Chief Financial Officer - BKNG Fintech

Company Intro

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: , Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK and Open Table
. 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.

Partnering with the SVP Fintech and the other leadership team members, the CFO Fintech will be a critical player in bringing the company to its next phase of growth and transformation to include BHFS entities, BHI Fintech and Polaris. They will be a key member of the BHI Fintech leadership team, delivering a transformational agenda including meeting challenging operational and financial objectives, as well as supporting strategic programs across the Group.

Moreover, the CFO Fintech will interact frequently with the Booking Holdings CFO, Booking Holdings Finance Leadership Team, Board of Directors, Audit Committee, Brands Leaders/CFOs, and numerous external constituencies to help communicate the plan and progress against key strategic objectives for all companies.

We are looking for a CFO Booking Holdings Fintech to serve as a critical architect for the evolution of our payments capabilities, including the expansion of authorised financial services business via our licensed payments entities globally. This is a fast growing part of Booking Holdings and you will have a chance to be part of an innovative and dynamic part of our business.

You will act as the guardian of the Booking Holdings Fintech P&L. You will lead a global team across various Fintech entities across Treasury, FP&A, M&A/Investments, and Tax and work closely together with our SVP Fintech at Booking Holdings and Finance communities across Booking Holdings.

We are looking for an executive with Fintech experience who has thrived in both large corporate environments and high-growth, smaller settings. You should bring strong leadership experience with deep fluency in Treasury FX markets, FP&A, and the ability to balance operational speed with regulatory integrity.

Reports to:

SVP of Fintech

Member of the Board of BHFS Ltd.

Member of the Board of BHFS International Ltd - PCF role

Direct reports:
Global team of country CFO's have a dotted reporting line to this role as well as a combination of matrix reporting across the following functions:

• Treasury, & Financial Services
• Tax
• Risk & Control
• Order to cash
• Accounting
• Financial Systems
• Financial Planning & Analysis
• Strategic Relationship Management

Other Key Relationships:

• BKNG Fintech Leadership Team
• Board of Directors, Booking Holdings Financial Services entities
• Close relationship with BHI Group CFO and BCom CFO to ensure functional and commercial alignment.
• Executive Leadership Teams other Booking Holdings Brands
• Booking Holdings Finance leadership
• External constituencies
• Strategic Partner to CRO and CCO at executive level

• 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…