Staff Accountant

Staff Accountant at KAYAK

KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings, is the world’s leading travel search engine, helping people find flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages across billions of queries. We’re also transforming business travel with KAYAK for Business.

As an employee of KAYAK, you will be part of a travel company that operates a portfolio of global metasearch brands including momondo, Cheap flights and Hotels Combined. From start‑up to industry leader, innovation is at our core and every employee has an opportunity to make their mark.

This role requires commuting to our Norwalk, CT office at least 3 times per week.

• Reconcile, analyze, and settle intracompany transactions across KAYAK legal entities monthly, including foreign currency revaluations and elimination within the ICP matrix.
• Coordinate with Billing and the Enterprise Systems (ES) team to manage auto intercompany scripts, account creation, One Stream mapping, and system support needs.
• Support the intercompany accountant (Center of Excellence) to monitor/analyze intercompany partner (ICP) transactions, resolve breaks, and ensure alignment with ICPs and BHI during month‑end close.
• Prepare variance analysis on intracompany and intercompany balances; identify trends and unusual fluctuations for month‑end and management reporting.
• Prepare intercompany tax (BEAT) model and coordinate with KAYAK and BHI Tax teams; support Transfer Pricing compliance, review GL appropriateness, post entries, and produce monthly Transfer Pricing reporting.
• Maintain and update KAYAK Monthly Actuals Analysis (P&L and Balance Sheet) to reflect One Stream; support consolidated reporting packages, management reporting, and ad hoc reports.
• Analyze FX fluctuations and intra/intercompany drivers; develop DST reporting and related analyses.
• Ensure adherence to KAYAK and BHI close calendars (including five‑business‑day close), administer post‑close adjustments, and coordinate cross‑functional deadlines.
• Act as Flo Qast administrator: maintain reconciliations, checklists, user access/roles, monitor task completion, troubleshoot with Flo Qast support, and oversee Flo Qast alignment projects.
• Own stewardship of the global Chart of Accounts (COA): maintain descriptions, submit and coordinate account creation/cleanup, and align COA with GL accounting, FP&A, and Tax.
• Support internal and external audits by preparing schedules and providing documentation.
• Drive process improvements and automation (including AI and other tools) for consolidation, reporting, intracompany/intercompany accounting, and reconciliation processes.
• Provide backup and preparation of initial fluctuation analysis for Balance Sheet and P&L monthly/quarterly; support Associate Manager and transition ownership of roll forwards and activity checks as needed.

• 2-4 years of work experience in Accounting or similar roles.
• A degree in Accounting or equivalent experience; progress on CPA track is an advantage.
• Strong technical skills in Excel and Google Sheets (pivot tables, XLOOKUP, macros); hands‑on experience with One Stream, Net Suite, and Flo Qast highly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with intracompany/intercompany accounting, month‑end close processes, and intercompany tax/transfer pricing support.
• Experience with foreign currency revaluations and FX impact analysis.
• Proven ability to design and implement automation or AI‑driven process improvements.
• Exceptional attention to detail, strong analytical and variance‑analysis skills.
• Effective verbal and written communicator and subject matter expert mindset.
• Self‑starter capable of prioritizing multiple deadlines and coordinating cross‑functional stakeholders.

• Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday
• Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
• Company matched retirement plans
• Health, dental and vision insurance plans
• Focus on mental health and well‑being:
  • Company‑paid therapy sessions through Spring Health
  • Company‑paid subscription to Head Space
  • Company‑wide week off a year – the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile‑up of work!)
  • No meeting Fridays
• Paid parental leave
• Paid…