Continental Looking for BestDrive Finance Manager at Fort Mill, SC Full Time

BestDrive, a wholly owned subsidiary of Continental, is quickly becoming the top choice among commercial trucking fleets for our high-quality products and exceptional service. BestDrive Commercial Tire Centers specializes in providing fleet customers with innovative tire solutions including award winning Continental and General Tire brand products, innovative commercial solution products such as ContiPressureCheck, and a wide array of multi-brand truck tires to address all market segments. Since our founding in 2010, we have opened 25 locations throughout the United States and continue to rapidly expand our footprint throughout the country. Are you ready to shape the future with us?

Position Overview:
The Finance Manager to provide leadership, direction, and management of the accounting teams both centrally at Headquarters and remotely for teams at store locations. Performs General Accounting in accordance with GAAP and IFRS standards. Perform month-end close procedures and ensure General Ledger (GL) reconciliation is accurate and complete. Ensure fixed-asset audits are performed and depreciation recorded appropriately. Execute internal and external financial reporting including month end reporting and KPI development. Maintain active role in the internal/external audit. Works closely in collaboration with Continental Accounting team to ensure accurate intercompany procedures are followed. This position will report directly to the Director of Retail and will be responsible for providing strategic recommendations to BestDrive and Continental Leadership.

Essential Duties:

• Providing leadership and development of the Finance and Accounting teams.
• Oversight of intercompany accounting and conduct monthly reconciliations. Ensure accurate ICO balances are maintained with partners and debt and interest is properly accounted for and reported.
• Primarily responsible for the month-end close of the financial reporting system (FIRE) as well as special reporting requirements throughout the year apart from the month-end close.
• Coordinate with controlling, retail stores, and plant sites to ensure timely and accurate reporting of financial information.
• Review reported amounts for adherence to company accounting policies and IFRS
• Identifying process synergies within existing processes both at corporate and in the store locations.
• Developing finance organizational strategies by contributing financial and accounting information, analysis, and recommendations to strategic thinking and direction; establishing functional objectives in line with organizational objectives.
• Managing the processes for financial forecasting and budgets and overseeing the preparation of all financial reporting.
• Developing and maintaining Power BI KPI reports for corporate and store management to drive business results
• Establishing and developing relationships with Continental senior management as well as external partners and BestDrive employees.

BestDrive Finance Manager

Rev. 4-2022

• Assisting with Controllership related duties and responsibilities in the goal of progressing into a

higher-level position over a 2–3-year period.

• Ensuring profit-oriented steering of the business by analyzing and providing relevant information

(achievement of budget targets, financial effects, cost development, working capital, etc.), consults

management in all financial topics and initiating measures for profit improvements.

• Ensuring effective internal controls throughout the company by working directly with Internal Audit

on policy adherence.

• Together, with head of BestDrive, develops and implements one retail network including existing

and acquired companies.