R&C Business SOX Analyst (COE India)

Role Description:

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.

About the Role :

We are now looking for an Analyst, 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 SOx Specialist 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.

Responsibilities :

Support testing end to end:

Design and execute the day-to-day testing activities of Business controls, with a focus on regulatory/compliance (SOX) related risks

Collect, analyze, and interpret information to assess and conclude on each assigned testing area with clear concise documentation

Identify gaps in design and execution, and communicate issues and recommendations to R&C team and control owners

Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation including process walkthrough documentation, control testing documentation and any others required

Collaborate and partner with R&C by providing guidance and ensuring that critical SOx controls are adequately designed and documented, in order to strengthen the control environment, mitigate the company risks and support the business in achieving objectives

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

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

4 - 6 years of experience gained within compliance, internal controls, internal/external audit, including experience working with teams in an international environment

Strong experience with designing and/or testing Business controls

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

Strong working knowledge of SOX

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

Fully comfortable working in English, both written and spoken

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

Relevant Bachelor’s degree required