Senior Accountant at BACKROADS, INC. in Berkeley, CA

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About the Role

As one of three Senior Accountants at Backroads, you will play a critical role in helping us oversee our international accounting, external international audit, compliance, and statutory reporting. You will work collaboratively across the organization, ensuring compliance with multi-county regulations, managing cross-border transactions, and providing accurate, timely reporting for internal stakeholders and external authorities.

What You’ll Be Doing:

International Accounting, Month-End Close & Consolidation

• Oversee month-end and year-end close for international legal entities, ensuring compliance with local GAAP and IFRS.
• Maintain and reconcile monthly general ledgers for foreign subsidiaries.
• Prepare or review account reconciliations prepared by foreign subsidiary staff and/or external service providers.
• Oversee inter-company transactions, post and review journal entries, accruals, reclasses, and inter-company reconciliations, currency revaluation and translation adjustments.
• Prepare and review monthly consolidated financial statements in compliance with U.S. GAAP.
• Manage preparation and review of statutory financial statements across multiple countries.
• Monitor and implement changes to international accounting standards and regulations.
• Provide meaningful reporting to management to ensure confidence in the excellence of subsidiary accounting processes and procedures.

Tax & Regulatory Compliance

• Support annual statutory audits for foreign subsidiaries.
• Assist with the preparation of annual inter-company agreements in compliance with transfer pricing requirements.
• Prepare and review VAT/GST returns, corporate tax filings, and other country specific tax obligations.
• Maintain compliance with statutory reporting requirements in all jurisdictions & partner with external tax advisors to resolve complex cross-border tax matters.
• Ensure timely submission of government and regulatory filings across all countries of operations.

Process Improvement & Collaboration

• Identify opportunities to streamline consolidation and reporting processes.
• Partner with treasury, tax, and FP&A teams to ensure aligned and accurate reporting.
• Perform other duties as requested

What You’ll Need to Be Successful:

• Required: Experience with inter-company reconciliations and eliminations, and multi-currency accounting.
• Required: multi-entity month-end close experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Minimum 6 years of progressive accounting experience, including international accounting and consolidation under U.S. GAAP.
• Experience with multi-currency accounting, inter-company reconciliations, and eliminations.
• Strong understanding of US GAAP (IFRS exposure preferred)
• Strong working knowledge of foreign currency translation and remeasurement.
• Strong analytical skills: Ability to interpret complex financial data, identify trends, and draw meaningful conclusions, all tailored to our business model and industry. Expert attention to details and strong adherence to quality and accuracy of work product.
• Communication skills: Effective communication with diverse stakeholders and Sr. Management across multiple time zones and cultures. Proven ability to communicate financial story in business terms tailored to our industry.
• Proficiency with ERP/accounting systems; experience with NetSuite, Oracle, Workday, Epicor or similar preferred. Strong proficiency with Excel.
• Strong work ethic: Maturity, adaptability, professionalism, and high level of discretion are required. Strategic thinking, ability to influence and persuade.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Comfortable managing deadlines in a fast-paced close environment.
• Positive, can-do attitude, and commitment to achieving goals.

Work Environment:

• Berkeley, CA
• Due to close collaboration with our international teams, there may be early hours required.
• 4-days in the office, 1 day work-from-home (Wednesdays)

About the Department :

The Finance team is an international group of financial professionals dedicated to supporting our global business, protecting company assets, and providing strategic analysis, budgeting, and reporting to support the company’s objectives. The team plays a critical role to ensure the company’s long-term financial health and sustainability by managing resources, optimizing financial performance, ensuring compliance with regulations, and providing strategic insights to support decision-making across international operations.

The department is comprised of several teams, which include the below:

• Accounts Payable: Manages vendor payments and employee expense reporting, ensuring accuracy, contract compliance, and strong financial controls.
• Accounting & Financial Reporting: Maintains global financial records with precision, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, accuracy, and transparency in reporting.
• Financial Planning & Analysis: Provides strategic insights through budgeting, forecasting, and data analysis to drive informed decision-making.

By joining the Finance team at Backroads, you’ll be part of a group that values building excellent and efficient processes and fostering a positive employee experience that rewards high performance with growth opportunities.