Branch Accountant - Dealership Finance

helps protect the accuracy and integrity of dealership financial activity by reviewing transactions, monitoring collections, validating vehicle deal information, and maintaining timely reconciliations. The role works closely with branch teams and finance colleagues to ensure that invoices, receipts, supplier payments, discounts, banking activity, and operating expenses are processed correctly and supported by appropriate documentation.

In a high-volume dealership environment, the position also contributes to smooth month-end closing by preparing accounting inputs, resolving outstanding items, and ensuring transactions comply with internal controls and delegation of authority requirements.

Key Responsibilities

* Review daily branch transactions including invoices, receipts, customer collections, supplier payments, and related accounting entries.
* Support vehicle sales transactions by checking pricing, discounts, financial documentation, and required approvals.
* Confirm that commercial adjustments and discount requests comply with authorized limits and internal procedures.
* Monitor daily cash collections and reconcile recorded receipts with actual amounts received.
* Review bank deposits and ensure collected funds are deposited and recorded accurately.
* Maintain proper control of petty cash balances, payments, replenishments, and supporting documents.
* Prepare reconciliations for customer accounts and investigate unmatched or outstanding transactions.
* Review vendor balances and follow up on invoice differences, credit notes, payment issues, and other discrepancies.
* Assist with month-end closing activities including journal support, accrual inputs, provisions, and supporting schedules.
* Track branch operating expenses and compare actual spending with approved purchase orders and financial controls.
* Review supplier invoices for appropriate coding, documentation, and authorization before processing.
* Identify potential overspending, duplicate transactions, incorrect account allocations, or unusual financial entries.
* Maintain finance trackers and reconciliation schedules using Microsoft Excel and ERP systems.
* Coordinate with branch operations, sales, suppliers, and finance teams to resolve outstanding transaction issues.
* Support timely completion of accounting activities in line with month-end reporting deadlines.
* Ensure financial documents remain complete, properly filed, and available for audit review.
* Apply delegation of authority requirements to relevant branch and dealership transactions.
* Maintain compliance with internal accounting policies, financial controls, and audit requirements.
* Use SAP or comparable ERP systems to support transaction processing, reconciliation, and financial reporting.

Ideal Profile

* Degree or diploma in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, or a related field.
* 2-4 years of experience in accounting, dealership finance, branch accounting, or high-volume transactional finance.
* Practical understanding of accounting principles, account reconciliation, and financial controls.
* Previous exposure to automotive dealership finance operations is preferred.
* Experience using ERP platforms, particularly SAP.
* Strong numerical accuracy and attention to transaction-level detail.
* Good Microsoft Excel skills for reconciliations, financial trackers, schedules, and routine analysis.
* Familiarity with customer accounts, vendor balances, bank reconciliations, and petty cash processes.
* Understanding of month-end activities including accruals, provisions, journals, and supporting schedules.
* Able to identify discrepancies in invoices, pricing, discounts, account coding, and supporting documents.
* Comfortable managing a high volume of daily accounting activity while meeting fixed reporting deadlines.
* Strong documentation discipline and commitment to maintaining reliable audit trails.
* Able to coordinate effectively with finance, sales, branch operations, suppliers, and other stakeholders.

Skills Set

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

Why Join Us

This position provides practical exposure to the finance operations behind a busy Automotive dealership, where accurate accounting directly supports vehicle sales, cash control, supplier management, and branch profitability. The role offers valuable experience across SAP, reconciliations, transaction review, month-end accounting, and dealership financial controls.

Building strong branch accounting expertise can create a pathway toward broader responsibilities in management accounting, financial reporting, business finance, or automotive finance operations. The combination of transaction volume, operational interaction, and structured controls makes the role particularly useful for professionals seeking deeper commercial finance experience.

About the Company

Al-Futtaim is a diversified regional business with a major presence in the Automotive sector across the United Arab Emirates and wider Middle East. Its automotive operations cover vehicle distribution, dealerships, aftersales, leasing, mobility, and related services, supported by established finance teams that maintain strong accounting standards and commercial controls.