Accountant job opportunity at Airbnb Inc.

The Community You Will Join: Join Airbnb’s dynamic Global Compensation Accounting team, a supportive group committed to operational excellence and enabling Airbnb’s rapid global expansion. You’ll work in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, collaborating closely with colleagues across Finance, Legal, Talent, Payroll Operations, Equity Administration, and Benefits. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact while building partnerships across both local and international teams. The Difference You Will Make: In this role, you’ll ensure the integrity and accuracy of Airbnb’s compensation, payroll, and benefits accounting on a global scale. By reconciling accounts, supporting financial closes, and ensuring compliance, you’ll contribute to reliable and timely financial statements. Success in this role is measured by accurate and SOX-compliant reporting, seamless cross-functional collaboration, and successful delivery of ad hoc projects and process improvements. A Typical Day: Perform monthly and quarterly close activities, including preparing journal entries and conducting detailed balance sheet and P&L analyses. Reconcile compensation-related general ledger accounts and create supporting schedules for internal and external reporting. Collaborate with global Payroll Operations, Equity Administration, Benefits, Finance, Legal, and Talent teams to ensure accurate financial statements. Support management with special projects, ad hoc analyses, and process improvements, leveraging technology wherever possible. Ensure SOX compliance and accurate GAAP reporting through diligent monitoring of key controls. Participate in transitions and knowledge transfers to monitor critical deliverables, sharing expertise with global partners.