Accounting Manager

Penske Automotive Group • Duluth, GA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Penske Automotive Group (PAG) is seeking an experienced Accounting Manager to join their team and support and lead business operations in the accounting department. The Accounting Manager will process and generate financial data for all dealership departments, ensuring the accurate financial condition of the business office. This role reports directly to the Controller and is responsible for the effective operation of the accounting office. Strong leadership and communication skills are required.

Requirements

• 1-2 years of accounting experience within the automotive industry is required.
• Genuine interest in providing an exceptional customer experience.
• Friendliness, enthusiasm, reliability, with a positive "team-player" attitude.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Strong work ethic with the ability to work in a fast-paced, results-driven environment.
• Strong mathematical, analytical, and computer skills relevant to an Accounting Manager position, with recent applicable experience.
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Ability to interact well with a diverse group of people and be a positive influence on employee morale throughout the organization.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent; and two to four years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Process and generate financial data for all dealership departments.
• Ensure the accurate financial condition of the business office.
• Effectively operate the accounting office.
• Supervise, including discretion in hiring and terminating, exempt and non-exempt personnel in the business office.
• Establish personal performance goals consistent with organizational standards and devise strategies to meet them.
• Effectively hire personnel required to meet departmental and organizational goals.
• Manage personnel, including discipline and termination, to meet departmental and organizational goals.
• Effectively lead a team to achieve departmental and organizational goals.
• Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Process data and organize it for management analysis.
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions.
• Read and comprehend instructions and information in various formats and deliver instructions.
• Deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.
• Solve problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Use independent judgment and discretion to accomplish departmental and organizational goals.
• Perform calculations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Compute rate, ratio, and percent and draw t-bar graphs.
• Calculate amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, and percentages.
• Interact well with a diverse group of people and be a positive influence on employee morale throughout the organization.

Benefits

• Health care options (medical, dental, and vision)
• 401k savings and retirement plan with company match.
• Training, resources, and opportunities for career growth and advancement, tailored to individual performance, experience, and interests.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees