Dealership Accountant

Group 1 Automotive; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Dealership Accountant – SKODA & SEAT/CUPRA (Location flexible)

Want to be the best you can be? It's what drives us too.

Working in our accounts department as a Dealership Accountant you will be a key part of the Retail Centre. You will have excellent communication and organisational skills.

As part of a successful, global automotive group, you’ll broaden your experience across both sites and brands. And with the right support from us, you’ll be able to progress as high as you can aim.

What we can offer you

• 24/7 online access to healthcare professionals
• Car purchasing and lease schemes
• Servicing, parts & accessory colleague discounts.
• Enhanced holiday allowance with length of service
• Paid day off for your birthday
• Company share purchase plan
• Loan plans for colleagues, including toolbox and travel tickets
• Colleague referral payments
• Industry leading family friendly policies
• Numerous training, learning and development options to suit everyone
• Plus lots more

What you’ll do day to day

• Prepare and maintain accounts up to audit level, including monthly management accounts and full year returns.
• Monitor variances to budget and forecast, co-ordinate departmental returns and submit OEM composite reports monthly.
• Provide business partnering and robust information to the Heads of Business and departmental managers for your stores.
• Monitor and focus on working capital, including debt levels and overage stock.
• Manage the accounts administration function to ensure that all records comply with company and statutory requirements.

Helpful skills and qualifications

Don’t worry about ticking off every single skill here − if you care about delivering great experiences as much as we do, we want to hear from you.

• Previous experience of working within the automotive industry
• Be an experienced accountant, preferably with experience in the automotive industry
• Have a proven experience of supervising and leading an accounts department
• Be qualified by accreditation through a recognised accountancy body

Be part of something big

Group 1 Automotive is on an exciting growth journey. We are home to over 7000 colleagues dedicated to providing exceptional customer service, with 114 dealerships in the UK, representing 21 brands at the forefront of automotive retail.

But you don’t need to love cars to work with us- just need to share our mission to create outstanding and trusted experiences for our customers, our partners, and our people.

Our Values

At Group 1 Automotive we pride ourselves on our five core values that are incorporated in all we do.

Respect - Integrity - Transparency - Teamwork – Professionalism

These are the principles that every member of our team lives by, whether that be business functions, customer interactions, how we interact with the local community and even how we view each other in the team.