Senior Accountant - Hedge Accounting en Booking Holdings

Senior Accountant -  FX & Hedge Accounting

For the Hedge Accounting team, we are looking for an enthusiastic Senior GL Accountant that will focus on FX & Hedging cycles and support with improvements projects, also supporting the team during month end close for the two treasury entities.

Senior GL Accountant will be part of the Corporate Accounting organization, working together with the Corporate accounting teams, collaborating closely with various stakeholders across the Finance department and other business units. This role will support the Global Treasury accounting for the Booking group (including Brands) actively involved in Financial & FX results FSLI for 10-Q/K.

Key Responsibilities:

As part of the COE Hedge Corporate Accounting team, you will be primarily focused on supporting the day to day FX hedging cycle such as: exposure analysis preparation, managing stakeholders; supporting the team on the hedge cycle and FX analysis (hedge effectiveness) and preparation of reconciliations in Blackline.

Strong communication skills, Foreign Exchange and Hedge knowledge are essential.

Previous experience with hedge effectiveness, account reconciliation and clearing, as well as SOx are required.

Tasks & responsibilities:

• Support with daily exposure preparations, review and explanations (flux file)
• Proactively map unusual fluctuations, analyze potential drivers and communicate accordingly
• Suspense account reconciliation and clearing, specific on trade
• Support with the FX analysis/effectiveness 
• Support with Revaluation checks and validations
• Prepare business controls related to FX rates and Revaluation timely
• Manage communication with the AMS team and key stakeholders such as corporate treasury
• Blackline reconciliation to be prepared timely and with good quality

Required Qualifications & Experience:

• At least 5+ years experience in Finance and/or accounting 
• Previous experience with Hedging/Commodities/Trading
• Must have experience with SAP; experience with Blackline is preferred.
• Strong communication skills and ability to focus on achieving project deadlines
• Enthusiasm to work in a fast paced, highly diverse, continuous developing and informal high achieving environment
• Proven ability and the credibility to influence in effecting changes within an organization
• Strong interpersonal skills and stakeholder management
• Enthusiastic, proactive and driven
• Fluent in spoken and written English

{Hybrid / EMEA Shifts}