and central finance teams. Accurate handling of vehicle pricing, discounts, expenses, and banking activities contributes directly to stronger financial control and dependable branch performance.

Key Responsibilities

* Review daily dealership transactions including invoices, receipts, customer collections, supplier payments, and other branch accounting entries.
* Support financial processing of vehicle sales by checking deal documentation, pricing, discounts, approvals, and supporting records.
* Verify that discount requests and commercial adjustments comply with approved authority limits and internal policies.
* Monitor daily cash collections and ensure receipts are recorded accurately against relevant customer accounts.
* Review bank deposits and reconcile deposited amounts with recorded branch collections.
* Maintain control over petty cash transactions, supporting documentation, replenishments, and closing balances.
* Prepare customer account reconciliations and investigate outstanding or unmatched transactions.
* Reconcile vendor balances and follow up on differences, missing invoices, credit notes, or payment discrepancies.
* Assist with month-end closing activities by preparing supporting schedules, accrual information, provisions, and journal documentation.
* Track branch operating expenses and review purchase orders and supplier invoices for coding accuracy and appropriate authorization.
* Identify unusual spending patterns, duplicate charges, incorrect allocations, or expenses exceeding approved limits.
* Maintain accurate finance trackers and supporting schedules using Microsoft Excel and ERP systems.
* Work with branch and finance teams to resolve transaction discrepancies before reporting deadlines.
* Ensure financial documentation is complete, traceable, and available for internal or external audit review.
* Apply delegation of authority requirements to relevant accounting and commercial transactions.
* Support compliance with internal controls, accounting procedures, financial governance, and audit requirements.
* Use SAP or related ERP systems for transaction processing, account review, reconciliation, and financial reporting.
* Manage competing daily priorities while ensuring critical month-end tasks are completed within required timelines.

Ideal Profile

* Degree or diploma in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, or a closely related discipline.
* 2-4 years of practical experience in accounting, branch finance, dealership accounting, or high-volume transactional finance.
* Sound understanding of accounting principles, reconciliations, financial controls, and transaction documentation.
* Experience supporting automotive dealership finance operations is highly valuable.
* Working knowledge of ERP platforms, particularly SAP.
* Strong numerical accuracy with the ability to detect discrepancies in financial records and supporting documents.
* Comfortable handling customer accounts, vendor balances, cash transactions, and banking reconciliations.
* Good Microsoft Excel capability for trackers, reconciliations, schedules, and routine financial analysis.
* Familiarity with accruals, provisions, journals, and month-end closing procedures.
* Strong attention to detail when reviewing pricing, discounts, approvals, invoices, and supporting documentation.
* Able to organize daily finance activities effectively in a transaction-heavy branch environment.
* Capable of working with sales, branch operations, suppliers, and finance colleagues to resolve outstanding issues.
* Reliable in meeting reporting deadlines while maintaining financial control and documentation standards.

Skills Set

* Branch accounting
* Automotive dealership finance
* Financial accounting
* SAP
* ERP systems
* Account reconciliation
* Customer reconciliation
* Vendor reconciliation
* Bank reconciliation
* Petty cash management
* Cash collections
* Bank deposits
* Vehicle deal accounting
* Pricing verification
* Discount approval checks
* Accounts payable
* Accounts receivable
* Invoice processing
* Vendor payments
* Customer collections
* Journal entries
* Accruals
* Provisions
* Month-end closing
* Expense monitoring
* Purchase order review
* Supplier invoice verification
* Microsoft Excel
* Financial trackers
* Internal controls
* Delegation of authority
* Audit compliance
* Transaction documentation
* Financial accuracy
* Dealership accounting

Why Join Us

This role offers direct exposure to the financial operations of a busy Automotive dealership environment where accounting accuracy has an immediate impact on sales processing, cash control, supplier management, and branch profitability. It provides a strong opportunity to deepen practical experience in SAP, reconciliations, month-end accounting, vehicle deal controls, and high-volume transactional finance.

Professionals who develop strong dealership accounting and financial control skills can progress into broader branch finance, management accounting, financial reporting, or automotive finance positions. The combination of operational exposure and structured accounting responsibilities makes this role a valuable foundation for long-term development within the automotive sector.

About the Company

Al-Futtaim is a diversified regional business with extensive operations across the Automotive sector in the United Arab Emirates and wider Middle East. Its automotive activities span vehicle distribution, dealerships, aftersales, mobility, leasing, and related services, supported by established finance and operational teams responsible for maintaining strong commercial and financial controls.