About the job

Who We Are

Busbud is the largest online travel agency specializing in intercity bus and coach travel with the broadest global coverage. Travelling is our passion, and we work hard to offer the most comprehensive network of city-to-city trips. We operate in more than 80 countries and 21,000 cities and offer more than 2,300,000 bus routes. Our goal is to provide everyone a more environmentally-friendly, accessible, and interconnected world.

The role

As the Group Reporting Manager, you will be a key member of our finance team, directly supporting the Controller in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial reporting across the group. You will play a crucial role in maintaining compliance with ASPE, managing financial data, and overseeing the integration of newly acquired subsidiaries. This position requires a strong understanding of accounting principles, excellent analytical skills, and the ability to manage complex financial processes.

What you can expect from the opportunity:

• Financial Reporting and Compliance:
  • Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting in accordance with ASPE and local GAAP across all group entities.
  • Review monthly financial results, ensuring consistency and accuracy in reporting.
  • Analyze trends and movements in the accounts, providing insights to management.
• Financial Data Management:
  • Own and manage the Group’s Chart of Accounts across all accounting and forecasting systems.
  • Ensure the integrity and accuracy of financial data, facilitating seamless reporting and forecasting.
  • Lead initiatives to improve data management processes and enhance system integration.
• Balance Sheet Management:
  • Take ownership of key balance sheet accounts, ensuring they are accurately maintained and reconciled.
  • Prepare and review supporting workpapers, ensuring all reconciliations are completed in a timely manner.
• Acquisition Accounting and Integration:
  • Lead accounting and finance integration activities for new acquisitions, ensuring seamless transition onto the Group’s systems and processes.
  • Act as interim finance manager for acquired subsidiaries, ensuring accurate bookkeeping, reporting, and compliance during the transition period.
  • Collaborate with the M&A team to ensure smooth financial integration and alignment with group accounting policies.
• Process Improvement and Support:
  • Continuously identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy in financial reporting.
  • Provide support and guidance to subsidiary finance teams, ensuring adherence to group policies and procedures.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support various finance initiatives and projects.

Critical role skills and competencies:

• At ease managing the processing and reporting of high volumes of data, ability to identify weaknesses in processes and drive change, very good understanding of multi-currency operations and the FX impact, comfortable with managing, coaching and motivating a team;
• Experience as an Accounting Manager ideally within an international multi-company and multi-currency organization
• Degree in Finance or Accounting; CPA is a must
• 7-10 + years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including managing a financial function in a technology company
• Strong knowledge of Netsuite ERP software an asset
• Proven experience in working in an international, complex and fast moving environment
• Competent with automated financial data
• Ability to motivate teams to produce quality materials within tight timeframes and simultaneously manage several projects
• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation
• English – very good level (Spanish and French considered an asset)

What’s in it for you?

• Remote
• Competitive compensation based on experience
• Unlimited paid time off
• Work from anywhere in the world
• Health benefits
• Stock options
• Free bus tickets, discounted train tickets
• Annual sustainability fund & training fund
• Apple equipment
• If you're in Montreal, Busbud has an office in the Mile-end area. The office has events, snacks, and team lunches on Wednesdays!
• Team events

Busbud is committed to equal employment opportunities for all employees and providing its team members with a work environment free from discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Busbud are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, regardless of race, colour, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, pregnancy, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Learn more about why we care about diversity.