Senior Accountant, KAYAK
Statutory Reporting, 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
Travel search engine
Job no longer available
Travel search engine
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for someone who has excellent problem solving skills, is a strong communicator, thrives on operational improvement and enjoys working in a challenging, fast-paced environment to support our continued growth
- You are detail oriented while also able to see the big picture
- When faced with a problem, you propose a solution
- You love understanding the why behind the numbers, exercise professional scepticism and maintain a natural curiosity
- You have a shown ability to prioritise your work, manage to deadlines and keep your manager well advised
- You can work independently but know when to ask for assistance, and you take pride in ownership over your areas
- You are able to optimally communicate with team members and management
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or similar)
- 0-2 years PQE that demonstrates knowledge and application of GAAP accounting policies and practices
- Experience in preparing financial statements and accounting memos preferable
- Audit / SOX background essential
- SOX background essential preferable
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Advance Microsoft Excel skills (VLOOKUP, pivot tables, etc.)
- Experience with NetSuite a plus
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills are a requirement, along with a high level of attention to detail
What the job involves
- The KAYAK and OpenTable EMEA Finance team is currently seeking a Senior Accountant who will report into the Manager, Statutory Accounting, based in our London office
- You will be working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment and establishing relationships with distributed team members within finance and across the organisation
- The Senior Accountant is responsible for many aspects of the statutory reporting activities, such as: proper application of local GAAP, preparation of audit deliverables, support in audit project management and financial statement preparation and review
- Day to day audit management
- Preparation of US GAAP to local GAAP bridges for smaller legal entities
- Support in preparation and delivery of deliverables for audit requests
- Initial review of financial documents and tie through to underlying bridges
- Preparation of in-house financial documents (UK and IE)
- Liaison with external providers for tax and accounts preparation
- Assistance with development, maintenance and documentation of all policies and procedures related to assigned areas of responsibility, including the building of process notes and the completeness and accuracy of source data
- Identify areas of operational improvement, provide recommendations and complete the changes; and
- Deliver on ad-hoc projects / deliverables as necessary
Salary benchmarks
Our take
KAYAK is a travel agency and metasearch engine owned and operated by Booking Holdings. KAYAK processes over 6 billion queries across its platforms each year for travel information - as one of the world’s leading travel search engines, KAYAK searches other sites to show travellers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages. It offers a variety of tools and features such as KAYAK trips, explore, and price forecast.
There’s been speculation over the years about online travel companies getting into the hotel business, and KAYAK is no exception. The company is expanding its hospitality offerings beyond its traditional hotel referral and booking services, but despite speculation through the 2020s, has stopped short of opening hotels under its own brand, preferring to partner with preexisting companies on their hotel tech.
Since being acquired by Booking Holdings, the global leader in online travel, in 2013, KAYAK has continued to expand and innovate, enhancing the travel experience for users all around the world. And now KAYAK manages a portfolio of metasearch brands including SWOODOO, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined. With the aim to make it easier for everyone to experience the world - it now operates sites in more than 70 countries and territories.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Work flexibly: Our global flexible work policy lets our teams decide if they head into one of our offices or work from anywhere else
- Team-wide time off: Most of our team disconnects at the same time each year to recharge and reconnect
- Global volunteer week: Take VTO (Volunteer Time Off) to support the organizations and charitable efforts you believe in
- Wellness: We take care of each other - providing opportunities and spaces to live that work-life balance
- Resource groups: Our five ERGs are employee-led groups for underrepresented communities and their allies
- Career growth: We provide opportunities for our team to develop their skills – or learn new ones – on their own terms
Company HQ
East Side of Stamford, Stamford, CT
Leadership
Steve Hafner
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Board Member of Trulia, Blade and SeatGeek and currently an Executive at OpenTable.
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