Overview
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Certification
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CASEY LYNNE SAVELLI

CHAGRIN FALLS,OH

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Controller/CFO

Hyundai of Bedford
03.2019 - 03.2025
  • Completed journal entries, reconciliations, and account analysis to prepare quarterly financial documents and general account management.
  • Assisted in streamlining all schedules, processes and paperwork for 6 dealerships for better review and oversight by managers and owners
  • Prepared balance sheets, cash flow reports and income statements.
  • Managed payroll data entry and processing for 160 employees to comply with predetermined company guidelines.
  • Provided treasury and cash management by overseeing reconciliation of banking activity, credit card processing, and sales tax returns.
  • Supervised accurate, efficient, and compliant completion of monthly financial reporting packages.
  • Followed up with delinquent accounts to obtain funds and reduce aging balances.
  • Assisted in successful transition to new floorplan companies for the dealerships on two different occasions
  • Ensured compliance with tax regulations by managing the timely preparation and filing of all required returns.
  • Reduced month-end closing time by optimizing reconciliation procedures and improving collaboration between departments
  • Created and facilitated a complete change in financial institutions used by the dealership for everyday cash flow.
  • Handled yearly renewal of all garage, EPLI and inventory insurance for all six dealerships
  • Provided insightful financial analysis to support executive team in making informed business decisions.
  • Streamlined annual audit process, working closely with external auditors to ensure accurate representation of company''s financial position.
  • Completed year-end close processes through effective supervision financial functions and regular treasury transactions.
  • Ensured timely financial statement preparation, allowing for better decision-making and strategic planning.
  • Accurately completed financial statement audits and thoroughly reviewed results.
  • Collaborated with other functional areas to develop integrated solutions for complex business challenges related to finance operations.
  • Established robust internal control framework, minimizing the risk of fraud and ensuring compliance with regulations.
  • Implemented controls to safeguard against financial misstatement and fraud, enhancing reliability of financial reporting.
  • Played key role in strategic planning sessions, offering insights based on financial analysis and projections.
  • Enhanced team productivity, implementing continuous professional development and training programs for finance staff.

Controller

Capital Automotive Group
05.2017 - 12.2019
  • Company Overview: Managed the day to day financials for two Capital Automotive Group stores from within their corporate headquarters
  • Manufacturers included Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep and RAM
  • Scheduled and managed monthly financial meetings with general managers and dealership department managers to discuss expenses, rebates and gross produced for the previous months
  • Constructed and analyzed all dealership pay plans for managers and sales people
  • Led all accounting, HR, payroll, and managing functions in opening a new Chrysler dealership point for the auto group in 2017
  • Visited dealerships once a week to sit inside the store and work remote from corporate center to build relationships with the employees inside the dealership
  • Processed all month end manager bonus pay as well as sales commissions
  • Managed all dealership accounting schedules monthly
  • Reviewed and processed all month end paperwork for month end close
  • Filed all state and local taxes for each dealership monthly
  • Managed all fixed asset accounts for each dealership
  • Worked with CPA firm each year for an external audit of each dealership
  • Attended all advertising meetings monthly as well as balanced and reconciled all advertising expense for both dealerships
  • Gathered and reported all benchmark reporting for NCM Associates to compile a quarterly report of all group dealership benchmarks
  • Reviewed all manufacturer statements and postings including warranties, rebates, holdback and parts purchases
  • Managed the day to day financials for two Capital Automotive Group stores from within their corporate headquarters
  • Manufacturers included Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep and RAM

Accounting Manager

Hendrick Automotive Group
10.2015 - 05.2017
  • Managed day to day financials for three of eleven company dealerships, within Hendrick Cary Consolidated Accounting office
  • Reconciled bank statements daily for all three dealerships
  • Managed people that consisted of title clerks, accounts payable, accounts receivable, deal posting, and office administration as well as one Junior Accounting Manager that reported directly to me
  • Interacted daily with customers, salesmen, finance managers, and sales managers for smooth day to day interaction between dealerships and accounting office
  • Scheduled and conducted weekly business meetings within dealerships to review expenses, rebates and any other concerns between accounting office and dealerships
  • Balanced all financials from dealership to accounting and closed all monthly financial paperwork for month end close
  • Transmitted financial statements to manufacturer monthly
  • Compiled all paperwork for yearly taxes as well as yearly inventory for Hendrick corporate office
  • Organized all monthly physical inventories between sales managers and accounting
  • Managed cash accounts and floorplan accounts with all banks and manufacturers
  • Signed all AP, refund, trade payoff, and dealer trade checks for all Hendrick stores
  • Managed journal entries, collection efforts, reconciliations, and payroll processing.

Accounting Manager

Crossroads Automotive Group
05.2013 - 10.2015
  • Managed the day to day financials for three of sixteen company dealerships, two of which are in the top three grossing dealerships for the entire company
  • Reconciled bank statements daily for all three dealerships
  • Managed a team of 13 people that consisted of title clerks, accounts payable, accounts receivable, deal posting, and office administration
  • Managed all aspects of day to day activities in the accounts payable, accounts receivable, deal posting and office administration for the three dealerships
  • Interacted daily with customers, salesmen, finance managers, and sales managers for smooth day to day interaction between the dealerships and the accounting office
  • Balanced all financials from dealership to accounting and closed all monthly financial paperwork for month end close
  • Transmitted financial statements to Ford Motor Company monthly
  • Managed all credit accounts between the dealership and Ford Motor Credit
  • Managed all trade-in payoffs, rebate incentives, and vehicle funding for the dealerships
  • Implemented new processes for smoother and more efficient transition from sales to accounting
  • Managed a system of 60-70 schedules, per dealership, that tracked such things as warranty purchases, inventory of new and used vehicles, cash on hand, parts and service repair orders
  • Prepared, reviewed and submitted yearly 1099s, and IRS form 8300s
  • Managed journal entries, collection efforts, reconciliations, and payroll processing.

Education

B.S. - Accounting

MEREDITH COLLEGE
Raleigh, NC
05.2005

Master of Business Administration -

CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY
Raleigh, NC
12.2009

CERTIFICATION -

NADA - NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION
Washington, DC
09-2023

Skills

  • Payroll processing
  • Preparing financial statements
  • Staff management
  • Audit preparation
  • Accounting management
  • Statement reconciliation
  • Fixed asset management
  • Financial forecasting
  • Account reconciliation
  • General ledger management
  • Risk management
  • Expense control
  • Cash flow forecasting
  • Intercompany transactions
  • Internal controls
  • Problem-solving
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Organizational skills

Affiliations

  • NADA PAC

Certification

NADA ACADEMY GRADUATE

Timeline

Controller/CFO

Hyundai of Bedford
03.2019 - 03.2025

Controller

Capital Automotive Group
05.2017 - 12.2019

Accounting Manager

Hendrick Automotive Group
10.2015 - 05.2017

Accounting Manager

Crossroads Automotive Group
05.2013 - 10.2015

Master of Business Administration -

CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY

B.S. - Accounting

MEREDITH COLLEGE

CERTIFICATION -

NADA - NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION

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