Accounting Clerk – Backend Products & Journal Entries

Job Description

Accounting Clerk | Jim Taylor Buick GMC

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Jim Taylor Buick GMC, located in Monroe, LA, offering a permanent desk position. Jim Taylor Auto Group is seeking a detail-driven professional to manage critical back-office operations across two dealership locations. This role is essential for ensuring the accurate and timely remittance and cancellation of backend finance & insurance products, as well as precise journal entry posting, which keeps the backend product process airtight. This position requires someone who takes full ownership of numerical accuracy and adherence to strict deadlines.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, Monroe, LA

• Team: Permanent desk at one store, supporting two dealership rooftops
• Mission: To own the end-to-end process for backend product remittance, cancellation, and related journal entries, ensuring accuracy and adherence to strict schedules across two dealership locations.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft skills, Dealership DMS (Reynolds & Reynolds, CDK, Dealertrack, Tekion, or similar)

What You’ll Actually Do
• Remit backend products such as service contracts, GAP, and warranties to providers for two dealership locations, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Process cancellations of backend products for both stores, which includes calculating refunds, submitting necessary paperwork, and seeing each contract through to completion.
• Prepare and post weekly and monthly journal entries for two dealership locations as an integral part of the regular close cycle.
• Reconcile general ledger accounts specifically tied to backend product remittance and cancellation activities, proactively resolving any identified discrepancies.
• Maintain comprehensive, audit-ready documentation for every remittance, cancellation, and journal entry handled.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Required accounting or bookkeeping experience with a strong understanding of accounting fundamentals (debits and credits).
• Experience: 1-2+ years of accounting or bookkeeping experience.
• Skills: Strong numerical aptitude and proficiency with spreadsheets, including advanced Microsoft skills. Meticulous attention to detail, a natural instinct for reconciliation, and a reliable, deadline-driven approach to work.
• Bonus: Prior dealership or F&I backend product experience. Familiarity with a dealership management system (DMS) like Reynolds & Reynolds, CDK, Dealertrack, or Tekion.