Accounting and Controlling (IC - E)

Join <Booking.com> as a Senior Accountant in the Payment Accounting Month Close team. You will be responsible for the accurate and timely execution of accounting activities, ensuring compliance with US GAAP and internal reporting requirements. This role requires close collaboration with various stakeholders and offers a range of benefits, including health insurance, paid time off, and opportunities for career growth.

• Own the end-to-end month-end close activities for an assigned PbB accounting scope, including close planning, execution, review, issue tracking, and timely completion in line with reporting calendars.
• Perform monthly account reconciliations and prepare, review, and post journal entries, including accruals, prepayments, reclassifications, intercompany transactions, settlements, and other payment-accounting adjustments.
• Take ownership of complex payment accounting balances, including transactional liabilities, partner and customer-related balances, receivables, revenue, accruals, prepayments, cash and settlement accounts, and intercompany positions.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• Professional qualification or certification such as CIMA, ACCA, CPA, or equivalent is preferred
• Ability to understand technical designs, system logic, data flows, and process documentation and apply that knowledge to accounting conclusions and controls
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Comfortable working with large and complex datasets, investigating exceptions, and drawing clear conclusions from financial and operational information
• Demonstrated ownership, sound judgment, and the ability to work independently while contributing effectively in a collaborative team environment
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage competing close deadlines and prioritize effectively
• Strong experience with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, including journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, balance sheet substantiation, and variance analysis
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to bridge technical details, accounting requirements, and business perspectives
• Good knowledge of US GAAP and the ability to apply accounting principles to complex payment, liability,intercompany, and revenue-related transactions
• Minimum of 6 years of relevant accounting experience, preferably in a complex, international, or technology-enabled environment
• Experience supporting internal and external audits, statutory reporting, tax requests, or regulatory reporting processes
• Solution-oriented, self-motivated, and results-driven, with a proactive and inquisitive approach to identifying and resolving issues
• Experience executing SOx or other internal control activities and preparing high-quality control evidence
• Strong proficiency in financial systems and reporting tools; experience with SAP S/4HANA, Blackline and Snowflake is preferred