Staff Accountant

Job Summary

Viking is seeking a detail-oriented Staff Accountant to support key accounting and financial reporting activities. This role is responsible for managing and reconciling various general ledger accounts, preparing journal entries, supporting month‑end close processes, and ensuring the accuracy of financial records. The Staff Accountant will partner with cross‑functional teams to analyze transactions, maintain account reconciliations, support audits, and help strengthen internal controls.

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated accounting professional who enjoys problem‑solving, working with financial data, and contributing to a collaborative, fast‑paced environment.

This is a hybrid position based in our Woodland Hills, CA office. You will be required to adhere to our hybrid work policy, working from our office Monday and Thursday plus one additional weekday on a weekly basis.

• Prepaid Expenses: responsible for reviewing prepaid accounts to ensure all items meet the criteria of a prepaid asset, maintaining prepaid expense schedules, analyzing prepaid transactions and identifying appropriate expense account, preparing the monthly amortization journal entries for expenses.
• Cash: reviewing daily cash transactions, maintaining balances between accounts, preparing account transfers, journalizing various cash transactions, and preparing weekly payment batches and validating bank details for approximately 100 wires.
• Customer deposits: review GL account and prepare reclass entries for revenue reconciliations.
• Payables: maintain payable aging for operational refunds.
• Expense Accruals: responsible for preparing monthly accrual schedules and journal entries for general expenses.
• Intercompany Items & Transfer Pricing: responsible for running all necessary reports for the Revenue Team to complete monthly Transfer Pricing and recording transfer pricing journal entries across multiple entities.
• Assist in preparing various monthly journal entries.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet account reconciliation schedules for areas of involvement.
• Prepare supporting documents and schedules for quarterly and annual audits.
• Prepare various monthly and ad hoc reports for management.
• Internal Controls: maintain and improve existing internal controls over areas of involvement.

• Must have 2+ years of experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or similar field.
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills (Pivot tables, VLOOKUP and IFSUM formulas).
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Ability to think independently and exercise judgment in proposing solutions to issues encountered on a day‑to‑day basis.
• Motivated self‑starter with ability to think outside the box when problem solving.
• Close attention to detail, able to prioritize workload and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work in teams.
• Willingness to adapt to changes in accounting standards and company policies.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics 365 is a plus.

• Highly competitive compensation plan
  • Salary range $34.00 - $40.00 an hour determined by a myriad of factors including, but not limited to, years of experience, depth of experience, and other relevant business considerations.
  • Employees are eligible for annual discretionary bonus.
  • 401(k) plan with company match.
  • Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Full benefits including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance at a highly subsidized rate.
• Accrue 15 paid vacation days, sick time accrual by state, and 6 paid holidays per year.
• Opportunity to take a free and/or discounted cruise.
• Highly subsidized gym membership.
• Discounts on theatres, theme parks, movie tickets, travel discounts through IATA membership and many more discounts.
• Viking is a certified Great Place to Work company.