Accounting Manager

About Us

We're TravelPerk, a hyper-growth SaaS platform offering companies a one-stop-shop for booking, managing and reporting business travel.

Our aim is to revolutionise the $1.3 trillion business travel market by combining an unrivalled choice of travel options with a powerful booking and management platform and access to 24/7 customer support we’ve become the leading all-in-one travel management solution. 

Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Barcelona, we’ve grown to over 1200 people in 9 offices across Europe and North America. In 2022 we became a ‘unicorn’ and in 2024 we raised $104 million in additional investment, with a total valuation of $1.4 billion.

We’ve been winning awards too. Since 2023, we’ve been voted one of the best places to work,  one of the fastest-growing apps and tech companies, and a leading pioneer of business travel.

These are just some of the reasons why global brands like Wise, Red Bull, GetYourGuide, and Aesop trust us to supercharge their corporate travel. 

The Role

We are looking for our first U.S. based Accounting Manager to join our amazing global Controllership team. In this role, you will be the finance owner of an operating subsidiary located in the U.S. where GMV volumes are growing month over month. Therefore, you will be responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the U.S. subsidiaries financial accounts.

You will assist in growing our accounting function in the U.S. This includes assisting our controllership team with the consolidated U.S. group audit. You will collaborate with the different departments across the company to ensure accounting policies are aligned with the group and that data is reconciled in a timely manner, in accordance with U.S. GAAP accounting standards.

What you will do

• 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 

What will you need to succeed?

• 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 

On top of that, the preferred candidate will have:

• CPA or equivalent qualification
• +2 years in similar positions at travel companies;
• NetSuite experience
• Experience working on acquisit