Accounting Manager

Description

Penske Automotive Group is looking for an experienced Accounting Manager to join our team and help support and lead our business operations in the accounting department.

JOIN OUR TEAM
At Penske Automotive Group (PAG), we strive to create a positive and inclusive workplace that promotes excellence and achievement, and we aim to deliver the very best experience possible to our customers. We are looking to hire a dedicated and motivated professional who shares that same passion.

As an Accounting Manager, you will process and generate financial data for all dealership departments, which together represent the accurate financial condition of the business office. The Accounting Manager will report directly to the Controller and is responsible for the effective operation of the accounting office. Strong leadership and communication skills are required.

WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER

• Fortune 500 company, consistently recognized by Automotive News as among the "Best Dealerships to Work For."
• Proudly named to Glassdoor's Best Places to Work
• Comprehensive benefits program, including health care options (medical, dental, and vision) and 401k savings and retirement plan with company match.
• Training, resources, and opportunities for career growth and advancement, tailored to individual performance, experience, and interests.
• Values-driven culture built on integrity, professionalism, excellence, and teamwork.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• 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.

APPLY WITH US!

If you are ready for a rewarding career with competitive compensation and benefits, and opportunities to excel and advance, consider joining the Penske Automotive Group organization. Our interview process typically includes a phone interview, several in-person interviews, background check, reference check, driving record review, and a drug screen. Be a part of the best customer experience team in the automotive industry... apply with us today!

Penske Automotive Group is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a drug- and alcohol-free workplace. Some positions may require applicants to possess a valid driver's license and have a good driving record.

Qualifications

Competencies

• Ability to establish personal performance goals that are consistent with the organization's standards of productivity and devise a strategy to meet those goals
• Ability to effectively hire personnel required to meet departmental and organizational goals
• Ability to manage, including discipline and termination of personnel to meet departmental and organizational goals
• Ability to effectively lead a team to achieve departmental and organizational goals
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to process data and organize it for management analysis
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions
• Ability to read and comprehend instructions and information in a variety of formats and the ability to deliver instructions
• Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables
• Ability to solve problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• Ability to use independent judgment and discretion to accomplish departmental and organizational goals
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw t-bar graphs. Ability to calculate amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, and percentages.
• 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

Supervisory Responsibility

Supervises, including discretion in hiring and terminating, exempt and non-exempt personnel in the business office.

Work Environment/ Physical Demands

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
• Light Work - lifting no more than 20 pounds at a time and/or frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds. This position requires a good deal of walking or standing, or this position could involve sitting most of the time with some pushing and pulling of arm or leg controls.
• This position requires the ability to climb, push, pull, stoop, kneel, reach, and grasp.
• This position requires the ability to talk and hear.
• This position is primarily located in an office environment, with heating and air conditioning.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

Standard Business Hours with the ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays as required

Required Education and Experience

Associate degree or equivalent; and five or more related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Preferred Education and Experience

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