Controller- Treasury Accounting

Booking Holdings, Inc.; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 100,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Booking.com is seeking a Treasury Accounting professional to own and govern the FX and hedging accounting framework across the group. You will lead daily hedge cycle reviews, ensure robust controls, and drive alignment with treasury, corporate accounting, and brand teams.

The role demands strong accounting experience, US GAAP/IFRS knowledge, and a proactive improvement mindset. You will collaborate with Treasury, COE, FP&A, and Audit to ensure accurate financial reporting, while maintaining

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• Strong accounting and financial close experience in a complex international organisation.
• Solid understanding of US GAAP and/or IFRS applied to FX, derivatives, and treasury transactions.
• Experience reviewing journal entries, reconciliations, and month-end close deliverables.
• Experience in a structured financial control environment with audit support.
• Ability to translate business requirements into accounting processes and controls.

Responsibilities

• Own and govern the accounting review framework for FX and hedging activities across the Booking.com group.
• Review daily hedge cycles outputs, investigate exceptions, and coordinate issue resolution.
• Maintain and improve accounting logic, controls, and documentation for treasury processes.
• Provide accounting ownership for complex hedging programmes across entities.
• Drive treasury initiatives from requirements to implementation and post-implementation review.
• Review treasury journal entries, reconciliations, and hedge outputs for accuracy and timeliness.
• Oversee reconciliations and approval structures, including two approvers for FX exposures and reconciliations.
• Coordinate with Treasury, COE, Corporate Accounting, FP&A, and brand teams to resolve issues.
• Support audit responses related to treasury, FX, hedging, and controls.
• Maintain up-to-date process documentation and escalation paths.
• Support ad hoc treasury/accounting analyses and initiatives.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Accounting proficiency

US GAAP / IFRS knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics

Tools

BlackLine

Job description

About Us: At Booking.com, data drives our decisions. Technology is at our core. And innovation is everywhere. But our company is more than datasets, lines of code or A/B tests. We’re the thrill of the first night in a new place. The excitement of the next morning. The friends you encounter. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the memories you make. Through our products, partners and people, we make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

The Treasury Accounting team plays a critical role in safeguarding the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of Booking.com’s financial records across high-impact accounting streams.
The Treasury Accounting provides subject-matter ownership, governance, and review for complex foreign exchange, hedging, cash management, and treasury-related accounting activities across the group. The team operates at the intersection of accounting, treasury, financial controls, systems, and business partnership, ensuring that complex treasury activity is translated into robust and controlled financial reporting outcomes.
As Booking.com continues to centralise and expand its cross-company FX and hedging framework, Treasury Accounting must retain clear ownership of accounting policy application, control design, decision-making, review, and escalation across the relevant processes.

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.

Required Qualifications & Experience:

Mandatory

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field.




• Solid experience in accounting, financial close, treasury accounting, or a related control-focused finance environment within a complex international organisation.




• Strong understanding of US GAAP and/or IFRS, with the ability to apply accounting requirements to complex FX, derivatives, hedging, and treasury-related transactions.




• Demonstrated experience reviewing journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, financial reporting outputs, and month-end close deliverables.




• Experience working within a structured financial control environment, including control design or execution, review, issue remediation, and audit support.




• Experience translating business and operational requirements into accounting processes, system requirements, controls, and reporting outcomes.




• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across international brand teams.




• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, sound judgement, and a high degree of ownership and accountability.




• Ability to challenge constructively, make informed decisions, and escalation risks clearly in a fast-moving and complex environment.




• Continuous improvement mindset, with experience driving process standardisation, automation, or control enhancement.

Desirable

• Experience in Marketing expense accounting, including Performance and Brand marketing.




• Experience coordinating internal and external audits in a complex accounting environment.




• Exposure to automation and tooling initiatives, including BlackLine or similar reconciliation platforms.




• Experience improving commentary, reporting, or control processes through automation or AI-enabled solutions.




• Experience working in a fast-paced global technology, e-commerce, or travel environment.

Benefits & Perks - Global Impact, Personal Relevance:

Booking.com’s Total Rewards Philosophy is not only about compensation but also about benefits. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, as well unique-to-Booking.com benefits which include:

• Annual paid time off and generous paid leave scheme including: parent, grandparent, bereavement, and care leave




• Hybrid working including flexible working arrangements, and up to 20 days per year working from abroad (home country)




• Industry leading product discounts - up to 1400 per year - for yourself, including automatic Genius Level 3 status and Booking.com wallet credit

Inclusion at Booking.com:

Inclusion has been a core part of our company culture since day one. This ongoing journey starts with our very own employees, who represent over 140 nationalities and a wide range of ethnic and social backgrounds, genders and sexual orientations.

Take it from our Chief People Officer, Paulo Pisano: “At Booking.com, the diversity of our people doesn’t just build an outstanding workplace, it also creates a better and more inclusive travel experience for everyone. Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. It’s a place where you can make your mark and have a real impact in travel and tech.”

We ensure that colleagues with disabilities are provided the adjustments and tools they need to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Booking.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We strive to move well beyond traditional equal opportunity and work to create an environment that allows everyone to thrive.

Pre-Employment Screening

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