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Accounting Manager
Company | TravelPerk |
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Location | Chicago, IL, USA |
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Salary | $96000 – $113000 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- 6+ years of accounting experience with a mix of public accounting and industry
- Bachelor of accounting/finance degree or equivalent
- Expertise in U.S. GAAP
- Experience in managing a team
- Experience in both technical and operational accounting
- Experience working on public company audits with external auditors
- Proven track record of working w/ multi-entity and global organizations
- Excellent communication skills (both written and spoken) and fluent in English
- Organizational skills and ability to manage deadlines
- Analytical thinker and detailed oriented
- Excellent teamwork, interpersonal, and relationship management skills
- Entrepreneurial attitude
- An innovative and enthusiastic individual looking to make an impact
- Growth mindset – adapt to the dynamic nature of a fast-paced business – assist with scalable solutions as we navigate projects across the Controllership team to grow the business and improve our processes
- Tech awareness – active interest in technology and automation – we constantly strive to improve and automate our policies so that we operate world-class processes
- Availability to travel to our hubs
Responsibilities
- Own the monthly/quarterly/annual close process for our U.S. subsidiaries including variance analysis of key accounts
- Own the external audit for our U.S. subsidiaries being the main point of contact with our external auditors
- Assist the controllership team in the annual consolidated audit of our U.S. TopCo
- Own the accounting policies and technical accounting memos for our U.S. subsidiaries ensuring that they align with our group policies and U.S. GAAP
- Own the cash flow and working capital requirements for our U.S. subsidiaries working closely with our group treasury team
- Perform monthly balance sheet account reconciliations and subsequent analytical analysis of accounts
- Own OPEX for U.S. subsidiaries
- Own intercompany reconciliations for our U.S. subsidiaries
- Own controls and documentation for our U.S. subsidiaries that conform with the Sarbanes Oxley Act
- Support the business growth in an organized and controlled way, partnering on operational improvements
- Manage relationship with third party providers to support U.S. tax filings
- Participating in finance transformation projects and other ad hoc specific projects
- Supervising a small team
Preferred Qualifications
- CPA or equivalent qualification
- +2 years in similar positions at travel companies
- NetSuite experience
- Experience working on acquisitions