Chief Financial Officer - BKNG Fintech

Location: Greater London

Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) is the world's leading provider of online travel and related services, provided to consumers and local partners in more than 220 countries and territories through five primary consumer-facing brands:  **, , ,
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** The mission of Booking Holdings is to make it easier for everyone to experience the world. For more information, visit  and follow us on X (formerly known as Twitter) @Booking Holdings.
* Work with the leadership team of BKNG Fintech and CFO’S of our brands and Booking Holdings CFO; to bring financial and strategic solutions; drive BHFS's short-term and long-term goals. Be the guardian of the BKNG Fintech P&L and support the various Product/Commercial teams to continue to drive greater value for the group.
* Serve as both a financial and strategic business advisor to the BHFS Global CEO as well as other members of the leadership team. Contribute actively to the evolution and execution of the organization’s strategic and operational business plans.
* Set regulatory finance strategy across Ireland (CBI), UK (FCA), and US (state regulators)
* Ensure consistent approach to regulatory compliance while respecting jurisdictional differences
* Provide oversight of local CFO relationships with regulators and escalate material regulatory issues to SVP Fintech and General Counsel
* Coordinate group-wide responses to cross-jurisdictional regulatory matters
* Review and approve all material regulatory submissions before filing
* Sign off on consolidated regulatory reports where required
* Act as escalation point for regulatory inquiries or enforcement actions
* Ensure the timely delivery of accurate results and communicate results to Booking Holdings.
* Oversee and administer the full spectrum of BHFS's finance and accounting functions, including accounting/control, financial planning, tax, risk, treasury, and finance IT/technology. Direct the selection, hiring, training and development of all personnel in these functions.
* Drive continuous improvement and maturation of the finance organization. Lead finance at BHFS to world class standards for both operational finance activities and business partnering.
* Ensure that the company has the appropriate financial controls, policies, procedures, and systems in place to support its regulated requirements and continued growth.
* Drive the performance of the business and lead the finance team in continuously improving the quality of financial information and analysis necessary to maintain growth and improve operational efficiency.
* Direct financial planning and analysis, including the further development of
* Management information to assist the , leadership team and BHFS in the ongoing management of operations. In addition, the CFO will be responsible for the financial modeling of prospective and new business initiatives, a critical element in the company’s overall strategic, operating, and capital planning.
* Monitor trends to identify risks and opportunities across key revenue and expense categories. Establish benchmarks and scorecards to assist leadership in managing the fiscal discipline of their functions.
* Ensure all company accounting practices adhere to GAAP and are in compliance with all regulatory reporting requirements; interpret and communicate the impact of all new accounting pronouncements. This full range of activities including precise compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley 404 and other public listing requirements.
* Oversee the value added treasury services in areas such as global cash management, financial strategy, foreign exchange and interest rate hedging, risk management and insurance to the business units and corporate functional group.  Group treasury functions and associated relationships with banks are centralised under the Group Treasurer in BHI.  The BHFS CFO will coordinate with this centralised function in order to facilitate fintech product development and the cash management needs of BHFS entities.
* Define and implement industry best practices across finance to continually improve effectiveness and efficiency.
* Partner with the  and be a critical player in driving the evolution of the company’s…