Accounting Manager

Hendrick Automotive Group • Charlotte, NC

19h • Onsite

About The Position

The Accounting Manager at Hendrick Automotive Group (HAG) performs and oversees monthly accounting duties for the parent company and related real estate and holding companies, contributing to consolidated financial statements for management, bankers, and owners. This role also involves assisting with year-end audited financial statements and the annual budget process. The Accounting Manager will collaborate closely with the Controller, Director of Corporate Accounting, VP of Accounting, and other team members to research and implement new accounting guidance and perform additional tasks. The position includes managing a team of 3-5 staff accountants, overseeing monthly close activities such as journal entry preparation and review, subsidiary book review, account reconciliation review, and consolidated financial statement review. Key technical accounting areas include new GAAP pronouncement implementation, acquisition/divestiture accounting, lease accounting, and intercompany activity elimination. The role also involves special projects like G/L system implementations and process improvements, as well as other general accounting and treasury functions.

Requirements

• Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• Master Degree
• 10+ years of desired work experience
• Drivers License
• Certified Public Accountant
• Minimum of 6 busy seasons of public accounting plus 3 or more years of large company industry experience OR a minimum of 9-10 busy seasons with a large public accounting firm.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions.
• Ability to interpret financial reports and spreadsheets.
• Knowledge and proficiency in MS Office, specifically MS Excel.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide.
• Ability to understand and follow instructions.
• Ability to communicate effectively with company personnel, financial institution personnel, and external auditors.
• Regular and predictable attendance.
• Ability to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers and other employees.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics SL (Solomon), Microsoft Dynamics 365 and HFM or OneStream.
• Minimum of 6 busy seasons of public accounting plus 3 or more years of large company industry experience (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Oversee a team of 3-5 staff accountants, including ensuring their month-end close activity progress is adhering to close calendar, providing oversight of their work and answering their questions, providing performance feedback and conducting annual reviews, etc.
• Developing and motivating our team to enable their future growth is key.
• Assist staff with account reconciliations and review their work with professional skepticism.
• Use reconciliations to create adjusting entries and improve processes which led to errors, if necessary.
• Develop an understanding of Kyriba, our Treasury Management system, and how the data in Kyriba is used to generate the majority of our entries related to cash and debt payment activity.
• Monitor changes to the Company’s outstanding debt obligations and ensure that Kyriba and our long-term debt reporting has been updated accordingly.
• First level review of monthly trial balance and secondary review of financial statements to identify issues that need to be corrected prior to closing books for the month.
• Research unusual transactions and new accounting guidance to ensure proper accounting treatment in accordance with US GAAP and company/department policies and procedures.
• Assist with the oversight of the year-end audit process and preparation of schedules for our external auditors.
• Oversee the annual budgeting process.
• Assist with other general accounting/treasury functions such as check and wire/ACH approval while ensuring that the G/L coding associated with those payments is accurate.
• Willingness to do whatever it takes to meet deadlines while maintaining high-quality work product.
• Interact with management and other departments, such as Dealership accounting, Financial Analysis and Tax departments, etc.
• Prepare ad hoc financial reporting requests, analyses, and special projects as requested by management
• Proactively identify opportunities for improvement and standardization and take ownership of implementing those changes.
• Team player with positive attitude who provides superior internal customer service.
• Other miscellaneous duties and special projects as needed
• Maintains an organized, clean and safe work area
• Participates in required training
• Follows Safeguards rules and regulations
• Demonstrates the Company’s Core Values
• Observes all Federal, State, Local and Company safety rules and regulations in the performance of duties

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager