Job Description
Company Intro
Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) is the world leader in online travel and related
services, provided to customers and partners in over 220 countries and territories
through six primary consumer-facing brands - Booking.com, KAYAK, priceline,
agoda.com, Rentalcars.com, and OpenTable
The mission of Booking Holdings is to
make it easier for everyone to experience the world.
Role:
You will be representing accounting in the design, implementation and testing of new business initiatives where Booking.com is involved in the funds flow between customers and our partners
You will report to the Team Lead and work closely together with other departments
The tasks and duties of this role may evolve over time
You will be keen to develop and grow within the role and to take on additional challenges and
as they occur.
- Act as a connected business partner with stakeholders on projects with a cross functional impact.
- Lead and take ownership for the design, implementation and testing of large scale new business initiatives from an accounting standpoint with a focus on long term scalability.
- Provide and communicate to our stakeholders the required accounting reporting and process
to ensure completeness & accuracy of accounts is maintained for new initiatives.
- Work closely with Business Intelligence and Data Analytics teams to design, implement and test reporting for new initiatives to be used in the monthly closing process.
- Complete the monthly closing process for the new initiatives which you have launched until they reach ‘business as usual’ & are handed over to the operational month end close team.
- Actively identify and support the implementation of continuous improvements and innovations
Ability to lead and influence work simplification via excel macros, SAP scripting, and usage of other automation tools is highly preferred.
- Work closely with external providers (local accountants and external auditors) to ensure that the organization is compliant with the local regulations.
- Help to establish documentation, manual and procedures; to ensure the ways of working are optimized using the new tooling and systems
- Help the team meet and exceed department goals.
- Minimum 7-8 years of Accounting experience
- Experience working in projects and/or the online payments industry is preferred Knowledge of US GAAP/IFRS
- Strong IT experience in financial systems, SAP S4 & FICA is preferred
- Knowledge of excel macros, SAP scripting, and any other automation tools is preferred
- Experience in working with Product, Business Intelligence/Data Analytics teams is preferred
- Strong interpersonal skills and stakeholder management
- Able to cope with dynamic and high change environment
- Takes ownership for
with a positive attitude
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Proactive self-starter, resourceful with strong work ethic
- Capable of working independently as well as working in a team
- Fluent in spoken and written English
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