Controller

Volt Specializes in placing accounting and finance professional with premier companies throughout the country. Our client has an immediate need for an Automotive Dealership Controller. The Controller will provide hands-on accounting, leadership and administrative support while developing and maintaining strong financial reporting controls.
Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare, complete and interpret dealer financial statements to management in accordance with GAAP, corporate accounting policies and procedures and OEM reporting requirements
• Manage the daily accounting operations of the multiple dealerships to ensure that all transactions are recorded in accurately and timely in accordance with corporate accounting policies and OEM reporting requirements
• Develop and maintain effective cash management system and keeping the General Managers and senior leadership informed on the accounting trends and cash needs of the respective dealerships
• Performing timely month-end closings and submit required OEM financial statements and management reports in accordance with GAAP
• Manage and safeguard dealerships assets and ensure proper financial reporting controls
• Assist dealerships leadership team in reading and interpreting their financial reports and responding to request for information and assistance in a timely manner
• Work with regional leadership and dealership accounting and sales managers to improve revenue or reduce expenses to meet or exceed budgets
• Ensure compliance with dealership policies and standard operational procedures

Additional Fixed Operations Responsibilities Include:

• Preparing an annual operating budget, goals, and objectives for each department and monitoring the departments performance.
• Working with department managers to improve profitability and efficiency.
• Creating dealership service and pricing policies for approval by the general manager.
• Ensuring that service repairs are performed efficiently and correctly by conducting spot checks on jobs.

Required Experience and Qualifications

• Must have at least 8-10 years plus of large company automotive dealership experience with larger accounting team
• Thorough knowledge preparing multiple new car dealership OEM financial statements and demonstrated proficiency with CDK and or Dealertrack (DMS)
• Prior experience as a Dealership Controller out of large platform stores
• Public accounting experience with a national or regional CPA firm (specializing in Automotive dealerships is highly preferred)
• Ability to multi-task, work with various levels of management and manage accounting and administrative staff.
• Demonstrate hands-on technical accounting knowledge of automotive dealership industry