Senior GAAP & SEC Technical Controller

Booking Holdings, Inc.; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working up to 20 days abroad

Global exposure

Job summary

Booking.com in Amsterdam seeks a Senior Controller - Technical Accounting to join the Technical Accounting & Oversight team. The role focuses on US GAAP and SEC topics and reports to the Head of Technical Accounting & Oversight, interacting with Group teams in the US and UK.

The ideal candidate has deep US GAAP expertise, SOX/compliance knowledge, and 12–15 years in finance, with English fluency and strong communication. Based at headquarters, collaboration across Finance functions is essential.

Qualifications

• Solid expertise in US GAAP and SEC reporting.
• Strong comprehension of Risk & Controls, SOX, Financial Systems, and Compliance.
• Ambitious, inquisitive, keen to develop, and ready to take on additional responsibilities.
• University degree in Accounting, Business, or Economics, and/or postgraduate education (RA/CPA/ACCA).
• Approximately 12-15 years of experience in finance and/or accounting.
• Sound knowledge of US GAAP (IFRS experience beneficial).
• Big 4 experience.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a team within an international, matrix organization.
• Enthusiastic about innovation and process improvement.
• Fluent in both spoken and written English.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide the US GAAP accounting guidance to other finance teams regarding implementation for new initiatives, products, and non-recurring transactions.
• Document and review technical accounting assessments in line with US GAAP.
• Oversee the accounting function, ensuring accurate and proper accounting by developing and maintaining a deep understanding of key financial statement line items.
• Drive continuous improvement through standardization, process creation, automation, and task simplification.
• Act as a key partner to Financial Controllers and other core Finance departments (including FP&A, Risk & Control, Business Units, Tax, Treasury, and Reporting).
• Undertake ad-hoc tasks and projects as requested by the manager.

Skills

US GAAP

SEC reporting

SOX

Stakeholder management

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

University degree in Accounting/Business/Economics

RA/CPA/ACCA

Job description

Booking.com in Amsterdam seeks a Senior Controller - Technical Accounting to join the Technical Accounting & Oversight team. The role focuses on US GAAP and SEC topics and reports to the Head of Technical Accounting & Oversight, interacting with Group teams in the US and UK.

The ideal candidate has deep US GAAP expertise, SOX/compliance knowledge, and 12–15 years in finance, with English fluency and strong communication. Based at headquarters, collaboration across Finance functions is essential.