Dealership Accountant II - Holman North Carolina (Cary)

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 What’s 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 Automotive has an outstanding opportunity for a Dealership Accountant II to join our team in Cary, NC!  This newly created role will help expand accounting capacity and strengthen our ability to partner with operations in supporting dealership performance and financial accuracy.

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage accounting activity for assigned dealership(s) or business lines, ensuring assigned work is accurate, complete, timely, and properly supported.

• Perform expanded operational accounting activity, including cash sales review and follow-up, manufacturer incentive posting and reconciliation, and factory invoice review support.

• Process and coordinate street purchases, auction purchases, wholesale transactions, and related accounting activity.

• Prepare, maintain, and own assigned schedules and reconciliations, including research and resolution of variances.

• Complete month-end close tasks for assigned dealership(s), including required reconciliations, entries, and issue escalation.

• Coordinate with centralized teams where responsibilities are shared and resolve handoff or documentation issues.

• Train and support Dealership Accountant I team members; serve as first-level escalation for routine or moderately complex transactional questions.

• Contribute to process improvement, workflow consistency, and improved documentation standards.

• Independently own assigned accounting processes, schedules, reconciliations, and close activities.

• Identify, research, and resolve more complex accounting issues with limited supervision.

• Take ownership of accounting outcomes, reconciliation integrity, and financial statement support within assigned areas.

What are we looking for?

• High school diploma or equivalent required; equivalent accounting experience may be considered in lieu of formal accounting education beyond this level.

• Strong working knowledge of accounting principles, general ledger activity, schedules, reconciliations, documentation standards, and variance research.

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple activities, meet deadlines, resolve routine-to-moderately complex issues independently, and train or support others.

• Experienced accountant with approximately 5+ years of progressively responsible accounting experience, including ownership of reconciliations, close activities, issue resolution, and mentoring/training of less experienced team members.

• Experience researching and resolving complex accounting discrepancies.

Compensation: $28 - $35/hour (depending on experience)

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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. That’s 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. It’s 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
• 401(k) plan with Company Match
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays, Bereavement, and Jury Duty

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 duty. In 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.

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