Fora Travel · 14 hours ago
Senior Accountant
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$70K/yr - $100K/yr
3+ years expFora Travel is a modern travel agency redefining the role of travel advisors. They are seeking a Senior Accountant to support the company's international expansion and strengthen its finance function, focusing on month-end close activities and maintaining accounting integrity and controls.
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Responsibilities
Execute daily, weekly, and month end close activities including journal entries, reconciliations, roll forwards, variance analysis, and financial statement preparation
Own specific close areas such as balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, revenue related entries, and select international accounting workflows
Support accounts receivable and accounts payable operations including invoice creation, customer setup, cash application, and reconciliations
Maintain and improve accounting policies, documentation standards, and internal controls
Partner with cross functional teams to support financial reporting, business operations, and system workflows
Collaborate with external auditors and assist with annual audit preparation
Identify and recommend improvements to streamline close timelines and enhance process scalability
Work with FP&A partners on budget monitoring, variance explanations, and financial insights
Contribute to implementing new tools, systems, and accounting processes to support growing transaction volume and expanding international footprint
Support ad hoc projects, reporting, and strategic initiatives as needed
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field
3 plus years of public accounting (Big 4 preferred) or corporate accounting experience, or 5 plus years in small to medium business accounting
Strong knowledge of US GAAP and financial reporting standards
Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables, lookup functions, and advanced formulas, with comfort working with large datasets
Hands on experience with accounting or finance systems such as QuickBooks, Netsuite, Campfire, Ramp, Sage Intacct, Mercury, or Metabase
Experience preparing or reviewing journal entries, reconciliations, and financial statements
Demonstrated ownership of month end close responsibilities including balance sheet and income statement components
Experience with accrual accounting, revenue, or complex accounting estimates
Excellent analytical, communication, and problem solving skills
Detail oriented, proactive, collaborative, and comfortable in a fast paced, evolving environment
Able to work in the US and currently based in NYC or willing to relocate
Preferred
Experience working with external auditors
Experience improving close timelines
Experience implementing new tools or workflows
US federal tax filing experience and/or state tax filing experience
Bi-lingual Spanish-English or Portuguese-English
Benefits
Unlimited vacation
Health Insurance (including an option completely covered by Fora HQ)
Dental & Vision Insurance
Wellhub Memberships
401k plan with company match
Commuter Benefits
Supplemental Life Insurance
Stock Options
Company
Fora Travel
Fora is the modern travel agency.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$78.5MKey Investors
Insight PartnersForerunner
2025-01-01Series C· $40M
2023-01-01Series B· $20M
2022-08-11Series A· $13.5M
Leadership Team
Henley Vazquez
Co-Founder
Jake Peters
Co-Founder & Chief Product and Technology Officer
Recent News
2025-10-13
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