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Senior Financial Operations Analyst at Expedia Group in Chicago, IL
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Job Description
Expedia Group brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere. We design cutting-edge tech to make travel smoother and more memorable, and we create groundbreaking solutions for our partners. Our diverse, vibrant, and welcoming community is essential in driving our success.
Why Join Us?
To shape the future of travel, people must come first. Guided by our Values and Leadership Agreements, we foster an open culture where everyone belongs, differences are celebrated and know that when one of us wins, we all win.
We provide a full benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, a flexible work model (with some pretty cool offices), and career development resources, all to fuel our employees' passion for travel and ensure a rewarding career journey. We’re building a more open world. Join us.
ntroduction to the Team
Our Corporate Functions are made up of teams that support Expedia Group, including Employee Communications, Finance, Traveler and Partner Service Platform, Legal, People Team, Inclusion and Diversity, and Global Social Impact and Sustainability.
The Financial Operations (FinOps) team plays a critical role in enabling business growth and strategic partnerships across Expedia Group. We partner with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and optimize financial operations that support high-value business initiatives and partner launches. Our team ensures that financial processes are efficient, accurate, and scalable, empowering the business to move quickly while maintaining financial integrity.
In this role, you will:
- Support implementation efforts of high-value business initiatives and strategic partner launches
- Work as part of a cross-functional team on the design and implementation of effective and efficient financial operations
- Ensure initiatives and enhancements are delivered with sound financial operation processes and accurate financials by proactively defining business requirements for business owners and partners
- Liaise with business development teams and partners from the onset of negotiations to understand their needs and implement end-to-end financial operations and solutions, providing input to ensure timely and successful delivery
- Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with business partners by listening and understanding their needs and concerns and factoring those into the end solution
- Gather, document, and deliver business requirements, use cases, and Finance User Acceptance Testing (FUAT) plans to the project team
- Lead FUAT phases, coordinating, allocating, and reviewing test cases with testers throughout the process
- Explain financial concepts and technical details to non-financial business partners
Experience and Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance or related technical field; or Equivalent related professional experience
- 3+ years of progressive audit and/or accounting operations experience
- Proven ability to handle concurrent tasks and deliver against competing priorities
- Innovative problem solver with ability to recommend solutions to address complex problems
- Receptive and adaptive to a rapidly changing business environment while maintaining focus on key business goals and objectives
- Advanced Excel skills with experience building reports with complex formulas and comfortable handling large data sets
- Proficient verbal and written communication skills
Preferred:
- Public accounting experience
- Experience with the following systems: Jira, Confluence, Oracle, SQL, and Looker
Starting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.
Expedia Group is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to support employees and their families, including medical/dental/vision, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program. To fuel each employee’s passion for travel, we offer a wellness & travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and an International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership. View our full list of benefits.
Accommodation requests
If you need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting process due to a disability, or other physical or mental health conditions, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team through the Accommodation Request.
We are proud to be named as a Best Place to Work on Glassdoor in 2024 and be recognized for award-winning culture by organizations like Forbes, TIME, Disability:IN, and others.
Expedia Group's family of brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Vrbo®, trivago®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Hotwire®, Wotif®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Expedia Group™ Media Solutions, Expedia Local Expert®, CarRentals.com™, and Expedia Cruises™. © 2024 Expedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks and logos are the property of their respective owners. CST: 2029030-50
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Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. 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. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.