Accountant / Finance Analyst

Job Description

JOB PURPOSE

Provide support in monitoring bank account transactions across Aldar Corporate, Aldar Development, Aldar Investments and Aldar Projects to ensure timely status updates in ERP. Perform month-end bank reconciliations and assist auditors with their queries.

Manage the reconciliation of corporate credit card payments and ensure their proper accounting.

• Download bank statements from the bank portal. Monitor MT940 file uploads within the ERP cash management module. Coordinate with the ERP team to resolve missing files, failed uploads and any processing errors to ensure accurate and timely bank transaction updates.
• Coordinate with the ERP team to activate MT940 file upload functionality in the cash management module for newly opened bank accounts.
• Review unreconciled transactions generated after auto‑clearance runs in the ERP and investigate discrepancies to ensure timely and accurate resolution.
• Support the Payables team in generating SWIFT advice for executed payments. Coordinate with banks to obtain details on direct customer deposits in cases where the Receivables team does not have the necessary information.
• Provide support in performing month‑end bank reconciliations for over 250 bank accounts across Aldar Corporate, Aldar Development, Aldar Investments and Aldar Projects. Coordinate with relevant departments to ensure timely recording and clearance of unreconciled transactions.
• Reconcile bank statements against credit card proceeds reports receive from Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to verify that all transactions are uploaded for auto‑clearing. Track unreconciled items in RPA reports and manually clear transactions that the RPA process is unable to reconcile. Coordinate with relevant teams to ensure outstanding items are timely receipted and remitted in ERP.
• Liaise with the respective banks to obtain any credit card proceeds reports that have not been received from the bank.
• Respond to queries from the Customer Department and Aldar Development Finance concerning uncleared receipts and other matters. Provide Aldar Development Finance with detailed break‑downs of intergroup transfers between corporate and escrow bank accounts.
• Record payroll transactions and other unreconciled items that are not processed through the Payables or Receivables modules in Oracle.
• Download monthly credit card statements from the bank portal and distribute them to the designated card custodians. Follow up with custodians who delay submitting their credit card payment claims to ensure timely processing.

Oversee the reconciliation of corporate credit card payments and ensure their accurate and timely accounting within the ERP. Share the details of intercompany transactions included in the credit card payments with the relevant entity.