Staff Accountant (Rocket Travel by Agoda)

Rocket Travel is looking for a Staff Accountant to join our growing accounting team. In this role, you’ll work closely with our team to facilitate general accounting duties related to month-end close, AP/AR processing, treasury function, and other ad-hoc requests. Web-savvy, energetic, and analytical individuals with a solid business/accounting background that are willing to be proactive and apply other skills and talents toward the company’s collective goals, are encouraged to apply.

Rocket Travel is a place where you:

• Work with a group of intrinsically motivated people with a track record for building successful new businesses from scratch.
• Embody curiosity, community, and accountability. We live and build products by these values every day. 
• Own decisions and take action that can be implemented in a matter of days (or hours).
• Get inspired and encouraged to vacation faster, with an annual vacation stipend.
• Receive a competitive compensation package, including bonus, 401k with match, flexible vacation time, maternity and paternity benefits, health, and dental insurance.
• Total Compensation is based on experience - Salary: $66k - $92k, Bonus: up to 19%
• Can have a flexible work schedule. We have great offices in Chicago’s West Loop and in NYC’s Empire State building, we have a hybrid team, and a flexible work environment
• Share your passion for travel with equally adventurous teammates. 
• Work within the largest online travel company in the world. Rocket Travel creates B2C and B2B2C travel products and is part of Booking Holdings (BKNG). We have many worldwide partners and a diversified business. Despite the world’s current situation, Booking Holdings has been rated the healthiest company in travel, and Rocket itself is already seeing travel demand surpass pre-pandemic levels

As a Staff Accountant at Rocket Travel, you will: 

• Assist in the monthly and year-end close process. This individual will prepare closing entries and complete the close task list in an accurate and timely manner.
• Oversee timely processing and reconciliation of invoices. This individual will perform the AP functions and ensure timely processing of payments.
• Support Treasury activities. This individual will prepare wire/ACH payments, create wire templates, and perform weekly cash reconciliations
• Prepare or review monthly account reconciliations for various B/S and P/L accounts and corresponding journal entries, depending on the complexity of the account.
• Generate invoices and account statements. This individual will aid in preparing AR invoices in a timely manner and follow-up on aging balances when necessary.
• Process employee expenses. This individual will work to ensure compliance with the company expense policy and approve expenses for timely reimbursement to employees. 
• Assist with company software capitalization policy. This person will work with teams across the company to ensure that timesheets are completed in order to ensure we capitalize software in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
• Be scrappy. We’re a small team and often wear many hats. Some projects may not be completely defined. This individual will take a resourceful approach to what’s needed and drive results.

About you:

• You have a positive attitude and willingness to work and communicate on a small team
• You display overall well-roundedness and attention to detail in order to pick up duties quickly with accuracy
• You show an analytic approach to problem solving and can make data-driven recommendations for improvement
• You have a business-related degree with a preference for Accounting; CPA is a plus
• You have relevant accounting experience at a minimum of 3-5 years
• You have a strong knowledge of Excel
• You’re familiar with our systems - Oracle and SQL experience is preferred

About Rocket Travel

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