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About the Role:

This is a great opportunity for a strong Senior Accountant who wants to expand into international accounting, statutory reporting, and multi-currency operations while working with a collaborative global finance team.

As one of three Senior Accountants at Backroads, you'll support accounting and reporting for several European entities, working closely with internal teams in the U.S. and Europe as well as external accounting partners. This role offers meaningful exposure to international accounting, statutory reporting, and multi-currency environments, with the support needed to build expertise over time.

What You'll Be Doing:

International Accounting, Month-End Close & Consolidation

• Support and help coordinate month-end and year-end close activities for international entities, including accurate reporting in accordance with applicable accounting requirements.
• 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:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 5 + years of progressive accounting experience, ideally in a multi-entity environment.
• Strong general ledger accounting experience, including journal entries, accruals, reclasses, account reconciliation, and month-end close.
• Experience supporting monthly close processes with a high level of accuracy, organization, and attention to deadlines.
• Experience with intercompany transactions, reconciliations, or cross-entity accounting activity.
• Solid understanding of US GAAP and strong ability to research, document, and apply accounting guidance.
• Strong Excel skills and experience working with ERP/accounting systems.
• Ability to work collaboratively with internal teams, external service providers, and stakeholders in different time zones.
• Strong communication skills, ownership mindset, and comfort working in a fast-paced close environment.
• Preferred:
• Exposure to international accounting, foreign subsidiaries, or multi-currency accounting.
• Experience with foreign currency remeasurement, translation, or FX gain/loss analysis.
• Experience with consolidations, intercompany eliminations, or multi-entity reporting packages.
• Exposure to statutory audits, statutory financial statements, local GAAP, IFRS, VAT/GST, or other country-specific compliance requirements.
• Experience coordinating with third-party accounting firms, tax advisors, or remote finance teams
• Experience with NetSuite, Oracle, Workday, Epicor, or similar ERP systems.
• Experience identifying process improvements, improving close timelines, or strengthening account reconciliation processes.

What You'll Gain in This Role:

• Direct exposure to international accounting and statutory reporting
• Experience working across multiple countries and currencies
• Opportunity to build expertise in consolidations and global finance
• Collaboration with global teams and external partners

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.

About Backroads:

At Backroads we're passionate about connecting our guests with so many of the most beautiful places in the world. We use our four-plus decades of expertise to create exceptional biking, hiking, and multi-adventure trips in over 50 countries for people wanting a deeper and richer travel experience. We travel on land as well as by small luxury ships on active river and ocean cruises. Our trips are for all ages - including dedicated itineraries just for families. We are known for our unwavering attention to quality. We have a dynamic work environment and a strong company culture.

Why Backroads:

At Backroads, we value every single member of our staff, and we're proud to offer a dynamic work environment that enables growth. Your colleagues will be some of the most dedicated, competent, active, and fun people you will ever meet. A job at Backroads is unlike any other job you will ever have - you will be challenged, you will be inspired, and you will be gratified. No matter what you do here, you will be part of something that makes us all proud - delivering authentic, enriching, and often profoundly life-changing experiences. On top of all that, we have some pretty great benefits and perks! For example our US office employees receive:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match, flex plan, and parental leave
• Generous paid time off, 8 paid holidays, and additional time off to go on Backroads trips!
• Complimentary trips and trip discounts for employees, and trip discounts for employees' friends and family!
• Outdoor industry discounts and deals
• Alternative commuter incentives for biking, walking, carpooling, or using public transportation to get to work
• Wellness programs and regular lunchtime bike rides and yoga