Senior Finance Program Manager

Expedia Group seeks a seasoned Finance Program Manager (or Senior Program Manager) to join our Global Finance Technology team. The Global Finance Technology team is responsible for supporting enterprise-wide finance-led and business-led initiatives.
This Program Manager will have fluency across three disciplines- Finance (specifically Accounting/Tax), Program Management, and Technology- and will be well versed in all three to bridge across our diverse stakeholder group. The ideal candidate will be an entrepreneurial self-starter, a fast learner, and capable of working with limited direction while taking full ownership of projects.

What you'll do:

• Work with Product teams across Expedia to understand ongoing strategy and upcoming traveler-facing and partner-facing product initiatives

• Work with Product teams to identify Finance impacts and dependencies to ongoing initiatives

• Synthesize complex initiatives to our Finance and Fintech stakeholder group

• Work with our Finance and Fintech stakeholder group to document requirements to support Product led initiatives

• Coordinate UAT plans and execution with Product, Finance and Fintech

• Lead and manage end to end execution for all projects you support

• Identify project risks and escalate to leadership in a timely manner

• Identify areas for improvement and develop frameworks to standardize project lifecycles

• Have experience in process and template design & new process implementation

• Lead with an entrepreneurial spirit, hands-on and a self-motivated personality

• Have presentation skills with experience presenting to executive leadership, articulating complex concepts, and providing clear justifications and potential outcomes

• 5+ years in Finance (Accounting or Tax) field or industry + technical exposure and experience

• Experience with marketplace and tech industry is recommended

• Effective communication and presentation skills

• Proven analytical skills, flexible, creative and results oriented

• Strong sense of ownership and accountability

• Experience with large scale project implementations with impact to end-to-end business functions and systems

• Ability to liaison between business partners to coordinate project kick-offs, stakeholder meetings, and drive projects to completion

• Ability to manage tight deadlines, prioritize workload and achieve effective results

• Proven ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously

• Strong ability to build and maintain positive relationships with many different business partners

• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail

• Demonstrated ability to quickly grasp new concepts and proactively seek clarification when needed