Vice President & Controller, B2B
About the role
The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on financial, operational, and strategic matters for Booking Holdings' B2B division. This is a rare opportunity to shape the controllership, reporting infrastructure, governance model, and operating discipline of a multi-billion-dollar business.
Responsibilities
- Build the reporting infrastructure required to support governance, management, and statutory reporting for a newly established brand within Booking Holdings
- Oversee the consolidation, close, and timely reporting of accurate month-end, quarter-end, and year-end GAAP financial statements
- Lead accounting operations and financial controllership across multiple entities and jurisdictions globally
- Own the consolidation of more than $3 billion in global revenue, along with complex expense structures, including allocations and bespoke performance metrics
- Ensure the integrity of financial accounting and reporting, including many internal deliverables to the Booking Holdings group
- Leverage leading AI tools to automate processes and improve efficiency while operating within a strong ICFR environment
- Establish and mature accounting policies, end-to-end procedures, governance standards, and alignment processes to ensure controlled and scalable close operations
- Build and lead the organization’s resourcing strategy, including hiring, succession planning, performance management, and talent development
- Drive alignment, harmonization, and execution across locations, teams, and functions within Accounting and Finance
- Partner proactively with senior leaders across finance and non-finance functions, influencing upstream stakeholders to optimize end-to-end processes while safeguarding compliance and controls
- Ensure the design, documentation, and execution of internal controls meet rigorous Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance standards
- Manage relationships with internal and external auditors to maintain a well-controlled, risk-mitigated environment
Requirements
Experience: 15+ years of progressive accounting leadership experience, heavily favoring a background originating in public accounting coupled with leadership inside a $1B+ public corporation
Education: Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Accounting or Finance
Credentials: Active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation is preferred
Organization Agility: Prior experience navigating complex, highly matrix-oriented corporations
Technical Stack: High proficiency with enterprise-level financial infrastructure, typically leveraging ecosystems like Oracle EBS, SAP, Hyperion/HRM, Essbase, BlackLine, and OneStream
Experience with carve-outs or M&A preferred
Qualifications
Exceptional analytical skills and natural curiosity regarding financial metrics and key business drivers
Strong communicator, able to adapt style and message depending on audience with executive presence
Able to translate complex accounting topics and process issues in an easy digestible way to stakeholders
High integrity standards, transparent behavior
Able to function in a fast-moving entrepreneurial environment
Data driven, experimental, ready to learn and open to change
Skills
Experience with enterprise-level financial infrastructure, typically leveraging ecosystems like Oracle EBS, SAP, Hyperion/HRM, Essbase, BlackLine, and OneStream
Benefits
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 $260,000-$320,000. 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!