About the Role
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">With millions of diners, 60,000+ 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. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Every employee at OpenTable has a tangible impact on what we do and how we do it. You’ll 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.</span></p> <h2><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>About the Job</strong></span></h2> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Senior Manager, Accounting owns the completeness and accuracy of international growth revenue and expense across the profit and loss statement and related balance sheets for a fast-paced, global business. Operating within the Controllership leadership team, this is a hands-on role with ownership of the end-to-end international growth close. The successful candidate will drive a comprehensive continuous improvement agenda to scale the accounting function through standardization, automation, and the adoption of enabling technology. This is an exciting opportunity to take full ownership of international growth revenue and expense and help shape the future transformation of the accounting function to support significant organizational growth.</span></p> <h2><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Responsibilities</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Lead the end-to-end international growth revenue and expense close cycle under US GAAP, ensuring the completeness, accuracy, and timely delivery of all balance sheet reconciliations and reporting requirements worldwide.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Deliver clear monthly and quarterly financial variance analyses to explain commercial drivers, risks, and opportunities while partnering with financial planning teams on spend trends.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Act as the primary subject matter expert for international revenue and expense accounting, applying technical principles and critical evaluation to judgment-intensive areas, partner agreements, and commercial arrangements.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Drive the continuous improvement agenda by simplifying, standardizing, and automating close processes through the adoption of artificial intelligence and scaling technologies.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Cultivate robust cross-functional partnerships with accounting teams and commercial stakeholders, championing a culture of excellence centered on collective objectives and accountability..</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Foster strong collaborative relationships with procurement, finance operations, and commercial partners to integrate commercial insights into accounting decisions and establish clear process governance.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Minimum Qualifications</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Professional accounting qualification (such as CPA, ACA, ACCA, CA, or equivalent).</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Minimum of 10 years of post-qualification experience in financial and operational accounting within a complex, multi-entity global business.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Demonstrated experience managing the end-to-end financial close cycle, including revenue, expenses, accruals, and balance sheet reconciliations.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Proven track record of successfully leading, coaching, and developing teams of accounting professionals.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Preferred Qua