Hybrid Staff Accountant

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About the role

  • Staff Accountant handling intracompany accounting and month-end close at a leading travel search engine company, KAYAK. Focusing on process improvements and financial reporting in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

  • Reconcile, analyze, and settle intracompany transactions across KAYAK legal entities monthly, including foreign currency revaluations and elimination within the ICP matrix.
  • Coordinate with Billing and the Enterprise Systems (ES) team to manage autointercompany scripts, account creation, OneStream mapping, and system support needs.
  • Support the intercompany accountant (Center of Excellence) to monitor/analyze intercompany partner (ICP) transactions, resolve breaks, and ensure alignment with ICPs and BHI during month‑end close.
  • Prepare variance analysis on intracompany and intercompany balances; identify trends and unusual fluctuations for month‑end and management reporting.
  • Prepare intercompany tax (BEAT) model and coordinate with KAYAK and BHI Tax teams; support Transfer Pricing compliance, review GL appropriateness, post entries, and produce monthly Transfer Pricing reporting.
  • Maintain and update KAYAK Monthly Actuals Analysis (P&L and Balance Sheet) to reflect OneStream; support consolidated reporting packages, management reporting, and ad hoc reports.
  • Analyze FX fluctuations and intra/intercompany drivers; develop DST reporting and related analyses.
  • Ensure adherence to KAYAK and BHI close calendars (including five‑business‑day close), administer post‑close adjustments, and coordinate cross‑functional deadlines.
  • Act as FloQast administrator: maintain reconciliations, checklists, user access/roles, monitor task completion, troubleshoot with FloQast support, and oversee FloQast alignment projects.
  • Own stewardship of the global Chart of Accounts (COA): maintain descriptions, submit and coordinate account creation/cleanup, and align COA with GL accounting, FP&A, and Tax.
  • Support internal and external audits by preparing schedules and providing documentation.
  • Drive process improvements and automation (including AI and other tools) for consolidation, reporting, intracompany/intercompany accounting, and reconciliation processes.
  • Provide backup and preparation of initial fluctuation analysis for Balance Sheet and P&L monthly/quarterly; support Associate Manager and transition ownership of rollforwards and activity checks as needed.

Requirements

  • 2-4 years of work experience in Accounting or similar roles.
  • A degree in Accounting or equivalent experience; progress on CPA track is an advantage.
  • Strong technical skills in Excel and Google Sheets (pivot tables, XLOOKUP, macros); hands‑on experience with OneStream, NetSuite, and FloQast highly preferred.
  • Demonstrated experience with intracompany/intercompany accounting, month‑end close processes, and intercompany tax/transfer pricing support.
  • Experience with foreign currency revaluations and FX impact analysis.
  • Proven ability to design and implement automation or AI‑driven process improvements.
  • Exceptional attention to detail, strong analytical and variance‑analysis skills.
  • Effective verbal and written communicator and subject matter expert mindset.
  • Self‑starter capable of prioritizing multiple deadlines and coordinating cross‑functional stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday
  • Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
  • Company matched retirement plans
  • Health, dental and vision insurance plans
  • Focus on mental health and well-being:
  • Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth
  • Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace
  • Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)
  • No meeting Fridays
  • Paid parental leave
  • 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

Job title

Staff Accountant

Job type

Experience level

JuniorMid level

Salary

$80,000 - $90,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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