AddressThe Accounting Specialist supports various Technology areas within the organization and will be the primary liaison between CDK and AutoNation, as well as Calero (Telecom Expense Management Vendor or TEM) and AutoNation.
This position performs the daily responsibilities of IT Finance related to review, analysis, reconciliation and maintenance of balance sheet and SG&A accounts, with a particular emphasis on the Dealer Management System (DMS) as well as reporting, and system maintenance/monitoring for all telecom and network related expenditures.
Organizational Relationships:
The associate will report directly to the Director of IT Finance. The associate will interact directly with various corporate, regional and store personnel, as well as the IT Operations Management team, in the performance of daily general ledger responsibilities, as well as external contacts at Calero and CDK.
Job Responsibilities:
- Assist in preparing store IT budgets for over 200 retail locations.
- Receive and review CDK invoice for incorrect rates, as well as items no longer used or items not contracted for.
- Assist in facilitating periodic audits of CDK licensing to ensure accurate billing, and true-up of inventory.
- Assist in validating and tracking quarterly Calero audit results and assist in ensuring those audit results are attained.
- Monitor TEM portal (VeraSMART) to ensure invoices are being processed timely and the SLA’s are being met, as agreed upon in the SOW.
- Assist in assigning General Ledger coding to new accounts as they are added to VeraSMART.
- Assist in creating monthly reporting package, including but not limited to expenditure reporting for store and regional personnel and monthly accrual reporting for IT Finance.
- Assist in the preparation of annual budget and forecasts for store and corporate telecom/ network/ DMS expenses.
- Generate and post monthly allocation entries for store and regional related expenses.
- Work with the Tax department and store controllers on sales tax audits and provide supporting documentation.
- Assist in reporting on monthly ACM chargeback activity for regional review.
- Assist in the planning, execution and reporting of special projects undertaken by IT Finance.
- Assist in monthly SG&A variance analysis against budget for IT corporate departments.
- Assist with various ad-hoc requests and reporting.
- Assist Calero and IT Finance in any billing dispute resolution.
- Assist CDK and IT Finance in any billing dispute resolution.
- Address field inquiries related to allocated charges
Mandatory Qualifications:
- 4- year college degree or relevant experience required
- Strong technical accounting/finance skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong MS Excel skills
- Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- PeopleSoft experience
- TEM (Telecom Expense Management) System experience
Next Possible Position:
- IT Finance Staff Accountant
- IT Finance Senior Accountant
- Corporate Accounting
- Consolidations
- External Reporting
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