Accountant

The Community You Will Join:

As a finance team member at Airbnb.org, you will be part of a dynamic and collaborative environment focused on delivering high-quality financial services. You'll work closely with key cross-functional partners, including Finance Technology, Product, Business Development, and Customer Experience, to support the organization's mission. Your role will involve collaborating with external business partners and ensuring that processes are efficient, compliant, and optimized.

The Difference You Will Make:

In this role, you will manage end-to-end accounting, reconciliation, and reporting processes, contributing to the accuracy and integrity of Airbnb.org’s financial operations. Success in this role means driving process improvements, enhancing control environments, and ensuring compliance with internal and external guidelines. Your work will directly support the organization’s goals, with measurable outcomes including timely financial reporting, audit compliance, and successful execution of key projects.

A Typical Day:

• Prepare and process month-end journal entries, ensuring accuracy and completeness.

• Perform variance analysis on P/L and BS accounts and provide detailed flux commentary.

• Collaborate with business partners and auditors to manage reconciliations and ensure SOX compliance.

• Support transitions, knowledge transfer, and process migrations, ensuring timely delivery of critical tasks.

• Engage with cross-functional teams to communicate accounting requirements for new products, including testing and validation.

• Proactively identify and implement process improvements to optimize workflows and support global ERP system initiatives.

Your Expertise:

• 3+ years of experience in accounting or finance, with a strong understanding of US GAAP and revenue recognition principles.

• Proven ability to work effectively in a multinational, matrix organization, with strong interpersonal and team-building skills.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with experience collaborating across functional and business boundaries.

• Advanced proficiency in Excel, with knowledge of SQL and experience with Oracle or other large ERP systems preferred.

• Demonstrated ability to identify root causes of issues and drive systematic solutions, with a focus on process improvement.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience in managing financial information and data.

• A proactive approach with a desire to continuously improve, coupled with a strong drive to meet tight deadlines without compromising quality.

Your Location:

This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager. While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. Click here for the up-to-date list of excluded states. This list is continuously evolving, so please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list. If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.

Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging:

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process. 

We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.