Manager - Finance - Aldar Education Arabic Speaking

Job Description:

Aldar Education is currently seeking an outstanding Manager - Finance to support one of our schools in the UAE.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the highly successful Aldar family of schools and to help shape the future of Abu Dhabi’s leading school group.

Since its inception in 2007 with just 250 students, Aldar Education has grown into a highly sought-after education provider, with more than 25 owned and managed premium and super-premium schools and academies- in partnership with some of the world’s most prestigious institutions including

Rugby School, King’s College Wimbledon, and Cranleigh. The Group now serves over
38,000 studentsthrough5,000 educators from more than 100 nationalities to deliver world-class education across a broad range of curricula and learning pathways from nursery through to K12.
At Aldar Education, our impact goes far beyond the classroom: we are proud to contribute to the UAE’s vision for a sustainable, knowledge-based economy through premium education. With this in mind, we hire educators and insustry professionals who not only embody our values and cultural ethos but also bring a genuine passion for education—qualities central to our mission of shaping the leaders of tomorrow.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the highly successful Aldar family of schools and to help shape the future of Abu Dhabi’s leading school group.

The Finance Manageris responsible forall areas relatingtoschool finance operationssuchas budgeting,forecasting,monthlyclosing,MISreportingto Principals,budget control,Accounts Payable,Accounts Receivables,Fixed Assetmanagement,Cashand Bank Management ,Re-enrolmentprocess (financerelatedactions) and timely closing of internal and externalauditrequirements.

The FM is also responsible for implementation ofnewapplicable IFRSstandards,enhance financeoperatingpolicies from time totime,ensure compliance with DOA,developtrainingplans for school finance team to improve efficiency of school finance operations and Business Partnering. The role will be based in schools.

The Finance manager needs to manage the team by setting clear KPIs in line with department KPIs, perform periodical performance assessments and support team wherever required to upskill their skills and performance to retain the existing talent.

Main Duties:

• Lead school finance team and manage all functions within finance department such as annual school budget, re-forecast, AP, AR, Treasury, Fixed Asset, GL & Reporting.
• Closely work with School Principal & OSM and provide strategic and operational guidance from a financial perspective.

Specific Duties:

• Prepare the school annual budget and periodic forecast and submit to HQ finance on timely manner
• Present monthly financial performance with Principal, SLT and OSM with recommendations to achieve targeted EBITDA by cost optimization initiatives
• Preparation statutory financial statement for the school
• Approve the manual JVs posted by accountants & Monitor month end activities and ensure the books are closed accurately and timely
• Lead the system implementation process
• Review weekly AR report and present to Principal and OSM
• Review payment plan and financial hardship from parents and obtain necessary approval to support the parents
• Manage the school billing and collection process, send out timely reminders and warning letters and provide information with School Principals for decision making to enhance collection and reduce bad debt.
• Initiate legal process to recover the receivables from customers by maintaining all necessary documents
• Review balance sheet schedules and come up with the action plan to clear if any unreconciled balances
• Ensure internal and external audit requirements are provided in timely manner
• Approve…