Team Lead - Regional Accounting

Booking.com; Bahrain; On-site; BHD 30,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Booking.com is seeking a Team Lead Corporate Accounting to oversee accounting activities for all corporate entities and manage day-to-day close processes under US GAAP and local GAAP. You will lead a global team, ensure timely monthly, quarterly, and annual closes, and coordinate external audits with internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities include managing balance sheets and P&L, preparing SEC footnotes and statutory filings where applicable, driving process improvement, and ensuring SOX

Qualifications

• Qualified Chartered Accountant with strong accounting foundation.
• Experience with US GAAP/IFRS and SOX controls and audits.
• 8+ years in a senior corporate accounting role or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead accounting activities for all corporate entities.
• Oversee day-to-day corporate accounting operations and monthly close.
• Support statutory and US audits and auditor requests.
• Own and improve closing processes (monthly/quarterly/annual).
• Manage balance sheet, P&L, and variance analyses for corporate entities.
• Prepare financial reports and schedules for defined entities.
• Guide team on complex issues and drive cross-functional accounting work.
• Collaborate with Treasury, P2P, Financial Systems, Risk & Controls.
• Ensure SOX compliance and timely regulatory filings.

Skills

US GAAP knowledge

IFRS knowledge

SOX compliance

Leadership

Communication

Team management

Project / transformation experience

Education

Chartered Accountant

8+ years of experience

Tools

Oracle

SAP

Blackline

OneStream

Hyperion Financial Management

Job description

T he Team Lead Corporate Accounting w ill be responsible for the following:

• - Leading and be responsible for all of the accounting activities for all corporate entities
• - Overseeing the day-to-day corporate accounting operations of Corporate team
• - Ensuring timeliness and accuracy of the overall monthly corporate close activities
• - Providing support on both statutory and US financial audits and requests from internal and external auditors
• - Overseeing the team with the monthly (quarterly, annual) closing process, review the teams work and take ownership for their performance
• - Take full ownership and responsibility of the accounting for a defined set of entities, in accordance with US GAAP, local GAAP and compliance with both internal and external requirements
• - Managing the balance sheet and profit and loss and the variance analysis for the corporate entities and complete the overall (Corporate) analysis
• - Signing off on the regular and timely preparation of all required financial reports and schedules for defined entities
• - Guiding the team in handling and solving complex bottlenecks and issues, for all matters impacting accounting. Own final issue resolution for items with potential global impact
• - Cross-functional accounting activities (e.g. daily cash, prepaids, fixed assets, intangibles, intercompany transactions, accruals, leases, investments, dividends, and debt transactions of the parent corporation.
• - Monthly closing reports, variance analysis and reconciliations in accordance with US GAAP and covering the Sox framework, and own the compliance aspect regarding this
• - Collaborating closely with senior stakeholders within Finance
• - Timely delivery and the integrity of the internal and/or external financial reporting.
• - Managing footnote information for SEC filings, as well as information for local statutory filings
• - Managing the governmental reports, annual returns and / or various statutory and statistical filings for multiple entities in accordance with all internal policies and external requirements and ensuring the Sox control framework is in place
• - Producing finance-related reports for Senior Management and for Head Office, internal and external auditors where applicable. Liaise with the regulatory authorities and maintain good relations with them.
• - Overseeing all applicable SOX documentation, compliance and provide audit support to both internal and external auditors
• - Ensuring adherence for a defined set of entities all compliance requirements including Sox, tax, statutory and statistical filings and statutory audits are met to fullest satisfaction
• - Driving continuous improvement/harmonization and standardization, measuring of output process and input quality to achieve best-in-class performance
• - Supporting and engaging in complex and cross-functional innovation and improvement projects in accounting and across finance
• - Managing a team of people managers and drive operations, engagement and development within a large team located in diverse worldwide locations (BHI)
• - Partnering with other key Finance departments such as Treasury, P2P, Financial systems, Risk & Controls on tasks and projects with a cross functional impact
• - Ad-hoc projects as they arise (e.g., automation, ERP implementation, etc.)

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• - Qualified Chartered Accountants;
• - Sound knowledge of US GAAP/IFRS and SOx
• - Minimum 8+ years of experience
• - Project management and/or transformation experience, a plus.
• - Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, rapidly growing and fluid organization.
• - Ability to effectively communicate at various levels of the organization tailored appropriately to the audience.
• - Candidate should demonstrate effective collaboration skills up, down and across the organization.
• - Maintain effectiveness in a continuously evolving environment.
• - Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• - Strong experience managing teams, coaching, and providing training on the job
• - Experience with Oracle, SAP, Blackline is preferred.
• - Experience with OneStream or Hyperion Financial Management is a plus.

Pre-Employment Screening

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