Senior Accountant
Amsterdam
Role Description:
Senior Financial Accountant
Booking.com B.V. in Amsterdam (the company behind Booking.com™, the market leading online accommodation reservation service in the world) and/or its various support companies are looking for people to support the business in the fast-growing accommodation markets.Do you like to work for a fast growing dynamic organization? Do you like to work with people? Are you an ambitious self-starter? Would you like to work for a diverse, international and multicultural organization? Are you creative with an out-of-the-box mindset?
Do you have experience in General Ledger Accounting? If the answer to these questions is yes, then we are looking for you, take charge of your career and apply now!
For the Payments Accounting team, we are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Financial Accountant to join our Global Accounting team in Amsterdam. The Payments Accounting team supports Booking.com in facilitating payments from customers to accommodation, flights and attractions providers worldwide.The focus of this position is to ensure the accurate and timely accounting of areas within your scope. To support the rapid growth of our payments products, you will have the opportunity to implement new processes and contribute towards a high level of innovation for existing processes.
Your critical mindset, ability to multi-task and clear communication with different stakeholders is therefore crucial in supporting further roll-outs.
It is important that this candidate has experience with general ledger accounting, is comfortable with complex (SOx) reconciliations and has the ability to work effectively with cross functional teams. SAP, working with data and project-based experience is preferable.This position will report into the Controller.
B.Responsible:
- Assist with the financial month end close processes including preparation and posting of journal entries, accruals, reconciliations of general ledger accounts in accordance with US GAAP and detailed supporting analysis
- Assist with the preparation, review & analysis of Balance sheet, P&L and FX exposure processes including presentations to key internal stakeholders
- Work closely with product teams to identify and set financial requirements
- Proactive communication of potential issues to the Controller
- Proactively assist and support in covering all compliance requirements including SOx framework
- Actively drive continuous process improvements and innovations;
- Regular contact with banks and payment service providers
- Build relationships with internal stakeholders to ensure priorities are clear and consistent and information is complete and accurate
- Managing ad hoc accounting and operational assignments
- Help the team to meet and exceed the department goals
- Mentoring and guidance to junior team members
- The tasks and responsibilities may change over time
Please note that this list of duties is not exhaustive and you may be required to complete ad-hoc tasks as requested by your manager.
B.Skilled:
- 4+ years of (general ledger) accounting experience
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance/Accounting
- Knowledge of US GAAP/IFRS
- IT experience in financial systems, including SAP, is preferable
- Experience with process improvement or automation
- Strong stakeholder management experience and interpersonal skills
- Enthusiastic, proactive and full of initiatives
- Able to cope with dynamic and high change environment
- Proactive self-starter, who takes ownership with a strong work ethic
- Creative and critical thinker
- Analytical and accurate with good attention to detail
- Ability to work independently, self-motivated and disciplined
- Fluent in spoken and written English
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