Multi-Location Dealership Controller: Finance Leader

Marina Holdings LLC; Laconia (NH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Irwin Marine in Laconia, NH is seeking an experienced Dealership Controller to provide financial leadership across our dealership locations. This hands-on role partners with the General Manager and operations teams to drive accurate, timely financial reporting and strong internal controls.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical accounting skills with a practical, business-minded approach. You know how to dig into the details, identify root causes, strengthen processes, and communicate

Qualifications

• Strong accounting and financial reporting experience, preferably in multi-location dealerships or complex operations.
• Experience leading month-end close and balance-sheet reconciliations.
• Deep knowledge of inventory accounting, floorplan financing, and dealer operations.
• Ability to translate financial results into actionable business insights.
• Excellent communication skills with senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly close process for assigned dealership locations.
• Ensure activity recorded properly by period, legal entity, location, department, and general ledger account.
• Review financial statements, accruals, adjusting entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
• Identify unusual balances, margins, transactions, and trends and proactively drive issues through resolution.
• Maintain strong balance‑sheet integrity and ensure material accounts are properly reconciled.
• Oversee the financial integrity and reconciliation of boat and parts inventory.
• Monitor inventory adjustments, transfers, write-offs, and other significant exceptions.
• Ensure floorplan lender statements reconcile to the general ledger and underlying boat inventory.
• Monitor sold units requiring payoff and investigate aged or unusual floorplan items.
• Review curtailments, interest, lender fees, credits, and related activity.
• Ensure completed boat transactions are accurately and timely recorded.
• Review sales, cost of sales, gross profit, trade-ins, deposits, taxes, fees, commissions, and related accounting.
• Monitor contracts in transit and investigate aged or unfunded transactions.
• Oversee accounting for customer deposits, manufacturer rebates, incentives, and other deal-related receivables.
• Investigate unusual deal margins and posting discrepancies and coordinate corrective action.
• Oversee reconciliation of service WIP and review aged or significant open repair orders.
• Monitor service revenue, labor, cost of sales, and gross profit for accounting anomalies.
• Review warranty receivables and aging and ensure manufacturer payments and credits are properly applied.
• Partner with service leadership to resolve WIP and warranty discrepancies.
• Maintain oversight of accounts receivable and accounts payable activity.
• Review aging, unapplied cash, vendor credits, unusual balances, and collection concerns.
• Ensure bank accounts, deposits, electronic payments, credit-card settlements, and other cash activity are properly reconciled.
• Oversee intercompany reconciliations and drive timely resolution of differences.
• Lead and support budgeting, forecasting, reforecasting, and financial analysis across the region.
• Analyze budget-to-actual results and operating trends to identify underlying business drivers.
• Distinguish accounting issues and timing differences from operational performance.
• Partner with General Managers and department leaders to help them understand financial results and improve performance.
• Translate financial information into clear, actionable business insights for leadership.
• Champion consistent accounting policies, procedures, and financial controls across Irwin Marine locations.
• Maintain appropriate segregation of duties and approval controls.
• Identify recurring accounting issues and control weaknesses and implement sustainable solutions.
• Improve processes, reporting, and accountability as the organization continues to evolve.

Skills

Accounting leadership

Financial reporting

Multi-location oversight

Internal controls

Communication with leadership

Travel flexibility

Job description

Irwin Marine in Laconia, NH is seeking an experienced Dealership Controller to provide financial leadership across our dealership locations. This hands-on role partners with the General Manager and operations teams to drive accurate, timely financial reporting and strong internal controls.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical accounting skills with a practical, business-minded approach. You know how to dig into the details, identify root causes, strengthen processes, and communicate