Last Updated on September 27, 2026 by Justin Bryant
Airbnb is hiring a U.S.-based remote Accountant to support global compensation accounting across payroll, equity, and employee benefits. The role pays $87,000 to $102,000 in base salary and may also include a bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.
This is not an entry-level accounting job. Airbnb requires a bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance and at least three years of experience. The assigned hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, which becomes 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern. The official application was active when checked on September 27, 2026. Greenhouse job ID: 8232207.
What Is Airbnb?
Airbnb operates a global marketplace for stays, experiences, and services. The company says more than five million hosts have welcomed over 2.5 billion guest arrivals in almost every country around the world.
This Accountant opening sits on Airbnb's Global Compensation Accounting team. The team handles accounting connected to payroll, equity compensation, and employee benefits across multiple regions and works with payroll, benefits, talent, financial reporting, technical accounting, and other internal groups.
Pay and Benefits
Airbnb lists a base pay range of $87,000-$102,000 USD. The company says the actual offer depends on training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and market demand.
The official listing also says the role may be eligible for:
- Bonus compensation
- Equity
- Employee benefits
- Employee Travel Credits
The page does not give the bonus target, equity amount, health-plan costs, retirement terms, paid-time-off details, equipment policy, or home-office allowance. Applicants should confirm those details before relying on the total compensation package.
Job Highlight: Accountant
Airbnb describes the position as a Total Compensation Accountant even though the public job title is simply Accountant. The work focuses on recording, reconciling, and analyzing compensation-related activity so payroll, equity, and benefit transactions appear correctly in Airbnb's financial statements.
The accountant will prepare journal entries, reconcile balance-sheet accounts, analyze income-statement and balance-sheet effects, build reporting schedules, and help the company meet internal and external reporting requirements. The role also supports an accelerated month-end and quarter-end close, so deadlines and accuracy matter.
This appears to be an internal finance role rather than a customer call-center job. However, the listing requires strong verbal communication and regular cross-functional collaboration. It does not promise a phone-free workday, so it should not be promoted as a no-phone opening.
Key Responsibilities
- Complete month-end and quarter-end close activities
- Prepare journal entries and reporting schedules
- Analyze payroll-related balance-sheet and profit-and-loss accounts
- Reconcile balance-sheet accounts and investigate differences
- Support global payroll, equity administration, and benefits teams with accounting knowledge
- Work with Finance, Legal, Talent, and other internal partners to maintain accurate financial statements
- Support SOX controls, GAAP reporting, and internal and external reporting requirements
- Help with special projects, ad hoc reports, transitions, and knowledge transfer
- Monitor important deliverables during process changes
- Use AI and other technology to improve accounting processes
Qualifications
Airbnb requires:
- A bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- At least three years of experience
- Strong written, verbal, analytical, organizational, and critical-thinking skills
- Ability to form conclusions and present findings
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Comfort working under pressure in a fast-moving environment
- Experience using AI tools to automate work and improve efficiency
- Experience with ERP systems, Workday, and/or Oracle
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
A CPA and public accounting experience are preferred rather than listed as mandatory. Applicants should make the required degree, relevant accounting experience, close and reconciliation work, ERP knowledge, and advanced Excel ability easy to find on the resume.
Resume Keywords
Use these terms only when they truthfully match your background:
- Compensation accounting
- Payroll accounting
- Equity accounting
- Benefits accounting
- Month-end close
- Quarter-end close
- Journal entries
- Balance-sheet reconciliation
- Profit-and-loss analysis
- Financial reporting
- GAAP
- SOX controls
- Internal controls
- Reporting schedules
- Workday
- Oracle
- ERP systems
- Advanced Microsoft Excel
- Process automation
- AI tools
- Cross-functional collaboration
Strong resume bullets can quantify the number or value of accounts reconciled, close deadlines met, errors corrected, controls maintained, reporting time reduced, or manual steps eliminated.
Location and Schedule
Airbnb says this position is U.S.-remote eligible, but employees must live in a state where Airbnb has a registered entity. Airbnb's current careers page says employees cannot be located in Alaska, Mississippi, or North Dakota. Because that list can change, applicants should recheck the careers page before applying.
The working hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, or 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern. The role may occasionally require work at an Airbnb office or attendance at an offsite when agreed upon with the manager.
The listing does not specify employment classification, overtime expectations during close, travel frequency, equipment, internet requirements, or a formal application deadline. Applicants should ask how often offsites occur and whether close periods change the normal schedule.
Closing Notes
This opening may fit an accountant with a relevant bachelor's degree, at least three years of experience, strong close and reconciliation skills, advanced Excel knowledge, and experience with a major ERP platform. Its strongest advantages are the recognizable employer, transparent six-figure-adjacent pay range, broad U.S. remote eligibility, and exposure to global payroll, equity, and benefits accounting.
The biggest catches are the degree and experience requirements, late working hours for Eastern Time applicants, accelerated close environment, and possible office or offsite attendance. The exact official Greenhouse job ID is 8232207, and the application was last verified active on September 27, 2026.
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