Moving forward with the strategy of the connected trip and the current organization structure, the FP&A team is at the forefront of implementing these changes to allow for the increasing complexity of decision making and transparency to happen in a timely manner. We offer a dynamic, motivating and sophisticated work environment. A culture that is open, innovative and performance orientated. Our scale and scope, commitment to people and high standards of integrity make Booking.com a great place to work.
If you would like to be part of a truly international company and finance team, if you think you can make a difference, have a closer look at this job opening.
The role
In this Lead Financial Analyst, Commercial Programs & Excellence role you will be part of a dynamic, international and fast-paced team, working in the scope of the entire commercial organisation (all BUs and all Verticals). This position is based in our headquarters in Amsterdam and will report to the Senior Manager of FP&A, Commercial Programs & Excellence.
This position offers the opportunity to drive financial decision making within Booking.com. You will be required to provide strong financial and analytical support to your business unit (BU) or department’s stakeholders. You will have to bridge what the data tell you and how that could help decision-making on a wide array of topics. You will be supporting the planning and forecasting cycles for both financial and operational business metrics. This includes revenues, expenses and other important KPIs; it also includes non-financial metrics and driver metrics of performance. You will also be involved in reporting versus budget and forecast and support on ad-hoc analyses whenever there is a need from the business.
Specific to this Lead Financial Analyst, Commercial Programs & Excellence role, you will work in the Commercial Programs & Excellence team in FP&A. This team is being repositioned to support the entire FP&A organisation, not just Accommodations, which means reporting lines now shift under the leadership of SD Trips/Marketplace umbrella
This team will drive forward FP&A’s and Booking.com’s cross unit commercial insights capabilities and excellence, advance our modeling and forecasting capabilities (e.g. Accomm-Forecast-Revamp that has been kicked off), scalable use of Data and AI, and cross functional decision governance. This team will take ownership of cross commercial decision making processes like the commercial board, decision-making-excellence like the ROI framework for all verticals, and processes related to revenue model business cases from templates to tracking and reporting. In order to achieve these expanded objectives and to help drive forward our Future Fit Vision for FP&A, this team will be increased in size.
For more detail around this newly formed team and the intended initial scope, please see the Commercial Programs & Excellence - Team Charter. However, due to the continuous evolution of the organisation, the tasks and duties of the team and roles within it will evolve over time.
Moreover, as a Lead Financial Analyst. You will be actively contributing to wider team-excellence, and likely asked to lead and contribute to transformation and innovation initiatives across the whole of FP&A.
Due to the continuous evolution of the organization, the tasks and duties of this role will evolve over time. You will be keen to develop and grow within the role and challenge yourself to take on additional projects and responsibilities as they present themselves. This role requires a dynamic and proactive person with strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Key Job Responsibilities and Duties:
Support with forecasting, variance analysis and reporting of financial performance;
Contribute to robust, scalable and insightful reporting of the business unit or department’s key metrics;
Proactively deliver intelligence based on data to support and advise the FP&A team and/or business partners whenever necessary;
Provide analytical support and contribute to strategic decision making;
Continuously seek ways to improve and optimize the existing reporting to fit with evolving requests from senior management;
Perform ad-hoc analysis, scenarios and benchmarking as needed.
Qualifications & Skills:
Bachelor’s degree in Business/Finance or other related field (preferred);
8+ years’ experience in a similar role;
Strong financial modeling and analytical skills;
High attention to detail and ability to connect the dots and reconcile multiple data sources;
Strong communication skills and ability to present to different audiences;
Self-driven mentality, proactively seeking to find solutions to problems and providing the best analytics possible to key decision makers
Advanced knowledge of Excel;
Experience with SQL, data mining, Microsoft VBA and reporting tools;
Ability to understand, work with and proactively advise business partners;
Sees the headlines or big picture whilst having attention for the details;
Strong team-working skills with ability to work independently;
Comfortable working in cross-functional teams and working in an unstructured environment;
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously and drive projects to completion.
Inclusion at Booking.com:
Take it from our Chief People Officer, Paulo Pisano: “At Booking.com, the diversity of our people doesn’t just create a unique workplace, it also creates a better and more inclusive travel experience for everyone. Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. It’s a place where you can make your mark and have a real impact in travel and tech.”
Booking.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We strive to move well beyond traditional equal opportunity and work to create an environment that allows everyone to thrive.
