Over the years, I’ve noticed a persistent misunderstanding in the dealership world: the tendency to dismiss the accounting office as a “cost center.” You’ll hear it in meetings, on the showroom floor, and see it in budget reviews—this idea that if you’re not selling something, you’re costing something. It’s a tidy narrative. Unfortunately, like most tidy narratives, it leaves out the messy …
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When to Hire a Dealership CFO
Bringing a CFO into your dealership can feel a bit like inviting a houseguest who goes through your medicine cabinet, your freezer, and your credit card statements, and then tells you what’s expired, what’s rotting, and why you’re broke. It’s unsettling at first, but if you’re smart, you’ll pour them a cup of coffee and let them keep talking. Timing is everything. Hire a CFO too soon and you’ll …
Where Dealership Dollars Disappear – And How to Stop It
If there’s one thing dealers and GMs hate it’s discovering that the money they thought they made last month has quietly evaporated. Not stolen, exactly, just… misplaced. Like the way a single sock disappears in the dryer, or how you swear you had twenty bucks in your wallet until your teenager “borrowed” it for gas. Money leaks out of a dealership the same way air leaks out of a tire: slowly, …
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Car Dealership Accounting Skills Don’t Grow on Trees
Lately, I’ve found myself obsessing over something that most people wouldn’t notice unless it jumped out from behind a sales desk and bit them. It’s not flashy, it’s not trending, and it certainly won’t get you invited to any parties (unless it’s a very sad party with spreadsheets and stale donuts). But once you see it, you can’t unsee it: the dealership controller - the person responsible for …
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