Job Description
Senior Finance Project Manager – New Business Initiative (Bangkok Based, Relocation Provided)
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About Agoda
Agoda is an online travel booking platform for accommodations, flights, and more. We build and deploy cutting-edge technology that connects travelers to a global network of hotels and holiday properties, plus flights, activities, and more. Based in Asia and part of Booking Holdings, our employees foster a work environment rich in diversity, creativity, and collaboration. We innovate through a culture of experimentation and ownership, enhancing the ability for our customers to experience the world.
The Opportunity
The New Business Initiatives team of project managers is a critical driver of Agoda and Finance department’s success, balancing innovation and growth with smart risk management. This role provides strategic insights to Agoda’s business leaders in pursuing sustainable and scalable new initiatives and aims to deliver world-class execution for projects.
We are looking for a talented, results-oriented Finance Manager to join the Agoda finance team. You will have:
A front row seat on key Agoda strategic initiatives
Opportunity to drive implementation of those key initiatives with a Finance lens
Partnership with a diverse set of stakeholders across IT, Product, Legal, Business teams, Marketing, Customer Services, and more
Leverage organizational skills and subject matter expertise to make an impact
Lead initiatives to streamline and integrate financial processes across teams, ensuring efficiency, scalability, and alignment with organizational goals
Successful candidates tend to be articulate, self-starters who are comfortable in environments with volatility, ambiguity, and complexity. They are organized, have strong interpersonal skills, and can partner effectively with cross-functional teams in a results-oriented manner.
Responsibilities
Project manage and implement various company-wide strategic initiatives
Assess implications of new initiatives for finance functions (accounting, tax, operations, treasury, commercial, financial systems, risk & control, etc.)
Coordinate with stakeholders to gather requirements, optimize processes and workflows, and make trade-off decisions
Ensure constant communication and calibration between project teams and stakeholders
Represent finance in cross-functional forums and influence stakeholders to incorporate Finance requirements into roadmaps
Ensure timely progress and achievement of milestones by coordinating workstreams, identifying risks, and proposing mitigations
Assist with UAT testing and post-launch issue resolution
What you’ll Need to Succeed
5+ years of project management experience, preferably related to Finance
Ideally experience in tech/e-commerce, finance operations, and business analysis
Extensive stakeholder management experience and ability to influence people
Process integration expertise in a fast-paced environment
Undergraduate degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or related fields (professional qualifications also acceptable)
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, multicultural, high-intensity environment
Comfort with uncertainty and experimentation in a high-velocity environment
Strong numerical, analytical, problem-solving, influencing, and change-management skills
Attention to detail, self-motivation, continuous improvement mindset, and learning agility
Excellent written and verbal communication, organizational and planning skills, with solid interpersonal abilities
Dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results orientation
It’s Great if you have
Experience with finance tools and processes, including accounting and reporting knowledge
Experience working closely with Product and IT
Experience working in cross-functional finance (accounting, operations, treasury, FP&A, financial systems, etc.)
Equal Opportunity Employer
Agoda is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, age, race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, citizenship, veteran or military status, or other legally protected characteristics.
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