.About Weissach Group
For over 46 years, the Weissach Group has built a reputation for integrity, entrepreneurial thinking, and exceptional customer service.
Our businesses include Weissach (providing sales and service for Porsche automobiles since 1980), WEISSACH INEOS Grenadier Vancouver, a select portfolio of commercial real estate, and a private family office.
We are a privately owned automotive group with a hands-on leadership team and a culture built around accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
We are seeking an experienced, CPA-designated finance professional with substantial automotive dealership experience to become a trusted member of our leadership team.
The Opportunity
Reporting directly to the Dealer Principal, this senior hands-on position is responsible for the financial leadership, business administration, governance, and operational support of the organization.
You will oversee a small accounting and administration team while working closely with managers across every department to improve financial performance, strengthen business processes, maintain regulatory compliance, and support the continued growth of the company.
This position is best suited to someone who enjoys wearing multiple hats, thrives in an entrepreneurial environment, and wants to help build a better business—not simply report on one.
This is not an entry-level leadership role and is not intended for candidates who are still developing their automotive dealership accounting experience.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Leadership
- Lead all day-to-day accounting and financial operations.
- Prepare monthly financial statements, budgets, forecasts, cash-flow projections, and business analysis.
- Complete monthly manufacturer financial reporting and submissions.
- Oversee payroll, commissions, employee benefits, and related reporting.
- Coordinate year-end reporting, taxation, and compliance with external accountants.
- Monitor profitability, departmental performance, expenses, margins, and key performance indicators.
Business Operations
- Partner with department managers to improve operational performance and profitability.
- Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, eliminate duplication, and improve efficiency.
- Develop meaningful financial reporting and business intelligence that supports better decision-making.
- Champion the practical use of AI, automation, and technology to improve productivity and reporting.
Banking, Commercial Relationships & Administration
- Maintain strong relationships with banks, lenders, manufacturers, suppliers, and professional advisors.
- Manage banking requirements, lender reporting, and treasury functions.
- Negotiate and administer leases, contracts, vendor agreements, and commercial relationships.
- Protect the company’s commercial interests while operating within approved authority.
Governance, Compliance & Corporate Administration
- Ensure corporate governance and regulatory compliance across the organization.
- Oversee business licences, insurance renewals, statutory filings, and corporate records.
- Coordinate taxation, legal documentation, and regulatory reporting.
- Ensure compliance with automotive industry regulations, privacy legislation, CASL, and other applicable requirements.
Technology & Information Systems
- Work closely with our external IT providers to oversee the company’s technology infrastructure.
- Support cybersecurity initiatives, data protection, disaster recovery planning, and IT governance.
- Ensure dealership management systems, accounting systems, telecommunications, and business technologies remain secure and effective.
- Evaluate and implement new technologies that improve efficiency, reporting, and decision-making.
Property & Family Office Support
- Assist with the administration of a small commercial real estate portfolio, including leases, maintenance coordination, and property administration.
- Provide selected financial and administrative support to the family office while coordinating with external professional advisors.
Leadership
- Lead and mentor a small accounting and administration team.
- Oversee payroll, benefits administration, and selected HR processes.
- Allocate work effectively while maximizing the use of administrative resources.
- Build accountability through communication, collaboration, and practical leadership.
- Ensure the finance and administration team provides exceptional support to revenue-producing departments.
Required Qualifications
Applicants must possess:
- Canadian CPA designation (required).
- Significant senior finance experience within an automotive dealership environment.
- Previous experience as an Automotive Controller, Senior Controller, Finance Manager, or equivalent senior finance leadership role.
- Thorough knowledge of dealership financial statements, manufacturer reporting, fixed operations, inventory, parts, service, budgeting, forecasting, payroll, taxation, and internal controls.
- Experience maintaining banking relationships and treasury functions.
- Experience negotiating leases, contracts, vendor agreements, and commercial arrangements.
- Strong understanding of corporate governance, regulatory compliance, business licences, taxation, and statutory reporting.
- Experience overseeing payroll, employee benefits, and selected HR administration.
- Strong understanding of IT governance, cybersecurity, and working effectively with external IT providers.
- Experience with dealership management systems; PBS experience is considered an asset.
- Advanced analytical, reporting, and Microsoft Excel skills.
Personal Attributes
The successful candidate will be:
- Commercially minded and entrepreneurial.
- Positive, approachable, and emotionally intelligent.
- Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail.
- A confident communicator and relationship builder.
- Comfortable working directly with ownership and department managers.
- Decisive, practical, and solutions-oriented.
- Curious about technology, AI, and continuous improvement.
- Comfortable working in a hands-on environment where initiative is valued.
Compensation
We offer a competitive compensation package consisting of a base salary, a performance-based incentive program aligned with the success of the business, and comprehensive extended health benefits.
Compensation will reflect the successful candidate’s experience, qualifications, and ability to contribute to the continued growth of the Weissach Group.
Applying
Qualified candidates are invited to submit their résumé together with a brief cover letter outlining their relevant automotive dealership experience and salary expectations.
All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.
Only candidates whose qualifications closely match the requirements of the role will be contacted.
Pay: From $110,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Store discount
- Vision care
Work Location: In person
