Staff Accountant

Skift is the leading business intelligence and media company in travel, delivering news, research, and global events that power smarter decisions across the industry. We convene senior leaders and innovators who rely on Skift for clarity, insight, and meaningful connection in a fast-moving global market.

Reporting to the CFO, we're looking for a sharp, fast-moving Staff Accountant who brings seasoned judgment and absolute ownership to every corner of our finance function. This isn't a maintain-the-status-quo role. We want an experienced operator who spots inefficiencies before they become problems and redesigns the process, who uses AI tools to raise the bar for how a lean finance team runs, and who treats the month-end close as a standard of excellence they set and defend, not just a deadline.

If you've built the Excel tools and workflows that others now rely on, and you take pride in a close that's both fast and flawless, this is your moment. We are looking for candidates based in the greater New York tri-state area who are available to commute into Manhattan at least twice per month.

Skift operates a fully remote team across 17+ countries, producing intelligence, media, and events that shape the future of global travel. Our finance function is the backbone of that operation. As the CFO's right hand on day-to-day accounting, you keep a lean, fast-moving company compliant, solvent, and highly strategic. Our finance team touches everything, from media and global payroll to payment platforms and live events.

You will be the person who holds it all together, modernizes manual processes, and brings the rigor and perspective that make complex global accounting look easy.

• Own daily cash monitoring and bank balance oversight, investigating unusual movements and escalating to the CFO with context and a recommended course of action.
• Build and maintain weekly cash flow forecasts that drive the treasury report, refining assumptions as the business evolves.
• Manage payment runs end to end, preparing supporting documentation for CFO approval and executing wire transfers once approved when payment limits are reached.
• Prepare and post journal entries, including accruals and corrections, applying sound accounting judgment ahead of CFO review.
• Own the finance inbox as the first line of resolution for vendor queries, exercising judgment on what to resolve directly and what to elevate.
• Oversee AR/AP aging and drive collections and payables follow-up to maintain a healthy DSO.
• Review and compile above-threshold vendor invoices with complete backup for CFO approval.
• Manage payroll exceptions, own the sync of US payroll reports to Quick Books, and lead intercompany reconciliations.
• Handle physical mail and check deposits from the New York post office box.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for bank representatives and external tax accountants.

• Own the month-end close checklist end to end, guiding the Finance Clerk and holding the timeline accountable.
• Deliver the P&L and balance sheet with rigorous variance analysis against budget, and lead budget vs. actual conversations with department heads.
• Handle bank and payment-processor reconciliations (Stripe, Braintree), investigating root causes of exceptions and resolving them.
• Code global payroll (Multiplier EOR) into Quick Books and reconcile against source reports, identifying opportunities to streamline the process.
• Partner with the Events team to reconcile event COGS, and own the fixed asset register and depreciation schedules.
• Review recognized revenue with Sales and ticket sales activity with Marketing, flagging discrepancies and…