Accounting Manager

With millions of diners 60000 restaurant partners and 25 years of experience OpenTable part of Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG) is an industry leader with a passion for helping restaurants thrive. Our world-class technology empowers restaurants to focus on what matters most their team their guests and their bottom line while enabling diners to discover and book the perfect restaurant for every occasion.

Every employee at OpenTable has a tangible impact on what we do and how we do it. Youll also be part of a global team and its portfolio of metasearch brands. Hospitality is all about taking care of others and it defines our culture.

As Manager Accounting you will own the daytoday accounting and monthend close for a set of core operational accounting areas (including marketing and fixed assets) ensuring results are accurate timely and wellcontrolled.

You will work closely with our global Centre of Excellence (COE) and brand accounting teams to standardize processes improve reconciliations and controls and support clear highquality financial reporting and commentary for senior stakeholders.

This role is a good fit for a handson Accounting Manager who enjoys process ownership problemsolving and collaborating across Finance and the wider business.

The Role:

Core Accounting & Reporting

• Financial Close: Lead and drive the month-end close for key areas (including marketing and fixed assets) ensuring the completeness and accuracy of the US GAAP general ledger and timely reconciliation completion.

• Drive Financial Clarity: Provide insightful monthly and quarterly P&L and balance sheet flux analysis and commentary for senior stakeholders providing critical visibility upwards by clearly articulating key drivers risks and one-off items.

• Ensure Technical Integrity: Perform critical technical reviews and evaluations of commercial contracts (such as marketing agreements) applying strong technical accounting judgment with a balanced commercial perspective.

• Act as Subject Matter Expert: Serve as a trusted resource by responding to ad-hoc queries with clear consistent and well-supported explanations across your areas of ownership.

Champion Process Improvement & Innovation

• Transform Processes: Champion continuous improvement initiatives identifying and driving opportunities to simplify streamline and automate close processes including the appropriate use of AI tools.

• Standardize Operations: Partner with the Centre of Excellence (COE) team to transition standardize and maintain recurring reconciliations and close tasks ensuring consistency and a robust control environment.

Partner with the Business

• Be a Strategic Partner: Work closely with business and functional partners to develop a deep commercial awareness providing observations and recommendations that ensure efficient processes and a strong internal control framework.

• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Collaborate with the Consolidation & Reporting Finance Operations and Tax teams to provide comprehensive impacts and considerations for key areas.

Lead & Develop the Team

• Leadership: Lead coach and develop one direct report and support the wider brand accounting and COE teams.

• Build Capability: Provide day-to-day direction coaching and support to junior team members and COE preparers helping to build their capability and ownership over time.

• Foster Communication: Coordinate effectively across multiple time zones (US Europe India APAC) and foster a culture of transparent communication normalizing timely and informal feedback to empower and develop the team.

Please apply if you have:

Experience & Qualifications

• Fullyqualified accountant (e.g. ACA ACCA CPA CA or equivalent) or equivalent strong experience in financial accounting.

• Solid experience in financial accounting / GL roles including ownership of monthend close reconciliations and process improvement for key balance sheet and P&L areas.

• Experience working with or alongside a shared service / COE model including supporting process transitions and ongoing governance is a plus.

Skills & ways of working

• Strong technical grounding in US GAAP / IFRS and good accounting judgement on daytoday issues.

• Ability to standardize and document processes and to use data and systems to support reconciliations and analysis.

• Clear concise communicator able to explain accounting topics and reconciliation outcomes to both finance and nonfinance partners.

• Proactive organized and comfortable managing multiple deadlines in a fastmoving environment.

• Curious hands-on and solution focussed equally at ease in the detail and looking at the big picture.

• Embrace change and strive to continuously improve the way we work and collaborate with each other both within finance and the wider business.

Benefits and Perks

• Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year

• Focus on mental health and well-being:

  • Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth

  • Company-paid subscription to Headspace

  • Annual company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)

• Paid parental leave

• Generous paid vacation time off for your birthday

• Paid volunteer time

• Focus on your career growth:

  • Development Dollars

  • Leadership development

  • Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings

• Travel Discounts

• Employee Resource Groups

• 20 days of paid time off

• Private health and dental insurance

• Life and Disability insurance

The expected range of compensation for this position based in Toronto Canada including commission and/or bonuses is $131000 - $155000 CAD. There are a variety of factors that go into determining a compensation range including but not limited to external market benchmark data geographic location and years of experience sought/required.

We offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO paid sick leave medical leave bereavement leave floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits. This role is eligible to be considered for an annual bonus.

Work Environment & Flexibility

At OpenTable we pride ourselves on fostering a global and dynamic work environment. As a team member with us you will benefit from a schedule tailored to accommodate a global workforce operating across multiple time zones. While the majority of your responsibilities may align with conventional business hours there will be instances where you are expected to manage communications - via calls Slack messages or emails - outside of regular working hours to effectively collaborate with international colleagues respond to restaurant partners and/or address urgent matters. OpenTable will always abide by and consider local laws and regulations.

Inclusion

Were committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can thrive. We know the best ideas come when we bring different voices to the table so were building a team as dynamic as the diners and restaurants we serveand fostering a culture where everyone feels welcome to be themselves.

If you need accommodations during the application or interview process or on the job were here to support you. Please reach out to your recruiter to request any accommodations.

Required Experience:

Manager

Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Monthly Salary Salary: 131000 - 155000