Finance Solution Architect

Booking.com; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual paid time off

Hybrid work with abroad days

Product discounts

Job summary

Booking.com is seeking a senior leader to develop and maintain the business architecture for Finance, Payments and FinTech, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy and scalable growth. You will collaborate with executives to shape investment decisions and drive enterprise transformation globally.

Lead cross-functional programs, embed intelligent automation, and create executive-ready capability maps and value streams that translate strategy into execution.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Business Architecture, Strategy, Finance, Information Management, or related field.
• 8+ years in Business Architecture, Enterprise Transformation, Strategy, Finance Transformation, Operating Model Design, or Organizational Development.
• Lean Six Sigma Certification or equivalent process improvement certification.
• Proven ability to develop business capability models, target operating models, value streams, and transformation roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the business architecture for Finance, Payments, and FinTech capabilities.
• Analyze current capabilities, operating models, processes, and value streams to identify opportunities for simplification, automation, and innovation.
• Design future-state architectures and roadmaps to support scalable global growth.
• Lead cross-functional transformation programs aligning strategy with execution.
• Drive AI adoption and intelligent automation across finance and operations.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Influencing people

Education

Master’s degree

Lean Six Sigma Certification

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.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the business architecture for Finance, Payments, and FinTech capabilities, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy and business objectives.
• Analyze current business capabilities, operating models, processes, and value streams, identifying opportunities for simplification, automation, and innovation.
• Design future-state business architectures and transformation roadmaps that support scalable global growth.
• Partner with Finance, Fintech, Product, Commercial, Data, and Technology leaders to shape strategic investment decisions and enterprise transformation initiatives.
• Lead cross-functional business transformation programs, ensuring alignment between strategy, business capabilities, and execution.
• Drive AI adoption across finance and business operations by identifying high-value use cases, embedding intelligent automation, and enabling data-driven decision making.
• Develop executive-ready business models, capability maps, value stream maps, and strategic visualizations that simplify complex business challenges.
• Ensure business architecture is embedded throughout the portfolio lifecycle, from strategic planning through program execution and value realization.
• Monitor industry trends across AI, FinTech, digital payments, travel technology, and enterprise transformation, translating market developments into actionable business opportunities.
• Establish strong stakeholder relationships across executive leadership, finance, product, engineering, operations, and transformation teams, aligning diverse perspectives toward common business outcomes.
• Measure and communicate the business value delivered through transformation programs, ensuring strategic initiatives achieve targeted commercial and operational benefits.

Qualifications & Requirements

You are a strategic thinker who quickly creates clarity in complex environments and naturally connects business strategy, operating models, customer value, and organizational objectives. You combine strong analytical skills with exceptional stakeholder management and know how to inspire and influence people throughout periods of transformation.

In addition, you bring:

• A Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Business Administration, Business Architecture, Strategy, Finance, Information Management, Organizational Development, or a related discipline.
• At least 8 years of experience in Business Architecture, Enterprise Transformation, Strategy, Finance Transformation,
• Operating Model Design, or Organizational Development within a complex, international organization.
• Lean Six Sigma Certification
• Proven experience developing business capability models, target operating models, value streams, and transformation roadmaps that align business strategy with execution.
• Strong understanding of Finance, FinTech, payments, digital platforms, and business operations, with the ability to identify opportunities for innovation and business growth.

Benefits & Perks - Global Impact, Personal Relevance

• 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, color, 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

If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre‑employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable law, a pre‑employment screening may include employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the position.

This role does not come with relocation assistance.