Senior Accountant - Dealer Receivables & Automation

Aqua Finance, Inc.; Minnesota; On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Aqua Finance, Inc. is seeking a Senior Accountant – Dealer Receivables in Minnesota to ensure accurate accounting, reporting, and oversight of dealer-related receivable balances and settlement activity.

You will design controls for premium recapture and ancillary products while driving automation and scalability. In this role you will manage third-party relationships with vendors and dealers, collaborate cross-functionally with business partners, and perform monthly variance analysis to inform

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or commensurate work experience.
• CPA required.
• 4 years of progressive accounting experience.
• 2 years public accounting and/or internal controls experience preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite; Advanced Excel skills and large data sets experience preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; attention to detail; ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and reconcile dealer receivable accounts to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting for premium recapture and ancillary products.
• Implement automation and streamline the creation of dealer invoices and statements including sending and receiving invoices/payments.
• Partner with sales team to ensure dealer participation recapture terms are appropriate and current including updating reporting calculation logic.
• Serve as the primary accounting point of contact for cross‑functional initiatives with business partners, dealers and vendors that impact financial reporting, invoicing, payments and dealer transactions.
• Develop and perform monthly variance analysis and reporting for dealers and business leaders to make informed decisions.
• Ensure customers are refunded for ancillary products in accordance with state regulations and properly tracked within the account.
• Research and resolve discrepancies/complaints related to dealer payments.
• Identify, implement and manage solutions to improve processes focused around legal and accounting regulations to ensure compliance is achieved.
• Support and validate dealer disbursement activity through the Dealer Disbursement Application (DDA) through net settlement.
• Translate operational or system changes into clear accounting requirements, ensuring downstream impacts are identified and addressed early.
• Escalate cross‑functional risks, issues, or ambiguities promptly with clear options and recommended solutions.
• May evaluate new accounting processes and perform accounting research on new business transactions to determine appropriate accounting.
• Other duties as assigned by Accounting Operations Management.

Skills

Critical thinking

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Fast-paced environment management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting

CPA

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Aqua Finance, Inc. is seeking a Senior Accountant – Dealer Receivables in Minnesota to ensure accurate accounting, reporting, and oversight of dealer-related receivable balances and settlement activity.

You will design controls for premium recapture and ancillary products while driving automation and scalability. In this role you will manage third-party relationships with vendors and dealers, collaborate cross-functionally with business partners, and perform monthly variance analysis to inform