Director, Accounting

About the role

Priceline.com, a part of Booking Holdings Inc., is seeking an experienced Accounting Director to join the General Ledger team. This role requires strong leadership, financial acumen, and the ability to manage a team while ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Assistant Controller to lead month-end close and financial reporting for assigned legal entities.
• Manage and develop a team of ~6 professionals, overseeing journal entries, account reconciliations, and SOX controls.
• Oversee key Sales and Other Expense accounts, including reserves related to chargebacks, goodwill, and interchange.
• Manage critical revenue accruals across flights, hotels, rental car businesses, and other revenue streams, as well as related reserves.
• Supervise the application of Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) across key accounts receivable reserves.
• Support FBO and ring-fencing reporting, ensuring customer funds are properly safeguarded and compliant with applicable requirements.
• Partner with Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) to explain financial results and key variances versus plan and forecast.
• Analyze and review account fluctuations, providing clear and insightful commentary; ensure the team delivers accurate and meaningful explanations.
• Support the design, documentation, and execution of internal controls, ensuring effectiveness for assigned processes.
• Assist with interim and year-end audit procedures.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and timeliness of accounting operations and deliverables.

Requirements

• 10+ years of related professional experience, preferably within a $1B+ public company and/or Big 4 accounting firm.
• BS in a related discipline required, CPA preferred.
• Supervisory experience, including coaching and mentoring members of the team.
• Experience with BlackLine, Oracle EBS, and OneStream.
• Excel proficiency required.
• Demonstrated ability to multitask and meet deadlines within a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical skills and detail-oriented.
• Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial setting and takes ownership of assigned work.
• Demonstrated history of living the values important to Priceline.com: Customer, Innovation, Team, Accountability, and Trust.

Qualifications

• BS in a related discipline required, CPA preferred.
• Experience with BlackLine, Oracle EBS, and OneStream.
• Excel proficiency required.
• Experience with CECL and SOX controls.
• Experience with FBO and ring-fencing reporting.
• Experience with financial planning and analysis.
• Experience with internal controls and audit procedures.

Benefits

The salary range for this position is $180,000 - $210,000. In addition to a competitive base salary, certain roles may be eligible for an annual bonus and/or equity grant. Flexible work options include two days onsite and the rest remotely or in the office. Perks and benefits include health and wellness coverage, generous time off, work/life support, financial security programs, and signature travel perks.