Financial Operations Specialist - Sao Paulo, Brazil

Who We Are

Accommodations Plus International (API) is a technology and services company focused on driving innovation across the travel and transportation industry. We partner with organizations in the airline, cruise, and rail sectors to deliver solutions that improve layover operations, enhance customer experience, and support long-term growth.

Our mission is to make layovers simpler and more efficient for crew members—and we bring that to life through deep industry expertise and a practical, results-driven approach.

Today, API’s platform powers over 18 million crew room nights each year for 100+ airlines and travel operators worldwide. Our Global Reach ensures that airline crews are rested, transported, and connected so global aviation runs on time.

At API, we’re building a culture rooted in succeeding and thriving together. It’s a place where people are encouraged to take ownership, develop their skills, and contribute to work that matters.

If you’re looking to grow your career in a company that values steady progress, real impact, and long-term development, we’d like to meet you!

Summary/Objective
The Financial Operations Specialist is responsible for performing a variety of routine functions in accordance with standard procedures in general accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and related financial areas.  

Essential Functions: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Engage in client focused communication with airline and hotel partners to facilitate billing process.
• Maintain aged receivables data and make collection calls as needed.
• Respond to accounts receivable questions.
• Compile data, compute fees and charges, and prepare invoices for billing as directed.
• Identify payment discrepancies and initiate collection or dispute resolution process; perform follow up procedures as needed.
• Research and resolve payment discrepancies.
• Perform customer payment analysis to properly record actions required to resolve disputed items.
• Process credit card payments and credits.
• Resolve billing system issues.
• Request tax rulings in various destinations as needed.
• Coordinate and resolve sales tax issues for various destinations.

Competencies 

• Interest in working with numbers and desire to learn.
• Ability to identify problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts, including fractions, percentages and ratios.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Discretion and sound judgment.

Required Education and Experience

• Associates degree in Accounting or Finance preferred
• 1-3 years accounting/bookkeeping skills preferred
• Strong verbal and written communications skills

Other Duties

Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time according to business needs.

The performance of additional responsibilities if you are designated as a Data Protection Champion (DPC), Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO) or Information Assurance Accounting Officer (IAAO).

Work Environment

This position operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

AAP/EEO Statement

Accommodations Plus International is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, arrest record, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment.

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