Centralized Accounting Manager Holman Vancouver

Holman is a family-owned global automotive services organization anchored by our deeply rooted core values and principles that have enabled us to continue Driving Whats Right throughout the last century. Our teams deliver the Holman Experience by treating our customers and each other as we would like to be treated and creating positive rewarding relationships all around.

The automotive markets Holman serves include fleet management and leasing; vehicle fabrication and upfitting; component manufacturing and productivity solutions; powertrain distribution and logistics services; commercial and personal insurance and risk management; and retail automotive sales as one of the largest privately owned dealership groups in the United States.

Holman is looking for a Manager to join their Accounting Department in Vancouver WA!

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead an assigned Centralized Accounting operating tower including process design service levels policy execution capacity planning month-end readiness and operational performance.
• Lead through a formal supervisory structure by setting expectations coaching supervisors and leads reinforcing accountability and ensuring consistent execution across assigned teams.
• Develop and maintain a sustainable leadership and career ladder within the assigned tower including support for supervisors leads senior specialists and specialist progression.
• Ensure accurate and timely accounting transactions in alignment with company policies internal controls and applicable accounting standards.
• Own the operating rhythm for assigned functions including service levels throughput measures quality indicators backlog tracking close readiness and escalation routines.
• Identify evaluate and resolve operational technical organizational and control-related issues impacting accounting accuracy efficiency timeliness or service quality.
• Strengthen the control environment by ensuring appropriate segregation of duties independent review documented procedures timely escalation and remediation of known control gaps.
• Partner with the Director - Centralized Accounting and peer managers to align priorities staffing service delivery and transformation efforts across Centralized Accounting.
• Collaborate with business partners field leadership dealership accounting leaders Finance Internal Audit Human Resources Technology and other stakeholders to ensure accounting operations support broader business needs.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts including standardization of procedures improvement of close-related processes reduction of rework management of aged items and identification of automation opportunities.
• Partner with process systems and project resources to support dashboards operating metrics SOP consolidation checklist standardization system enhancements and automation initiatives.
• Evaluate workload staffing and capacity needs for assigned functions and make recommendations related to permanent staffing temporary capacity backfill and prioritization of backlog work.
• Support the implementation of new job profiles career laddering role clarity and performance expectations within Centralized Accounting.
• Recruit develop retain and performance-manage talent within the assigned tower with emphasis on building leadership capability and sustainable bench strength.
• Communicate performance risks resource needs control gaps and operational priorities to senior leadership in a clear and timely manner.
• Manage assigned projects initiatives and transformation efforts through execution ensuring alignment with scope timing expected outcomes and organizational priorities.
• Foster a culture of accountability collaboration accuracy service and continuous improvement.
• Perform all other duties and special projects as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance Business Administration or a related field strongly preferred but not required.
• 5 to 7 years of progressive accounting finance or dealership accounting operations experience.
• 3 years of leadership experience preferred including experience leading through supervisors team leads or other subordinate leaders.
• Additional education certifications or other relevant distinctions preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools including Outlook Excel Word PowerPoint Teams SharePoint and related collaboration tools.
• Experience with dealership accounting systems accounting software workflow tools reporting tools and automation or process improvement tools preferred.
• Experience managing accounting operations with measurable service levels close deadlines reconciliations transaction processing control requirements and cross-functional business partners.
• Automotive retail or dealership accounting experience is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience improving processes implementing controls developing talent and managing operational change.

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At Holman we exist to provide rewarding careers and better lives for employees and their families. We hire train empower and reward exceptional people. Our journey is guided by our desire to get it right every time and the acknowledgement that we have an opportunity to be better. To be better we have to do better and to do better we must know better. Thats why we are listening open to learning new things about ourselves and each other. We will never stop striving for improved diversity equity and inclusion because we are successful together when we feel trusted and supported. Its The Holman Way.

At Holman your total compensation goes beyond your paycheck. To position you for success and provide a rewarding career and better life for you and your family Holman is proud to offer you the benefits you deserve; including protection against illness disability loss of work or preparation for retirement. Below is a brief overview of the programs available to full-time employees (programs may vary by country or worker type):

• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k) plan with Company Match
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays Bereavement and Jury Duty
• Paid Pregnancy/Parental leave
• Paid Military Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement

Benefits:

Regular Full-Time

We offer excellent benefits including health vision dental life and disability insurance and 401(k) with company match. Our time off benefits include Paid Time Off (PTO) paid holidays bereavement and jury addition we offer paid pregnancy and parental leave and supplemental paid military leave to eligible employees.

Temporary or Part-Time

In geographic areas with statutory paid sick leave part-time and temporary employees will receive a paid sick leave benefit that meets the mandated requirements.

Pay:

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