Branch Accountant - Aftersales Finance

About the role

The Finance Support Specialist provides comprehensive aftersales financial support, mainly covering revenue collection, accounts receivable and credit control. The role handles payments, ensures compliance with financial protocols and coordinates with stakeholders to resolve financial discrepancies, supporting the Finance Business Partner.

Key responsibilities

• Handle payments by various methods and manage current-dated cheques with the Collection Agent on the same day
• Ensure daily deposits in the CDM, reconcile SAP against deposit slips and monitor cheque clearances
• Manage bounced cheques and refunds, and ensure filing and archiving per SOP
• Conduct surprise cash counts and maintain daily collection oversight
• Monitor AR reports, follow up on overdue invoices and maintain the credit customer database, validating credit limit increase requests
• Coordinate with Location Managers on unresolved AR issues, raise service requests for SOA and track overdue collections
• Process invoices accurately, manage sales through documentation and track invoice summaries, sales returns and outstanding debts
• Support Opex/Capex reporting, generate ARIBA spend reports and recommend cost-saving initiatives
• Assist in forecasting, monitor government claims, and monitor warranty and goodwill claims and scrapping processes
• Maintain the Fixed Asset Register, support insurance renewals, archive documents for audits and handle financial substantiation
• Supervise cash and cheque transactions in SAP, coordinate with MIS for reporting and analysis, and ensure Service Advisors deposit revenue and upload reports

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or a related field
• 3+ years of experience in finance, accounting or a similar position, preferably in the automotive industry
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail for managing AR and invoice processes

Required skills

• Proficiency in SAP and financial reconciliation
• Financial software proficiency
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and coordination