Senior Director, Investor Relations

Credit Acceptance is proud to be an award-winning company recognized both locally and nationally across multiple workplace categories. Our world-class culture is shaped by dedicated team members who are driven to succeed as professionals individually and together as a team. Backed by a strong product, exceptional people, and a stable financial foundation, we’ve grown into a leading provider of used and new car financing across the country.

Our Support teams work with multiple departments in a dynamic environment that promotes flexibility and autonomy, while offering the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse group of professionals. We work to comply with our company standards, exceed customer expectations, and drive our Great Place to Work culture. We deliver high-quality services aligned to business needs, driving innovative improvements that support our company strategy and modern operating principles.

• This position will work from home; occasional planned travel to our Southfield, Michigan office may be required.  However, this position is permitted to work at our Southfield, Michigan office if requested by the team member.
• Coordinate execution of the Company's investor relations strategy, ensuring clear, consistent, and compelling messaging to the investment community.
• Develop and maintain the Company's investment thesis, articulating business strategy, financial performance, capital allocation decisions, and long-term growth opportunities.
• Lead preparation for quarterly earnings press releases, earnings calls, executive comments, investor presentations, and other external communications.
• Partner with Finance, Business Planning & Analysis, Legal, Operations, Marketing, and executive leadership to ensure alignment and consistency in external disclosures and messaging.
• Monitor market trends, investor sentiment, analyst reports, peer performance, and industry developments to provide actionable insights to senior leadership.
• Develop briefing materials and strategic recommendations for executive leaders related to investor engagement opportunities, conferences, roadshows, and market events.
• Support debt capital markets activities by aligning investor-facing materials and coordinating stakeholder communications.
• Provide leadership with market intelligence, investor feedback, valuation insights, and recommendations to enhance investor understanding and confidence.
• Identify opportunities to improve investor communications, reporting, transparency, and stakeholder engagement.
• Leverage technology, automation, and AI-enabled tools to improve reporting, market monitoring, analytics, and stakeholder communications.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Advanced knowledge of corporate finance, equity capital markets, investor relations, financial analysis, and valuation methodologies.
• Strong understanding of public company reporting requirements, financial disclosures, SEC regulations, and governance considerations.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex financial and business concepts for diverse audiences.
• Executive-level presentation capabilities, including experience presenting to senior leaders, investors, analysts, and boards.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect financial performance, strategy, operations, and market dynamics.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior executives and build credibility with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet tight deadlines, and operate effectively in a highly visible environment.
• Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to develop trust across leadership teams and external stakeholders.
• Ability to lead change, drive process improvements, and continuously enhance investor communications and engagement activities.
• Demonstrates PRIDE values by maintaining a positive, respectful, insightful, direct, and earnest approach to leadership and collaboration.

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum of ten years of progressive experience in investor relations, treasury, corporate finance, financial planning and analysis, investment banking, equity research, corporate development, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of six years of leadership experience managing people, programs, or enterprise-level initiatives.
• Experience supporting public company reporting, earnings processes, board reporting, investor communications, or capital markets activities.
• Demonstrated ability to develop strategic recommendations and influence executive-level decisions.
• Experience interacting with senior leaders, investors, analysts, rating agencies, lenders, or other external financial stakeholders.
• Strong financial modeling, analysis, business planning, and strategic thinking capabilities.
• Proven ability to manage highly confidential and sensitive information.
• Ability to communicate clearly, confidently, and concisely, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to remain compliant with Company policies, processes, and legal guidelines.

• Master's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• CFA, CPA, CTP, IRC or other relevant professional designation.
• Experience serving in an investor relations leadership role for a publicly traded company.
• Experience supporting debt issuance, securitizations, funding strategies, liquidity management, or other treasury-related activities.
• Experience with capital markets transactions, equity research, institutional investing, corporate valuation, or investment banking.
• Experience building investor relations functions, reporting frameworks, and stakeholder engagement strategies.
• Experience leveraging AI, automation, and advanced analytics to improve financial reporting and investor communications.

To be successful in this role, Team Members need to be:

• Positive by maintaining resiliency and focusing on solutions
• Respectful by collaborating and actively listening
• Insightful by cultivating innovation, accumulating business and role specific knowledge, demonstrating self-awareness and making quality decisions
• Direct by effectively communicating and conveying courage
• Earnest by taking accountability, applying feedback and effectively planning and priority setting

• Remain compliant with our policies processes and legal guidelines
• All other duties as assigned
• Attendance as required by department