Financial Coordinator - PORSCHE CARS NORTH AMERICA : Job Details

Benefits: (Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage)

Duration: Long term contract (12 months with possible renewal)

Schedule: Monday-Friday standard; minimum 50% in office. Some Weekends

Location: Atlanta, GA

Corestaff is the official MSP resourcing partner for Porsche Cars North America for contractor positions operating and managing their nationwide contingent workforce program. This role is a Corestaff contract position with placement at Porsche Cars North America in Atlanta, GA.

The Financial Coordinator is responsible for the Porsche Classic business financial reporting and analysis. This includes all sales reporting and documentation for internal/external revenues from all business units within Porsche Classic, the reconciliation of all processed payments, and reporting of deferred revenues. The role will work closely with the Senior Manager, Porsche Classic to set annual budgets and track the P&L daily, weekly and monthly liaising with PCNA Finance, also ensuring that all Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) targets are met and operating criteria are adhered to. Responsibilities also include analyzing operational business plans and activity to evaluate the impact, forecast results and seek to maximize and improve the overall business result for Porsche Classic.

The Financial Coordinator needs to ensure brand deliverables and processes are properly integrated, measured and accounted at all times. From an accounting perspective, the role is responsible to process payments for vendors while maintaining and tracking the budget for Porsche Classic with a thorough understanding of the operational accounting, finance and procurement process and directives to ensure compliance and working knowledge of the overall budget.

As a member of Porsche Classic, the Financial Coordinator is required to support the overall objectives of the Porsche Classic business units. This requires the role understand the businesses of Porsche Classic, the customer experience and is able to make decisions on behalf of the team as necessary. This requires that the role be customer facing when needed and interact with our operating vendor teams.

Roles & responsibilities

• Maintain, analyze, and report on budgets of all active Porsche Classic Factory Restoration (PCFR) projects
• Forecast cash flow and margin development on all PCFR projects
• Lead all PCFR customer billing and payment activities
• Support all customer estimate activities
• Support budget analyses and management requests for Porsche Classic business unit
• Responsible for the coordination of all accounting and controlling deliverables for Porsche Classic with liaison to PCNA headquarter departments
• Act as an interface between Porsche Classic and different organizations within PCNA headquarters including finance, accounting, and controlling
• Consolidation and allocation of budgets to be reviewed with PCNA Finance
• Design and implement cost control procedures and prepare financial forecasts incl. relevant reports
• Analyze and interpret financial data and recommend changes to improve systems and financial performance
• Propose changes to ensure organization achieves financial targets
• Work with the Porsche Classic management team to maximize overall P/L results
• Assisting the management team with status reports, KPIs and business reporting
• Responsible for tracking of all contracts and internal documents such as RFAs and AFEs
• Produce weekly and monthly reports of the overall Porsche Classic business to include sales data, operating results, finance data and marketing campaign results
• Process and track all invoices and payments for Porsche Classic while following PCNA guidelines and directives
• Work in concert with Porsche Classic management team to ensure alignment among operating vendors
• Contribute to the integrity of operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing program, operational, and personnel policies and procedures
• Management of Porsche Classic suppliers and agencies to ensure the Porsche operating and procurement guidelines are followed on site
• Coordinating with PCNA Finance on payment and invoicing, and revenue
• Responsible for the proper usage of, awareness of, and compliance of policies within PCNA
• Seek to ensure proper retention of electronic documents, business confidential information, and actively demonstrate an understanding of the need to safeguard competitive information in both electronic and non-electronic formats
• Special projects as assigned
• Understanding the PCFR order management system to ensure efficient co-ordination and correct information is reported and reconciled
• Porsche product knowledgeable

Qualifications

Required qualifications include:

• BA Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field/equivalent
• Minimum 1-year accounting experience with CDK Global dealer management system
• High Proficiency with standard accounting processes and terminology
• Ability to work in a multicultural team, team-oriented working attitude
• High degree of self-motivation and positive problem-solving capabilities
• High Proficiency with Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Access)
• Ability to efficiently multi-task with proficient organizational and time management skills
• Ability to work under tight deadlines

Preferred qualifications include:

• Experience in manufacturing margin analysis
• 2-years financial budget management experience
• Vehicle parts knowledge, Porsche preferred
• Strong strategic and analytical skills
• Strong Porsche Product knowledge
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Executive level financial reporting