Finance Manager

At Expedia Group, we help travelers explore the world, one journey at a time. As a global travel company powered by passionate people, trusted partnerships, and leading technology, we connect travelers, partners, and advertisers through our consumer brands, B2B network, and travel advertising business.

Here, you'll do meaningful work that helps millions of people discover, book, and experience travel with more ease, confidence, and joy. Our five Behaviors-Traveler First, Think Big, Operate with Excellence, Ownership Mindset, and Succeed Together-help foster a supportive environment where people can grow their careers and have the flexibility, benefits, and support to do their best work. Join us and build for travelers everywhere.

Growth Marketing Finance is looking for a Finance Manager to join its Financial Planning & Analysis team, serving as the finance business partner for Expedia Group's Brand Awareness portfolio. This role is the financial connective tissue across some of EG's most visible and complex marketing investment — spanning upper-funnel Brand Media, Sponsor ships, Demand Generation, Global Communications, PR, Influencer/Creator, Creative production, and media agency economics.

Do you have a passion for brand and upper-funnel marketing economics and the ability to translate complex, multi-channel spend into clear commercial insight? Are you energized by working across creative, comms, and sponsorship teams who think differently than traditional performance marketers? Do you know how to build trust with senior stakeholders while holding firm on financial governance? Then this role is for you.

• Own annual planning, quarterly outlooks, and monthly close across all Brand Awareness channels — Brand Media, DG, Sponsor ships, Global Communications, PR, Influencer/Creator, and Creative production
• Maintain brand-, market-, and channel-level spend views by working and non-working category, ensuring accurate load and reconciliation to central finance targets
• Perform variance analysis on actuals versus plan and forecast, translating drivers into clear narratives for channel leaders and senior finance stakeholders
• Manage close and accrual processes, including Brand Media reclasses, accrual submissions, PO versus AP cutoff alignment, and invoice timing across agencies and vendors
• Partner with Accounting, Procurement, and AP teams to ensure financial controls are applied consistently across all spend categories

• Serve as the finance business partner for Brand Media and Sponsor ships, supporting investment cases, deal structures, rights fee evaluation, payment scheduling, and forecast pacing for major partnerships (e.g. sports, entertainment, licensing)
• Govern working versus non-working classification for sponsorship elements — including media components, activation, IP/rights, and production — and resolve classification ambiguities across brands and markets
• Partner with the OMD media agency team on SOW governance, agency fee reconciliation, committed spend tracking, procurement alignment, and scope change evaluation
• Support contract, CARF, PO, and invoice approvals for media and sponsorship commitments, confirming budget availability and ensuring compliance with finance governance standards

• Support Demand Generation budget ownership, including working media forecasts, transfers, incremental approvals, and unallocated budget management across brands
• Own the non-working budget view across Global Communications, PR, Creative, Research, Sponsor ships, and influencer/creator support costs — and maintain baseline, reduction, and uncommitted-initiative scenarios for…