Accountant

lastminute.com; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global team

Training platforms access

International environment

Job summary

lastminute.com, the European travel-tech leader, is seeking an Accountant to join a worldwide team reporting to the HQ in Switzerland. You will manage the full accounting cycle for the newly created Romania entity, ensuring data integrity and compliance with GAAP and tax deadlines.

With 3–4 years of experience, you will work with the Finance Manager to optimize processes, use AI-enabled tools, and liaise with internal/external auditors while maintaining accurate financial records.

Qualifications

• 3–4 years of accounting experience, preferably in travel or audit.
• Fluency in English.
• Experience with GAAP and tax compliance.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
• Interest in AI-driven automation.

Responsibilities

• Monitor day-to-day financial operations within the companies (payroll, invoicing, etc.).
• Register passive invoices with AI tools.
• Reconcile general ledger and other GL accounts.
• Perform accounting analyses and reporting for decision making.
• Maintain and reconcile fixed assets schedules.
• Support month-end and year-end closing processes.
• Ensure GAAP compliance locally and group-wide.
• Liaise with Finance Manager to improve procedures.
• Assist with tax audits and tax returns.
• Interact with auditors.
• Identify gaps and automate processes with AI.

Skills

English fluency

Office suite

AI tooling enthusiasm

Education

Accounting/Business/Economics degree

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Job description

Описание

At lastminute.com, we live for the holidays. We are the European Travel-Tech leader in Dynamic Holiday Packages. With technology, we turn spontaneous thoughts into meaningful experiences, helping people travel the world. We are looking for an Accountant to join our team of around 1,700 people worldwide to help us power up the traveller's journey for millions of holidaymakers. The person, reporting to the HQ Team based in Switzerland, will contribute to the accounting closing of the legal entity recently created in Romania. The Accountant will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the accounting department and ensuring the integrity of financial data. This role requires an autonomous professional with 3–4 years of experience who possesses the technical expertise to manage the full accounting cycle, from primary journal entries to the final preparation of a simple Annual Statutory Financial Statements. The Accountant will work closely with the Finance Manager to ensure compliance with regulatory standards and internal policies.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the day-to-day financial operations within the companies, such as payroll, invoicing and other transactions.
• Registration of passive invoice with AI tools.
• Reconciliation of general ledger accounts and other GL accounts.
• Perform accounting analyses and reporting to support decision‑making purposes.
• Maintaining and reconciling fixed assets schedules.
• Support month‑end and year‑end closing process.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP principles, both local and Group ones.
• Liaise with the Finance Manager to improve financial procedures.
• Assure tax compliance and respect of tax deadlines.
• Assist with tax audits and tax returns.
• Interact with internal and external auditors.
• Proactiveness in identifying gap or improvements in processes to be fixed and automatised with AI.

Your expertise

• Certificate or Degree in Accounting/Business/Economics or in a similar field.
• At least 3-4 years in a similar role and/or in an audit firm.
• Fluency in English.
• Good Office knowledge.
• Enthusiasm in working with AI tools and proactiveness in automatise processes.

Qualifications

• Experience in travel agency accounting and tax legislation.
• Experience with Microsoft Business Central (NAV) ERP software.
• Basic proficiency with AI tools and a strong interest in how AI can automate accounting workflows.
• Fluency in French.
• Additional Information.

Benefits and Conditions

• An inclusive, friendly, and international environment (you’ll be working with colleagues from +10 countries and over 48 nationalities).
• How we learn together: Professional and managerial skills development training paths, access to e-learning platforms such as O’reilly, Udemy, Coursera (depending on the department), and to our internal platform offering bespoke training content.
• Wish you were here? We do, too!

Our Commitment to Diversity

At the heart of our culture is a commitment to inclusion across race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, gender identity or expression, and accessibility.

We strongly believe in an equal opportunity space, which is welcoming and celebrates the uniqueness of everyone who works here.

We value different lived experiences and respect viewpoints, as we know unicity drives innovation.

We want to make sure our people reflect the communities across the world we help travel.

Eligibility by criteria

By submitting your information and application, you confirm that you are legally authorised to work in the country of employment and that you do not require visa sponsorship to obtain employment visa status.