Dealership Controller: Lead Finance, Compliance & Team

Job Description

Job Description

** Essential Responsibilities of the Controller** :

• The Controller will manage and oversee the preparation of the financial statements for multiple dealerships.
• Reviews overall accounting accuracy and completeness of retail and wholesale deals to assure that company policies and internal control measures are being followed
• Hires, trains, develops, and supervises Assistant Controllers, Office Managers, and accounting staff, including accounts payable and accounts receivable clerks
• Monitors deal flow between the F&I office and the billing clerks and investigates deals as needed
• Provides weekly reporting on gross variances and deals not posted to accounting within the F&I office
• Verifies that the pack accounts are correctly stated
• Attends manager meetings throughout the year at the dealerships and maintains communications with the Corporate Leadership Team to ensure compliance with all accounting policies and procedures
• Identifies internal control issues by reviewing existing policies, verifying changes in authorized personnel
• Assist in year-end audit preparation
• Knows and understands the Principle Auto Privacy and Information Security Policy and adheres to its requirements
• Holds weekly staff meetings with direct reports
• Oversee the financial statement preparation for assigned dealerships
• Manage appropriate accounting processes and associated checks and balances to ensure that daily, weekly, monthly, and annual accounting information is accurate and correctly reflects the financial position of all dealership entities
• Prepare monthly financial statements within the first week of the month. Analyze and review monthly results with appropriate dealership management and assist in the development of actionable items to correct and enhance dealership profitability
• Forecasting financial goals for each quarter and annually to maintain the dealership's profitability
• Maintain a strong working knowledge of dealership DMS (Dealer Track) reporting software.
• Analyze and develop reports to assist dealership operations in reaching budget and profitability goals
• Plan and assist with the year-end review of accounting records by an outside accounting firm
• Reviewing all financial statements and ledgers, and working with the accounting staff to clear up any discrepancies
• Manage banking operations, which include cash management, disbursement, receipt management, and related reconciliation and reporting
• Manage product, staff, and ensure accurate processing of all work
• Manage daily bank deposits and commercial billing
• Manage expense reporting software and compliance

** Qualifications:**

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field required
• At least three years of related experience required
• Previous OEM New Car Dealership Exp. is required
• Tekion Software experience a plus
• Proficiency in Excel is required

Company Description

Who We Are:

Peyton Resource Group (PRG) has a 20-year track record of delivering real results for our clients. With offices in Dallas, San Antonio and Austin, PRG is an innovative industry leader utilizing the latest technology to drastically reduce the time-to-hire problem plaguing most companies today.

What We Do:

We innovate. We understand. We collaborate. We move forward. We get IT done.

How We Do It:
We partner with world-class organizations that offer exciting career paths to their employees.
We cultivate relationships with the best and brightest talent in the marketplace.
We leverage technology in a way that is helping to redefine the staffing industry.
Our Results:
We solve today's critical staffing challenges, while delivering best-of-class professionals to our clients.

Who We Are:

Peyton Resource Group (PRG) has a 20-year track record of delivering real results for our clients. With offices in Dallas, San Antonio and Austin, PRG is an innovative industry leader utilizing the latest technology to drastically reduce the time-to-hire problem plaguing most companies today.

What We Do:

We innovate. We understand. We collaborate. We move forward. We get IT done.

How We Do It:
We partner with world-class organizations that offer exciting career paths to their employees.
We cultivate relationships with the best and brightest talent in the marketplace.
We leverage technology in a way that is helping to redefine the staffing industry.
Our Results:
We solve today's critical staffing challenges, while delivering best-of-class professionals to our clients.