Senior Accountant, Denver

At Pursuit, we offer more than just a place to visit, we create opportunities for our guests to truly connect with iconic destinations. Our experiences include world-class attractions and distinctive lodges, all designed to highlight the unique beauty of each location. Beyond that, we offer thoughtfully crafted restaurants, retail, and transportation services that help our guests immerse themselves fully in the experience. What ties it all together are the friendly faces you’ll find along the way, the thoughtful amenities, and the delightful details that make every visit feel personal and unforgettable.

The Senior Accountant is a key member of a collaborative accounting team, with a focus on revenue accounting, general ledger work, and financial systems. We have recently re-evaluated the requirements of this role and the market assessment resulting in an update to base salary range to $94,000-$107,000 annually.

You’ll play a lead role in ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting, maintaining strong controls, and safeguarding the integrity of data flowing from POS and other systems into the general ledger. The role includes ownership of day‑to‑day revenue work, cash handling oversight, month‑end close activities, and complex account reconciliations, plus leadership in system integrations and reporting tools. 

You’ll work closely with the Revenue Accounting Manager, shared services Accounting, the FP&A team, IT, and local operations across Hospitality, Retail, and Food & Beverage. 

This job is based in Denver, Colorado and current, legal ability to work in the U.S. is required.  
 

Essential Duties:

• Lead revenue accounting for assigned locations and business lines. 
• Prepare and review journal entries and take a key role in month‑end and quarter‑end close. 
• Own balance sheet and revenue account reconciliations and variance analysis, including more complex or judgment‑based areas. 
• Oversee cash handling and daily cash balancing processes and partner with operations to strengthen controls.  
• Provide documentation and support for both internal and external audits. 
• Help maintain, test, and improve system integrations between POS, sub‑systems, and the general ledger as well as assist in implementing new systems. 
• Analyze and validate data across systems, working with IT to resolve discrepancies and improve data quality. 
• Partner with FP&A and shared services Accounting on process improvements, control enhancements, and reporting efficiencies. 
• Develop positive and collaborative relationships with key internal stakeholders and act as a subject‑matter resource on revenue and GL questions. 
• Other duties as assigned

REQUIRED SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required; progress toward a higher degree or CPA certification is a plus 
• 3–5 years of progressive accounting experience preferred, including significant experience with journal entries and account reconciliations. Point of sale reconciliation experience is a plus.  
• Exposure to: 
• Revenue audit or hotel/restaurant accounting  
• General ledger accounting  
• AP/AR or FP&A 
• Inquisitive approach to learning, growing, and developing new skills; an innate drive to ask “why”. 
• Strong systems aptitude, ideally with POS or ERP experience.  
• Dynamics 365 experience preferred but not required. 
• Excellent communication skills. Must be able to remotely communicate with various team members located across North America. Must be able to meet deadlines and manage competing priorities 

This list describes at a high level what this role does, but no job description can anticipate every single task, issue or project that could come up.  Pursuit reserves the right to adjust, reduce, add, or change job tasks as needed for the success of the business.

To handle this job successfully, any person hired must be able to perform responsibilities as described. Pursuit will make any reasonable accommodation to help a person with disabilities perform their job. 

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About Us:

We're more than a hospitality and attractions company. We connect people to iconic places through unforgettable and inspiring experiences; Our team members included.  

Thoughtfully united by their unique power to inspire and invigorate, our collection of hotels and lodges, recreational attractions, ground transportation services, retail, food and beverage, sightseeing, tours, and travel products are tied together by iconic, destination-worthy locations in Alaska, Montana, the Canadian Rockies, Reykjavík and Costa Rica.

Pursuit is a publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Ex