About Us :

Booking Holdings India is a Center of Excellence based in Bangalore, India and was created to support the increasing business demands of the Booking Holdings Brands. The Center of Excellence provides access to specialized and highly skilled talent, leading industry best practices, and collaboration opportunities across all of our Brands.

As part of our Booking Holdings India team, you will have the opportunity to be a part of the world's leading provider of online travel, with a mission of making it easier for everyone to experience the world through six-primary consumer facing brands: Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK, OpenTable and Rentalcars.com.

Role Overview :

We are now looking for an officer, Risk & Control in our CoE to support R&C with SOx testing of Business controls. You will be directly working on testing internal controls to support SOX302 attestation.

The R&C Business Risk & Controls Officer is also a subject matter expert, responsible for advising the Risk team on controls design, deficiencies evaluation and improvements across multiple processes from SOx testing standpoint.

A successful risk professional requires a dynamic personality and ability to adapt in a rapidly changing environment.

Key Responsibilities :

Business process control testing - Design and Operating Effectiveness

• Plan and execute SOX control testing over business process controls and entity level controls.

• Perform project management oversight for business process SOX testing.

• Confirm scope and population of in-scope controls for assigned processes.

• Define and document test plans, attributes and procedures.

• Independently test controls for design and operating effectiveness.

• Manage walkthrough coordination and evidence collection with stakeholders (First-line) and auditors, including alignment on timing.

• Collaborate & participate within R&C to continuously improve the R&C's capabilities and governance from SOX testing standpoint.

Deficiency assessment, remediation and monitoring

• Assist process and control owners with deficiency impact assessments, including:

  • Determining root causes and potential financial statement impact.

  • Assessing severity and whether compensating controls exist.

  • Preparing the deficiency impact assessment documentation for stakeholder and Manager review.

• Facilitate implementation of remedial changes, advising on enhancements to process and control design.

• Perform monitoring over remediated controls to verify that remediation has been implemented effectively and is operating as intended.

Collaboration and Communication

• Collaborate and liaise with control and process owners, providing expert advice on critical matters related to internal controls.

• Coordinate with stakeholders such as Global Internal Audit (GIA), external auditors, brand R&C teams and others, providing direct support and maintaining strong working relationships with these departments.

• Participate and assist in BHI R&C team's key initiatives such as maturing the Risk & Controls program, support independent oversight and risk assessment, and execute ICFR program deliverables.

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Qualifications :

● The ideal candidate will have a strong background in SOX audits and internal control testing as an internal/external auditor with relevant risk management and compliance experience in e-commerce or tech companies

● 5+ years of experience gained within compliance, internal controls, internal/external audit, including experience working with teams in an international environment

● Extensive knowledge of SOX and risk‑based testing of business processes; demonstrated experience with SOX compliance for business process controls.

● Understanding of and experience with risk management relevant fields and frameworks, including SOx, COSO and US GAAP

Experience with ITGC testing and scoping would be an advantage

● Ability to multitask and successfully manage multiple priorities and projects

● Strong work ethic, enthusiastic, self-starting, adaptable and enjoys change in a super engaged team

● Able to work independently & autonomously, while still being a strong team player

● Fluent in English with strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly and concisely.

● Professional certification, such as CPA/ACCA/CIA (or similar), would be an advantage

● Relevant Bachelor's degree required

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.