Controller- Treasury Accounting

Slashhash; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Booking.com is seeking a Controller - Treasury Accounting in Amsterdam to own the accounting review framework for FX and hedging activities across the group. The role requires solid accounting experience, strong knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS, and expertise in financial controls, reconciliations, and stakeholder management.

The successful candidate will lead daily hedge cycles, maintain accounting logic and decision rules, and coordinate with Treasury, Corporate Accounting, and FP&A to ensure

Qualifications

• Experience with US GAAP and IFRS in large multinational environments.
• Strong background in treasury accounting, hedging, and derivatives.
• Proven ability to own and govern accounting close processes and related controls.

Responsibilities

• Own and govern the accounting review framework for FX and hedging across the group.
• Lead daily hedge cycles: review outputs, investigate exceptions, resolve issues.

Skills

US GAAP

IFRS

Financial Close

Treasury Accounting

Foreign Exchange

Hedging

Derivatives

Balance Sheet Reconciliations

Journal Entries

Financial Reporting

Financial Controls

Audit Support

Process Standardisation

Automation

Stakeholder Management

Tools

BlackLine

AI-enabled Solutions

Job description

Booking.com is seeking a Controller - Treasury Accounting in Amsterdam to own and govern the accounting review framework for FX and hedging activities across the group. The role requires solid accounting experience, strong knowledge of US GAAP and/or IFRS, and expertise in financial controls, reconciliations, and stakeholder management.

Technical (Must-have)

• US GAAP
• IFRS
• Financial Close
• Treasury Accounting
• Foreign Exchange
• Hedging
• Derivatives
• Balance Sheet Reconciliations
• Journal Entries
• Financial Reporting
• Financial Controls
• Audit Support
• Process Standardisation
• Automation
• Stakeholder Management

Soft Skills

• Communication
• Analytical Skills
• Attention to Detail
• Sound Judgement
• Ownership
• Accountability
• Constructive Challenge
• Decision Making
• Continuous Improvement Mindset

Technical (Nice-to-have)

• Marketing Expense Accounting
• Performance Marketing
• Brand Marketing
• BlackLine
• AI-enabled Solutions

Key Responsibilities

• Own and govern the accounting review framework for FX and hedging activities across the Booking.com group.
• Act as the primary reviewer and stakeholder liaison for daily hedge cycles, including review of outputs, investigation of exceptions, and coordination of issue resolution.
• Maintain and continuously improve the accounting logic, decision rules, controls, documentation, and escalation paths supporting treasury and hedging processes.
• Provide accounting ownership for complex hedging programmes across entities, ensuring that activity is appropriately understood, reviewed, documented, and reflected in the financial records.
• Drive project delivery for treasury initiatives, including requirements definition, process and control design, accounting logic validation, stakeholder alignment, testing, implementation, and post-implementation review.
• Review treasury-related journal entries, reconciliations, hedge accounting outputs, and other close deliverables to ensure accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and correct period recognition.
• Maintain oversight of reconciliations and support an adequate approval structure, including continuity of two designated approvers for daily FX exposures and BlackLine reconciliations.
• Provide oversight of COE cash management activities from a Treasury Accounting perspective, including review of key outputs, exceptions, controls, and escalations.
• Partner with Treasury, the COE, Corporate Accounting, FP&A, Finance Systems, Technology, and relevant brand teams to resolve issues and strengthen end-to-end processes.
• Coordinate responses to internal and external audit requests relating to treasury, FX, hedging, reconciliations, and associated controls.
• Maintain clear and current process documentation, including ownership models, control descriptions, review procedures, decision trees, and escalation paths.
• Support ad hoc analysis and projects driven by emerging treasury, accounting, risk, control, or business priorities.

• US GAAP
• IFRS
• Financial Close
• Treasury Accounting
• Foreign Exchange
• Hedging
• Derivatives
• Balance Sheet Reconciliations
• Journal Entries
• Financial Reporting
• Financial Controls
• Audit Support
• Process Standardisation
• Automation
• Stakeholder Management