Financial Accountant

The Position

KAYAK & OpenTable is seeking an energetic Financial Accountant to join us in Sydney or Melbourne as part of the APAC Finance Team. We are a group of highly motivated, high performing individuals who love numbers as much as the story behind the numbers. We have a hard-working, collaborative culture, but we also know how to have fun.

Responsibilities

• Support the month-end close process and the day to day accounting processes of multiple entities across APAC;

• Perform various general ledger reconciliations for key balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis. Proactively manage and ensure accounts are transparent and ‘clean’ by performing detailed analysis to clearly present balance sheet information in a logical manner. Including but not limited to the following key reconciliations:

  • Timely/weekly reconciliation of bank accounts and promptly following up with reconciliation items. Work with stakeholders to clear reconciling items in a timely manner, ensuring integrity and accuracy of financial information.

  • Preparation and review of Accounting, Tax, Legal and Fixed Asset reconciliations, including building key relationships with the Tax team, Legal and Office managers.

• Support the Global Affiliate process. Ensuring any bounce back is investigated and adjusted in a timely manner for the next pay cycle. 

• Support the APAC accounts payable process on an ad hoc basis. 

• Support the Marketing process on an ad hoc basis. 

• Support Payroll balance sheet reconciliations

• Assist management in reporting to key stakeholders, including detailed insights into operations and results.

• Assistance with audit including coordination of information, document management and various auditor queries and analysis. 

• Ad-hoc involvement and support in finance projects and other reconciliations when needed.

Education, experience and skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce or related field.

• Preferably CA/CPA qualified.

• 3+ years of experience in a finance team.

• Experience with accounting systems (Oracle NetSuite experience is a plus).

• FX exposure and experience in importing will be highly regarded.

• US GAAP experience is highly regarded.

• Excellent communication skills and strong attention to detail.

About Our Team

Our Finance team supports the business: we provide reports, pay the bills and our people, collect money, crunch numbers and meet stringent compliance standards and deadlines – and we have fun while doing it. We enjoy working together and with our cross-functional colleagues around the globe. We value integrity, personal accountability and proactive thinking, and we take pride in mentorship and in crafting opportunities for professional growth and advancement. Does this sound like you? If so, let’s chat!

About KAYAK and OpenTable

At KAYAK we help millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions. KAYAK searches other sites to show travelers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages and is the world's leading travel search engine.KAYAK is an independently managed subsidiary of Booking Holdings.

About OpenTable

With millions of diners, tens of thousands of restaurants, and 23+ years of experience, OpenTable, part of Booking Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG), is an industry leader with a unique insight into the world of hospitality. We champion restaurants, bars, wineries, and other venues around the world, helping them attract guests, manage capacity, improve operations and maximize revenue.

Every employee at OpenTable has a tangible impact on what we do and how we do it. You’ll also join a global network that includes OpenTable and KAYAK's portfolio of travel brands including Swoodoo, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined.
 

BENEFITS

• Fast-paced and entrepreneurial culture

• Hybrid model with a mix of work from home and work from a fabulous office near central CBD!

• Fantastic team culture 

• Mental Health Well-being: 6 company paid therapy sessions, subscription to a meditation app, wellbeing speaker series and resources.

• Annual Health and Wellness Reimbursement.

• 1 floating day off per year to celebrate your birthday or another occasion of choice!

• Company-wide time off each year: the whole team recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!).

• Paid volunteer time.

• Regular catered office events.

• Learning and Development opportunities.

• Universal Paid Parental leave.