@OP
On a side note, what do you think the range of CPA's in Vancouver are making after 5 / 10 / 20 years of work experience? CPABC is reporting $116K median salary across all of BC and $180K after 20 years. But I do not see any roles that are paying this upper band anywhere aside from Big 4.
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Originally Posted by noclue
You're better off joining the financial operations of the group that owns the dealership such as openroad or dilwari etc with a CPA
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Connected with a controller at one of the big groups @ Open road / destination / Etc and they said that the job sucks if you expect it to merge your hobbies of cars and work. It's a ton of work, underpaid vs sales, and not many car related things you can do. Said you're better off making more money and doing car related things with that money. Which leads to what lowside mentioned, you gotta take your CPA and go to sale side if you wanna make money to unlock all the fun cars / trackdays.
I creeped someone on LinkedIn recently that transitioned from a Vancouver company to Mclaren's F1 racing team in their finance and accounting department. That could be a move that could merge your hobby of cars + CPA. Looks like it pays a lot too since it's in London.
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Originally Posted by jcmaz
Finance manager is one of the gravy positions in the dealership so it's very difficult to get in.
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At my friends Toyota Dealership, he said his FSM's make around $120 - 260K depending on your selling performance. They stay till after hours waiting for clients to close on their sales. Or come in super early to make sure they can sell the warranties in the morning too. He said they work longer hours than his sales / sales managers. He doesn't expect the gravy to end for Toyota due to the long waitlists. He said it's a super protected position since they make so much, so it'd be hard to get in without knowing a GM / Sales manager.
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Originally Posted by trollface
If you have morals or ethics, u won't make it.
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I saw them commit fraud on the finance application to get a lower rate / approval lol