Centre Lead, Senior Manager

Role Description:

About Booking Holdings

Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) is the world’s leading provider of online travel and related services, serving customers and partners in over 220 countries and territories through six primary consumer brands: Booking.com, KAYAK, Priceline, Agoda, Rentalcars.com, and OpenTable.

Our mission is simple yet powerful: to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

The Opportunity

As part of our Finance Transformation journey, we are re-designing the way we deliver finance services globally creating more consistent, efficient, and technology-enabled processes that allow us to focus on what matters most: insights, governance, and business partnership.

We are looking for an RTR Senior Manager to lead this change from our Finance COE in Bangalore. This role goes beyond managing day-to-day operations: you will be at the heart of shaping how RTR evolves, driving digital transformation, embedding global standards, and leading a high-performing team through change.

What You’ll Be Doing

As the Centre Lead, Senior Manager - Record to Report (RTR) - Global Business Services (GBS) , you will:

- Lead with transformation: Partner with the Global Business Services (GBS) RTR Director at HQ to drive the Global Finance Transformation Agenda, embedding new ways of working, digital tools, and automation.

- Oversee end-to-end RTR operations, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of close, and support for statutory and US audits.

- Manage the transition of new processes into the COE, ensuring smooth onboarding and successful stabilization.

- Champion process harmonisation, standardisation, and automation — driving efficiency gains and improving KPIs across global markets.

- Use technology (SAP, Blackline, RPA, AI/ML) to re-imagine RTR delivery and create best-in-class solutions.

- Act as a business partner to global stakeholders, providing insights, foresight, and governance beyond transactional support.

- Coach and develop a team of people managers to lead with agility, resilience, and a transformation mindset.

- Serve as the final escalation point for complex accounting challenges, ensuring pragmatic and globally aligned resolutions.

What You’ll Bring

We’re looking for a transformation-minded leader who can balance operational excellence with future-focused thinking:

- Education/Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting required

- CPA/CA preferred

- Experience:

- 15+ years of progressive finance experience, with strong RTR domain expertise

- Proven success in finance transformation or large-scale change projects

- Experience in shared services/GBS with multinational organizations

- Strong people management experience leading managers and large, global teams

- Solid grounding in US GAAP/IFRS, SOX compliance, and ERP systems (SAP required; Blackline mandatory; OneStream/Hyperion a plus)

- Skills:

- Strong program and project management capability, especially in transformation initiatives

- Ability to manage ambiguity and lead teams confidently through change

- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills across levels and cultures

- A problem solver who is equally comfortable designing new solutions and running stable operations

Why Join Us?

This is a rare opportunity to join a global company at the center of its finance transformation. You’ll be more than a custodian of RTR, you’ll be a shaper of its future.

At Booking Holdings, you’ll have the platform to:

- Lead a global function in transition and leave your mark on how we operate worldwide

- Collaborate with senior leaders across brands and regions

- Drive impact through technology, innovation, and process re-design

- Grow as a leader in a diverse, inclusive, and purpose-driven environment

Be part of something bigger, help us re-define finance at Booking Holdings India COE. Apply today.