Centralized Accounting Manager

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 is looking for a Manager to join their Accounting Department in Vancouver, WA!

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead an assigned Centralized Accounting operating tower, including process design, service levels, policy execution, capacity planning, month-end readiness, and operational performance.
• Lead through a formal supervisory structure by setting expectations, coaching supervisors and leads, reinforcing accountability, and ensuring consistent execution across assigned teams.
• Develop and maintain a sustainable leadership and career ladder within the assigned tower, including support for supervisors, leads, senior specialists, and specialist progression.
• Ensure accurate and timely accounting transactions in alignment with company policies, internal controls, and applicable accounting standards.
• Own the operating rhythm for assigned functions, including service levels, throughput measures, quality indicators, backlog tracking, close readiness, and escalation routines.
• Identify, evaluate, and resolve operational, technical, organizational, and control-related issues impacting accounting accuracy, efficiency, timeliness, or service quality.
• Strengthen the control environment by ensuring appropriate segregation of duties, independent review, documented procedures, timely escalation, and remediation of known control gaps.
• Partner with the Director - Centralized Accounting and peer managers to align priorities, staffing, service delivery, and transformation efforts across Centralized Accounting.
• Collaborate with business partners, field leadership, dealership accounting leaders, Finance, Internal Audit, Human Resources, Technology, and other stakeholders to ensure accounting operations support broader business needs.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts, including standardization of procedures, improvement of close-related processes, reduction of rework, management of aged items, and identification of automation opportunities.
• Partner with process, systems, and project resources to support dashboards, operating metrics, SOP consolidation, checklist standardization, system enhancements, and automation initiatives.
• Evaluate workload, staffing, and capacity needs for assigned functions and make recommendations related to permanent staffing, temporary capacity, backfill, and prioritization of backlog work.
• Support the implementation of new job profiles, career laddering, role clarity, and performance expectations within Centralized Accounting.
• Recruit, develop, retain, and performance-manage talent within the assigned tower, with emphasis on building leadership capability and sustainable bench strength.
• Communicate performance, risks, resource needs, control gaps, and operational priorities to senior leadership in a clear and timely manner.
• Manage assigned projects, initiatives, and transformation efforts through execution, ensuring alignment with scope, timing, expected outcomes, and organizational priorities.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, accuracy, service, and continuous improvement.
• Perform all other duties and special projects as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field strongly preferred but not required.
• 5 to 7+ years of progressive accounting, finance, or dealership accounting operations experience.
• 3+ years of leadership experience preferred, including experience leading through supervisors, team leads, or other subordinate leaders.
• Additional education, certifications, or other relevant distinctions preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, including Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and related collaboration tools.
• Experience with dealership accounting systems, accounting software, workflow tools, reporting tools, and automation or process improvement tools preferred.
• Experience managing accounting operations with measurable service levels, close deadlines, reconciliations, transaction processing, control requirements, and cross-functional business partners.
• Automotive retail or dealership accounting experience is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience improving processes, implementing controls, developing talent, and managing operational change.

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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
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k) plan with Company Match
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays, Bereavement, and Jury Duty
• Paid Pregnancy/Parental leave
• Paid Military Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement

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.

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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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Pay:

We offer competitive wages that are commensurate with job-related skills, experience, relevant education or training, and geographic location, starting in the range of $115,240.00 - $178,620.00 USD annually for full time employees. The annual compensation range is comprised of base pay and bonus earnings.

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