Fitzgerald Auto Malls is a proud Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company with a longstanding reputation for integrity, customer satisfaction, and operational excellence. With automotive dealerships across Florida, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, a rental car company, a finance company, furniture store, parts outlets, and a portfolio of real estate holdings, Fitzgerald continues to grow while maintaining a strong employee-centered culture. As an ESOP organization, every team member contributes to and shares in the company’s long-term success.
We are seeking an experienced and strategic Corporate Group Controller to oversee financial operations across our multi-entity automotive group. This role is responsible for ensuring accurate accounting, robust financial controls, and timely reporting across all dealerships and associated companies. The Corporate Group Controller will report directly to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and will lead a team that includes the Manager of Accounting as well as accounting staff at each dealership and business unit.
- Oversee and manage the financial operations of multiple dealerships and business units, including automotive, rental, finance, and real estate entities.
- Supervise and provide leadership to the Manager of Accounting and accounting teams across all locations.
- Ensure timely and accurate month-end and year-end closings, consolidations, and financial reporting.
- Develop, implement, and maintain robust internal controls and accounting policies.
- Manage financial audits and coordinate with external auditors.
-Oversee the payroll function, including providing leadership and guidance to the Payroll team ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely processing across all entities.
- Prepare and analyze financial statements for executive leadership.
- Optimize accounting processes and systems to support scaling and operational efficiency.
- Manage banking relationships and oversee treasury functions.
- Serve as the primary liaison for the ESOP’s third-party administrator (TPA), ensuring compliance, reporting accuracy, and timely submissions.
- Collaborate with operations leadership to support business decisions with financial insights.
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, including dealership-specific accounting requirements.
- Support strategic initiatives, acquisitions, and integrations as needed.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA strongly preferred.
- Minimum of 7–10 years of progressive accounting leadership experience, preferably in automotive retail or a multi-entity environment.
- Strong knowledge of GAAP and dealership accounting practices.
- Experience managing teams across multiple locations.
- Demonstrated experience with consolidations and multi-entity financial reporting.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to provide strategic financial guidance.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership abilities.
- Experience working with ESOP structures is a plus.
- Familiarity with dealership management systems (DMS) such as CDK, Reynolds & Reynolds, or similar.
Fitzgerald Auto Malls are family owned/operated car dealerships representing 20 Automotive Brands across 13 Auto Mall locations in MD, PA, and FL --- Visit: www.FitzMall.com
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We created the FitzWay philosophy by listening to our customer’s comments over the years, both good and bad. We have taken those messages and requests and incorporated them into every aspect of our business and call it the “FitzWay”, our unique way of doing business…from our handling of customer phone calls to showroom visits to servicing vehicles to handling a customer’s questions and requests. There are many other ways we’ve implemented the FitzWay philosophy in the conduct of our day-to-day business. We offer a variety of unique consumer oriented programs designed to make car-buying easier and more understandable.
♦ We have developed programs to help protect our environment including recycling and innovative energy-saving practices.
♦ Green Power Partner in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Leadership Club
♦ Child Safety Seat Inspection Program with support of the National Safe Kids Foundation and the Montgomery County Safe Kids Coalition.
♦ Doing business the FitzWay means constantly creating ways to become better at what we do. Fitzgerald Auto Mall gained ISO Certification, the highest recognition available for quality with a focus on the customer.
♦ Awards we have earned:
- ISO Certification
- The National Capital Business Ethics Awards
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