Senior Accountant II, Peoplecost

Senior Accountant II, PeopleCost

Our Corporate Functions are made up of teams that support Expedia Group, including Employee Communications, Finance, Legal, People Team, Inclusion and Diversity, and Global Social Impact and Sustainability. 

Expedia Group’s PeopleCost Accounting team is looking for a talented and motivated Senior Accountant to join our dynamic team.  

In this role you will be a key member of the accounting operations team.  If you are a dedicated and driven accounting professional this could be the job for you.  

In this role, you will:

• Understand the company’s financial and management accounting policies, procedures, and systems

• Develop solid knowledge of the accounting principles for one discipline (e.g., GAAP, Cost Accounting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Revenue, VAT Accounting)

• Develop solid understanding of regulatory requirements and financial accounting standards (e.g., IFRS, FASB, SEC)

• Demonstrate solid knowledge of how to maintain accounting records and data

• Demonstrate solid knowledge of journal entry preparation and posting

• Demonstrate a solid understanding of account reconciliations and sub-ledgers

• Acquire and demonstrate a solid understanding of how the department operates and fits into the larger organization

• Demonstrate solid awareness of the policies, practices, trends, and information that impact the organization and its customers

• Demonstrate solid understanding of the financial impact of decisions/solutions on the organization and its customers

• Build a solid understanding of the application of basic economic and financial reporting principles and practices

• Build a solid understanding of current economic market and financial trends by reviewing industry or trade publications

• Assist others in preparing and perform financial statements as well as reporting data

• Complete solid quality review checks on data using assigned systems

• Distinguish between advanced activities and tasks that add differing levels of value; begins to determine solid potential improvements to impact quality

• Demonstrate solid attention to detail and a continuous improvement mindset; double-checks accuracy of own output to ensure high quality delivery

• Assists team members in the creation of routine technical communication materials (e.g., policies & procedures, guidelines, presentations, messages)

Experience and qualifications:

• 3+ years’ experience for bachelor’s degree

• 1-2 years for CPA or Local GAAP Chartered Accountants or progress towards CPA

• Bachelor's or Master’s or CPA in a related technical field; or Equivalent related professional experience
  Public Accounting experience or industry experience with progressive high technology industry leader a plus

• Payroll accounting / People cost accounting a plus

• Oracle, Blackline knowledge a plus

• US Multi-National experience a plus