Senior Accountant – Transformation at Al-Futtaim in Dubai

Company: Al Futtaim Private Company LLC

Location: Dubai, AE

Job Type: Full Time

Experience: 4 – 5 Year

Job Overview

The Senior Accountant – Transformation plays a crucial role in supporting the Global Business Services (GBS) Finance transformation initiatives. This position is centered around coordinating governance processes, preparing comprehensive review presentations, and maintaining action trackers to ensure the smooth execution of finance-related projects. The role is particularly focused on driving automation and IT initiatives within finance workstreams, making it essential for the candidate to effectively manage deliverables while ensuring accuracy and timeliness. Success in this role will be measured by the ability to maintain strong follow-up discipline and collaboration across teams in the UAE and Egypt.

In this dynamic environment, the Senior Accountant will be responsible for preparing Monthly Operations Review (MOR) and Divisional Review Meeting (DRM) decks, which include consolidating executive updates and KPI scorecards into a format suitable for board presentations. The role requires proactive engagement with various stakeholders to ensure alignment and timely updates, making excellent communication and organizational skills paramount.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare Monthly Operations Review (MOR) and Divisional Review Meeting (DRM) decks, consolidating executive updates, KPI scorecards, and controlling matters into a Board-ready format.
• Capture and circulate meeting minutes and agreed action items promptly after each session, ensuring alignment with divisional CFOs and tower heads.
• Coordinate the monthly governance calendar across all divisions, aligning schedules, invitees, and logistics with stakeholders.
• Build and maintain consolidated action trackers with clear owners, due dates, RAG status, dependencies, and context, driving items to closure.
• Track completion rates across divisions, categorize items by impact, escalate overdue or blocked actions, and report status back into the MOR/DRM cadence.
• Follow up proactively with owners across GBS Finance and Business / Divisional Finance to secure timely updates and evidence of closure.
• Support pre-closure and post-closure reporting inputs feeding the MOR/DRM packs, including KPI dashboards and service delivery scorecards.
• Consolidate and validate inputs from towers and the Controlling team to ensure accuracy and consistency across all governance deliverables.
• Participate in GBS Finance Agile POD weekly sessions with GTDP and support the delivery of automation initiatives across towers.
• Contribute to Business Requirement Documents (BRD) and Cost-Benefit Analyses (CBA), and track transformation milestones through the roadmap and deliverables tracker.
• Manage ad-hoc requests from Group leadership to enable rapid, data-driven decision-making.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business, with CPA / ACCA / CMA preferred.
• 4+ years of experience in Finance Shared Services, PMO/project coordination, or Audit.
• Advanced skills in PowerPoint & Excel, Microsoft Planner/Lists, Power BI/Tableau, with familiarity in ERP systems such as SAP/Oracle.
• Strong understanding of FSSC taxonomy, end-to-end process lifecycles, and governance/reporting cadences.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Proven ability to follow through on tasks with a disciplined project management approach.

About Al-Futtaim

Established in the 1930s, Al-Futtaim Group has evolved into a highly diversified and progressive privately held business, headquartered in Dubai, UAE. With five core divisions—automotive, financial services, real estate, retail, and healthcare—the group employs over 35,000 individuals across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. Al-Futtaim partners with over 200 globally recognized brands, demonstrating a commitment to entrepreneurship and customer focus that drives its continued growth and expansion.

Upholding values of respect, excellence, collaboration, and integrity, Al-Futtaim Group is dedicated to enriching the lives of its customers and meeting their evolving needs within the communities it serves.

How to Apply

Candidates interested in the Senior Accountant – Transformation position should apply through the official Al-Futtaim careers platform. Link is given in Apply For Job button on this page.