Lithia Motors, Inc. DBA Suburban Collection of Troy (Nationwide Automotive Dealership Group, NYSE: LAD, Fortune 500 Company)  Troy, MichiganBusiness Manager; Suburban Mazda and Volkswagen of Troy (promotion, 7/2020-present)Business partner to General and Department Managers overseeing a team of Accounting Specialists located in the dealership.• Promotion from Manager of Payroll/Benefits/Human Resource Assistant to Business Manager following the Lithia Motors Acquisition of Suburban Collection of Troy, in April of 2021.• Financial thought partner to the dealership; develop and maintain positive relationships with store leadership (GM, AGM, Sales and Operations) and Manufacturer Representatives. • Ensure the dealership is operating within financial guardrails.• Comminute risks and opportunity with the operational leaders.• Ensure financial processes are in place to support new or evolving business initiatives.• Ensure compliance with internal controls.• Responsible for accurate store financials, reviewing operational income statements, GL activities, reconciliation of schedules and balance sheet accounts. • Conduct quarterly physical inventory; vehicles.• Complete month end closing in a five day or less time frame.

Processed and managed payroll for 9 companies, a total of 159 employees. Responsible for a variety of accounting functions along with leading the company’s payroll processing for the U.S., Canada and India. Supervised the accounting team and assisted the Controller with numerous accounting tasks.• Assisted with tax documentation and preparation.• Benefit Coordinator, overseen and administered various employee benefit programs, including retirement plans, life, health and disability insurance benefits.

Member of a team of six that coordinates data-gathering projects to manage risk and meet quality assurance standards as part of the Healthcare Effectiveness Data Information Set (HEDIS).• Ranked in the top three for productivity. • Achieved 93% on a risk management project – exceeding goal by 8%.

Managed payables, receivables, general ledger, payroll, billing, change orders, job audits, payroll taxes, bank reconciliation, and reporting. Performed job costing and forecasting, and managed project execution and project budget. Supervised administrative assistant and a total workforce of 13. Scheduled labor for large projects and service calls.• Promoted from Office Assistant to Controller following the illness of an owner, and played a key role in business reorganization. • Established new process and procedures – streamlining billing, quoting, payroll, and job tracking.• Instrumental in transforming the office from a manual system to QuickBooks-based system.• Created invoice and quote templates in QuickBooks, which accelerated the quote-to-invoice process.