Florence - Senior Accountant; Auto - Full Time at Long-Lewis Automotive Group in Florence, AL

Job description

• The Senior Accountant – Auto will be responsible for performing monthly accounting integrity tasks and processes. These tasks will be critical in establishing and maintaining GAAP accounting practices across a large automotive group with multiple locations. The staff accountant will assist in developing and implementing an internal financial reporting and KPI framework for internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• ● Reconcile key balance sheet accounts monthly to the organization’s DMS, bank reconciliations, inventory systems, AP system, etc.
• ● Review monthly general ledger activity, account balances, aged reports, etc., for reasonableness
• ● Perform monthly reporting procedures to bridge dealer financial statements to GAAP financial statements for key internal stakeholders
• ● Prepare schedules/support for board presentation materials
• ● Perform variance analysis procedures over key financial accounts to explain changes in operating results vs planned or prior period
• ● Assist in the annual budgeting process
• ● Document reconciliation procedures as schedules move from cleanup to steady state
• ● Identify and flag recurring discrepancies or control gaps to management
• ● Participate in accrual methodology remediation as directed
• ● Assist in documenting accounting policies and procedures, as well as accounting treatments

Requirements

• ● Bachelor’s degree in accounting
• ● At least 2+ years of experience with general ledger accounting, journal entry preparation, financial statement preparation, balance sheet account reconciliations, etc.
• ● Automotive dealership accounting experience a plus, not required
• ● Advanced Excel skills required
• ● Experience using AI tools (Claude or similar) a plus
• ● Strong reconciliation/analytical mindset — comfortable digging into detail and tracing discrepancies to root cause
• ● Ability to work cross-functionally with dealership operations staff without direct authority over them
• Required
• Bachelors or better in Accounting.
• Experience
• Required
• Advanced Excel skills
• 2 years: Experience with general ledger accounting, journal entry preparation, financial statement preparation, balance sheet account reconciliations, etc
• Experience using AI tools (Claude or similar)
• Automotive dealership accounting experience

Skills

Required

• Advanced Excel skills
• General ledger accounting
• Journal entry preparation
• Financial statement preparation
• Balance sheet account reconciliations
• Strong reconciliation/analytical mindset
• Ability to work cross-functionally