Senior Accountant, Revenue

Job Type

Full-time

Description

POSITION SUMMARY:

Journey with us! Combine your career goals and sense of adventure by joining our exciting team of employees. Azamara is pleased to offer a competitive compensation & benefits package, and excellent career development opportunities, each offering unique ways to explore the world.

Position Summary

The Senior Accountant, Revenue supports the accounting operations of Azamara and coordinates all activities relating to the recognition of revenue and related expenses. This individual is responsible for ensuring that the company’s books and records fairly reflect its financial position in accordance with relevant accounting standards and company policies.

This individual has a strong understanding of GAAP accounting principles, including ASC 606 Revenue Recognition and ASC 830 Foreign Currency Matters. This individual is detail-oriented, organized, and accurate in their work.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Prepares monthly journal entries for review, including entries for revenue recognition including analysis of voyage and monthly revenue.
• Performs reconciliations on revenue and related accounts; identifies reconciliation issues and elevates any solutions or concerns to the Revenue Accounting Manager.
• Supports the development, testing and implementation of new IT products, software upgrades, and AI initiatives.
• Identify and implement process improvement and automation opportunities to enhance the scalability, accuracy, and efficiency of the revenue accounting operations.
• Attend meetings with other departments on issues pertinent to revenue recognition and/or related processes and systems.
• Assists management in the analysis and review of Actual vs. Forecast explanations submitted by the operating groups.
• Provides support to the regular periodic closing process as required to ensure a timely and efficient close of each reporting period and the delivery of timely and accurate financial reports to senior management.
• Supports the preparation of the consolidated financial statements and annual financial statement audit and other statutory filings.
• Ensures that financial information complies with relevant professional, industry, and regulatory standards.
• Performs ad hoc projects and analysis, as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications, Knowledge, & Skills

• This position demands a knowledge of accounting rules and processes and an understanding of various regulatory factors, as well as the ability to communicate and coordinate effectively with a wide range of other departments and divisions.
• An ability to read contracts and agreements, identify pertinent terms and issues, and provide appropriate accounting guidance to business managers.
• Strong communications skills, including the ability to interact effectively with executives, managers and peers to establish trust and credibility, and to gain cooperation from others.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting; advanced degrees will be considered a plus.
• Five or more years of experience in accounting including general ledger reconciliation and analysis.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) credential is a plus, or eligibility to take the CPA exam.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience consolidating financial statements.
• Experience with Seaware reservations system is highly preferred.
• Experience with NetSuite (or similar) systems is a plus.
• Strong skills in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
• Strong analytical, verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret financial reports, technical journals, legal and other general business documents.
• Must be capable of supervising / managing other professionals.
• Ability to work under significant deadline pressures.
  
  

We know there's a lot to consider. As you go through the application process, our recruiters will be glad to provide guidance, and more relevant details to answer any additional questions.

Thank you again for your interest in Azamara.