Financial Controller

Seeking new car store controllers that are open to relocating to the state of Alabama. The Automotive Dealership Controller will provide hands-on accounting, leadership, and administrative support while developing and maintaining strong financial reporting controls.

This job is 100% onsite/in office.

• Manage the daily accounting operations of the OEM dealership to ensure that all transactions are recorded in accurately and timely in accordance with corporate accounting policies and OEM reporting requirements
• Perform timely month-end closings and submit required OEM financial statements and management reports in accordance with GAAP
• Prepare, complete and interpret dealer financial statements to management in accordance with GAAP, corporate accounting policies and procedures and OEM reporting requirements
• Maintain effective cash management systems and keeping the General Manager, Dealer Principal equity owners and senior leadership informed on the accounting trends and cash needs
• Manage and safeguard dealership’s assets and ensure proper financial reporting controls
• Assist dealership’s leadership team in reading and interpreting their financial reports and responding to request for information and assistance in a timely manner
• Work directly with accounting back office teams, sales managers and regional leadership to improve revenue or reduce expenses to meet or exceed budgets
• Ensure compliance with dealership policies and standard operational procedures

• Must have prior experience as an Automotive Dealership Controller out of large platform stores with thorough knowledge and experience preparing new car dealership OEM financial statements and demonstrated proficiency with mainstream Dealer Management Systems (DMS) Reynolds & Reynolds, CDK, or Dealer track
• Must have at least 5-10 years plus as an Automotive Dealership Controller for new car OEM automotive dealerships
• Demonstrated experience in leading accounting teams from high volume new car OEM automotive dealerships
• 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