Booking Holdings

  • Norwalk, Connecticut
Manager, Finance & Analysis Global Business Services
Skills :     Finance Manager
Job Description:

Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) is the world's leading provider of online travel and related services, provided to consumers and local partners in more than 220 countries and territories through five primary consumer-facing brands: Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK, and OpenTable. The mission of Booking Holdings is to make it easier for everyone to experience the world. For more information, visit BookingHoldings.com and follow us on X (formerly known as Twitter) @BookingHoldings.

Booking Holdings is currently undergoing a Finance Transformation initiative that will drive effective finance support for business management; promote strong governance and control in the organization; and have a world-class finance organization in terms of execution and efficiency.

The Manager, of Finance & Analysis Global Business Services will report to the Finance Senior Director GBS and will be responsible for assisting with managing and tracking costs for our Global Business Services Department across all locations. This role will be responsible for coordination between the Finance Sr. Director and GBS Lead to ensure we have a consistent approach in capturing and revising estimates for resourcing (internal and external) within each team, managing professional services expense, travel, and capital investments as well as tracking global cost savings resulting from the growth of the GBS organization.

The Manager will be accountable for maintaining the overall Global Business Services budget, working to ensure each team and their initiatives are accurately accounted for.  In addition to managing the ongoing costs, this role will be responsible for ensuring a process is in place for reviewing, reporting, and tracking incoming invoices with service providers and other expenses to maintain sound controls in cost management and supplier relationships. 
In partnership with the Sr. Director, this position will be responsible for establishing overall program governance processes, which will include a process to produce a monthly Finance package for GBS for reporting out to the GBS Leadership team as well as the Group CFO, CAO, and Group FP&A leadership. 

In this role you will get to:

  • Manage the GBS budgets and forecasts, ensuring completeness of costs in consolidated reporting from across the GBS organization as well as alignment of spend against budgets/forecasts, meetings attended, and agreements reviewed

  • Work with both the accounting teams and the Sr. GBS FP&A analyst to ensure appropriate reporting of costs and with HR across global locations to oversee tracking of headcount hiring for department

  • Assist with the development of governance processes and reporting cadence in support of the above cost tracking and cost management 

  • Ensure awareness, transparency, and visibility of all GBS costs, including socialization with senior leadership as part of a monthly reporting package.  

  • Create process scorecards, work to report on efficiency and effectiveness of processes; perform benchmarking, and work with GPOs and process leads to report on outcomes of business processes 

  • Collaborate with the transfer pricing tax teams to ensure appropriate understanding and documentation of GBS services to determine allocation among brands in compliance with tax regulations. Oversee all cross charges to other brands.

  • Respond to ad hoc requests from leadership teams and other finance/tax teams

What you have:

  • Business or Accounting degree mandatory, a master’s in business administration is preferred

  • CPA preferred

  • 7-8 years of progressive work experience in finance, accounting with 3-5 years shared services environment or in a consulting capacity (preferred) – including work with large global organizations within or supporting FP&A functions

  • Detail-oriented

  • Proficiency with financial modeling, planning, budgeting, and analysis tools such as Anaplan, Vena Solutions, OneStream FP&A software or Hyperion Planning 

  • Understanding of relational databases and comfortable working with large sets of data (finance and operational data) 

  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite including advanced Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Power BI, and Power Apps experience

  • Solid understanding of complex databases and data warehouses

  • Experience in a Productivity & Performance Management team/role would be a plus

  • Analytical and problem-solving capacities to synthesize large quantities of complex data to generate meaningful insights

  • Proven ability to interact with multiple levels of leadership both internally and externally, and influence peers and senior management in a complex, geographically dispersed matrix organization

  • A self-directed, dynamic, and customer-centric change agent who thrives in a challenging and changing environment

  • Highly collaborative; aligns effectively with colleagues and business partners to deliver results while maximizing the success of all contributors

  • Skilled communicator and proven relationship builder, able to operate within a multitude of formal and informal networks while managing the competing interests of varied stakeholders

  • Travel requirements: 10% average during normal circumstances 

Our Commitment to Diversity 

Through the Booking Holdings brands, we help our customers reach all corners of the earth. Our ability to provide great service rests on how well we understand our diverse customer base, which is why having a diverse team is so important to us. We bring together employees from all walks of life and we are proud to provide the kind of inclusive environment that stimulates innovation, creativity, and collaboration.

There are a variety of job-related factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. In addition to a competitive base salary, roles are eligible to be considered for an annual bonus and equity grant.

The base salary range for Connecticut and the NYC metro area is $122,400-$149,600.

We are proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program designed to keep you and your family healthy, plan for the future, and make the most out of life. For a glimpse of our benefits offerings, please see here. In addition to competitive health and wellness benefits, we currently offer other perks to eligible employees, such as: tuition reimbursement, fitness reimbursement, discounts, and more! 

If this role resonates with you, we encourage you to click the "apply" button!

EEO Statement:

Booking Holdings is an equal-opportunity employer in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. We ensure equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without discrimination or harassment based on race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

Booking Holdings also extends this policy to every phase of the employment process including, but not limited to, recruitment, selection, placement, transfer, training and development, position elimination, restructure, promotion, compensation, benefits, layoffs, termination, and all other conditions or privileges of employment. Booking Holdings and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or apply for a position, please email [email protected] with your request. M/F/V/D/S