Treasury Accounting Controller

Who you are

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field
• Solid experience in accounting, financial close, treasury accounting, or a related control-focused finance environment within a complex international organisation
• Strong understanding of US GAAP and/or IFRS, with the ability to apply accounting requirements to complex FX, derivatives, hedging, and treasury-related transactions
• Demonstrated experience reviewing journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, financial reporting outputs, and month-end close deliverables
• Experience working within a structured financial control environment, including control design or execution, review, issue remediation, and audit support
• Experience translating business and operational requirements into accounting processes, system requirements, controls, and reporting outcomes
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across international brand teams
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, sound judgement, and a high degree of ownership and accountability
• Ability to challenge constructively, make informed decisions, and escalate risks clearly in a fast-moving and complex environment
• Continuous improvement mindset, with experience driving process standardisation, automation, or control enhancement
• Experience in Marketing expense accounting, including Performance and Brand marketing
• Experience coordinating internal and external audits in a complex accounting environment
• Exposure to automation and tooling initiatives, including BlackLine or similar reconciliation platforms
• Experience improving commentary, reporting, or control processes through automation or AI-enabled solutions
• Experience working in a fast-paced global technology, e-commerce, or travel environment

What the job involves

• The Treasury Accounting team plays a critical role in safeguarding the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of Booking
• Com’s financial records across high-impact accounting streams
• Treasury Accounting provides subject-matter ownership, governance, and review for complex foreign exchange, hedging, cash management, and treasury-related accounting activities across the group
• The team operates at the intersection of accounting, treasury, financial controls, systems, and business partnership, ensuring that complex treasury activity is translated into robust and controlled financial reporting outcomes
• As Booking.com continues to centralise and expand its cross-company FX and hedging framework, Treasury Accounting must retain clear ownership of accounting policy application, control design, decision-making, review, and escalation across the relevant processes
• Own and govern the accounting review framework for FX and hedging activities across the Booking.com group
• Act as the primary reviewer and stakeholder liaison for daily hedge cycles, including review of outputs, investigation of exceptions, and coordination of issue resolution
• Maintain and continuously improve the accounting logic, decision rules, controls, documentation, and escalation paths supporting treasury and hedging processes
• Provide accounting ownership for complex hedging programmes across entities, ensuring that activity is appropriately understood, reviewed, documented, and reflected in the financial records
• Drive project delivery for treasury initiatives, including requirements definition, process and control design, accounting logic validation, stakeholder alignment, testing, implementation, and post-implementation review
• Review treasury-related journal entries, reconciliations, hedge accounting outputs, and other close deliverables to ensure accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and correct period recognition
• Maintain oversight of reconciliations and support an adequate approval structure, including continuity of two designated approvers for daily FX exposures and BlackLine reconciliations
• Provide oversight of COE cash management activities from a Treasury Accounting perspective, including review of key outputs, exceptions, controls, and escalations
• Partner with Treasury, the COE, Corporate Accounting, FP&A, Finance Systems, Technology, and relevant brand teams to resolve issues and strengthen end-to-end processes
• Coordinate responses to internal and external audit requests relating to treasury, FX, hedging, reconciliations, and associated controls
• Maintain clear and current process documentation, including ownership models, control descriptions, review procedures, decision trees, and escalation paths
• Support ad hoc analysis and projects driven by emerging treasury, accounting, risk, control, or business priorities

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Free access to Headspace for you and your loved ones
• Global Employee Assistance Program
• Meditation and Breastfeeding rooms at the office
• Booking Cares - 2 days per year to volunteer and learn
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Pension plan
• Annual paid time off
• Parental leave - 22 weeks
• Grandparent leave - 10 days
• Care leave - 10 days
• Bereavement leave - up to 4 weeks
• Anniversary leave
• Working from Home Furniture and Ergonomic Support
• Working from Abroad - up to 20 days per year
• Discounts & Wallet credits to spend on our products
• Upgrade to Booking.com Genius Level 3
• Friends & Family Booking.com discount vouchers
• Free access to online learning platforms
• Development and mentorship programs to support career growth
• Access to trainings and workshops
• Team development opportunities
• Local discount programs
• Game rooms in offices
• On-site meals, coffee and snacks including vegan options