Senior Accountant

Blue Compass RV

Job Description

Department: Corporate Accounting (HQ)

Reports To: Chief Accounting Officer (with regular exposure to the Chief Financial Officer)

Location: Corporate Headquarters Ft. Lauderdale

On-site: Yes

FLSA Status: Exempt

Blue Compass RV is a leading multi-location RV dealership platform generating approximately $3 billion in annual revenue. The Corporate Accounting team sits at the center of a complex multi-entity organizational structure spanning operating dealership entities real estate holding companies and financing/parent entities and is responsible for the accuracy timeliness and integrity of the companys consolidated financial reporting debt compliance and management reporting.

The Senior Accountant is a key member of the HQ Accounting group reporting directly to the Chief Accounting Officer and working closely with the Chief Financial Officer on debt treasury lender and parent-company reporting matters. This role leads critical month-end close consolidation debt accounting and external reporting deliverables across a multi-entity corporate structure (including operating company real estate holding and parent/financing entities) and serves as a key point of contact for lenders auditors and outside advisors on debt- and covenant-related matters. This is a highly visible role suited to a detail-oriented accountant who is comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment with significant complexity across debt instruments intercompany relationships and multi-entity consolidations.

Debt Accounting

• Maintain and update the corporate debt amortization schedules and book debt-related entries for corporate entities each month.
• Set up and process monthly and quarterly interest principal and fee payments on the debt.
• Monitor and analyze SOFR rate elections ahead of each interest payment and support related interest rate elections.
• Accrue and true-up interest rate swaps monthly and prepare annual interest rate swap fair value entries.
• Reclass debt issuance and financing costs from due diligence/prepaid accounts to the appropriate debt cost accounts monthly quarterly and at the time of refinancing.
• Support treasury management activities including cash forecasting wire and transfer set-up and positive pay administration.
• Calculate and record intercompany interest charges (due to/due from) between entities.

Intercompany Accounting & Complex Consolidations

• Prepare and review intercompany reconciliations between entities.
• Post monthly intercompany entries and eliminating entries across the consolidated entity structure.
• Prepare and review consolidated and standalone GAAP financial statements for multiple legal entities.
• Calculate and maintain entity-level EBITD and results.

Financial Reporting Lender & Parent Company Reporting

• Prepare and distribute lender-facing reporting packages including monthly operating reports EBITDA walks and supporting schedules for lender calls and presentations.
• Prepare the consolidated monthly reporting package (life-to-date) and parent-company financial reporting deliverables.
• Prepare quarterly covenant compliance certificates pro forma financial statements and borrowing base calculations and certificates in accordance with credit agreement requirements.
• Coordinate with lenders banks and outside counsel on debt-related reporting requests amendments and covenant matters.
• Support external audit requests related to debt treasury consolidations and financial reporting.

Management Operating Reporting

• Prepare and distribute the Management Operating Report (MOR) package and related trending/analytical reporting tools used by executive leadership.
• Prepare holding cost and EBITDA reconciliations for closed or divested locations to support covenant and pro forma reporting.
• Partner with FP&A and operations teams to ensure management reporting ties to GAAP consolidated results.
• Support ad hoc financial analysis and reporting requests from the Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

Month-End Close & General Accounting

• Own assigned month-end close responsibilities including journal entries account reconciliations and reporting deliverables per the close calendar.
• Maintain and post accruals amortization schedules and reconciliations for assigned balance sheet accounts.
• Utilize NetSuite for journal entries reconciliations reporting and general ledger maintenance across multiple entities.

Required Education & Experience

• Bachelors degree in Accounting required.
• CPA license or active pursuit of CPA required.
• Prior experience with NetSuite required.
• Demonstrated experience in debt accounting (term loans revolvers mortgages interest rate swaps).
• Experience with intercompany accounting and complex multi-entity consolidations.
• Strong financial reporting background including preparation of GAAP financial statements.
• Experience preparing lender reporting packages and/or supporting lender relationships.
• Experience with parent company/consolidated reporting in a multi-entity organization.
• Experience with covenant compliance and borrowing base calculations under a credit agreement.
• Experience preparing management operating reports or similar internal management reporting packages.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel; strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced multi-entity accounting environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact directly with senior leadership lenders and external advisors.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in a private-equity-backed or multi-location/multi-unit business (retail automotive dealership or similar industries).
• Experience working with external auditors tax advisors and bank counterparties.
• Experience with lease accounting (ASC 842) and related systems (e.g. CoStar).

Working Relationships

• Reports directly to the Chief Accounting Officer.
• Regular direct exposure to and collaboration with the Chief Financial Officer on debt treasury and lender matters.
• Frequent interaction with FP&A Corporate Accounting Shared Services external auditors lenders and outside counsel.