Senior Accountant

Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features.

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.

As a Senior Accountant 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 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.
• Effective communication with diverse stakeholders 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 Net Suite, Oracle, Workday, Epicor or similar preferred. Strong proficiency with Excel.
• Work ethic:
  Maturity, adaptability, professionalism, and high level of discretion are required; strategic thinking, ability to influence and persuade, and ability to interact with Senior Management.
• Excellent time management, organizational skills, and attention to deadlines.
• Positive, can‑do attitude, and commitment to achieving goals.

Berkeley, CA – 4 days in the office, 1 day work‑from‑home (Wednesdays).

At…