Norse Atlantic Airways is a low-fare, long-haul airline headquartered in Norway, transforming intercontinental travel with affordability and convenience. We connect bucket-list destinations in the United States, including New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, Las Vegas, and Orlando to key cities across Europe. We also connect travelers to remarkable locations like Cape Town and Bangkok.

Founded in 2021, we are an ambitious, and fast-growing company in the aviation industry, driven by a commitment to innovation and excellence.

Are you detail-oriented, analytical, and passionate about ensuring accuracy in every number?

We are looking for an experienced Payroll Accountant to join our dynamic Finance team. In this role, you will be responsible for managing payroll journals and related financial entries across multiple regions, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely reporting.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with strong accounting skills and a global mindset who thrives on precision and enjoys contributing to seamless payroll operations across countries, including Norway, the US, the UK, France, Greece, Latvia, and Cyprus.

This full-time, office-based role offers the chance to collaborate with motivated colleagues and gain firsthand insight into how efficient finance practices drive the success of a global airline.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Preparing and posting related bank entries and accruals in line with accounting standards and deadlines;
• Reconciling payroll-related transactions and general ledger accounts to ensure accuracy and completeness;
• Finalizing and posting employee expense reimbursements from various claims systems by the defined cut-off dates;
• Preparing summary reports of expense reimbursements for France, Greece, Latvia, and Cyprus;
• Collaborating with the UK People Team to maintain and update records for salary sacrifice schemes;
• Ensuring compliance with internal policies and local statutory regulations for payroll accounting;
• Supporting month-end and year-end payroll-related closing processes as required.

What we're looking for:

Required qualifications and certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field (or equivalent qualification).

Required experience and skills:

• 1–2 years of experience in accounting, payroll processing, or related finance functions (internship or trainee experience acceptable);
• Exposure to multi-country payroll or shared service environments is a plus, but not mandatory;
• Basic understanding of general ledger, journal entries, and reconciliation processes;
• Attention to detail and accuracy;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Fluency in spoken and written English, required as it is the primary language used for communication within the international teams.

We offer:

• Sky is the limit growth opportunity in dynamic aviation industry;
• Monthly salary ranging from 2000 – 2500 EUR (Gross), based on candidate experience;
• Explore the world with exclusive travel privileges to all Norse destinations, plus discounted tickets with our partner airlines;
• Premium health insurance provided after the probation period;
• Gym and wellness benefit, with co-payment for sports activities after the probation period;
• Modern office in the city center - Novira plaza;
• Inclusive and diverse work culture we bring together talent from over 40 nationalities.

We believe that culture will be our competitive advantage.

Team Norse has identified three core values that we all should live and breathe. They are:

• Be inclusive;
• Take ownership;
• Show kindness.