Finance Program Manager

Expedia Group • Seattle, WA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

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. Finance Program Manager Please note this role is only available in Seattle and follows our flexible work model, which requires three in-office days a week. Expedia Group seeks a seasoned Finance 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 in order 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. The Program Manager is expected to have strong business acumen coupled with tax technical and industry background, plus strong communication skills to effectively facilitate project meetings and discussions between Product, Engineering, and Finance teams. Effective time management and prioritization skills to manage multiple complex projects with various milestones and dependencies are essential to this role's success.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

• Experience with marketplace and tech industry is recommended

Responsibilities

• Lead Finance driven work as a lead Program Manager, coordinating across stakeholder groups and building programs from the ground up
• Lead all aspects of assigned projects and prepare detailed project tracking documentation and status updates
• Lead documentation of functional area requirements, testing, and impacts
• Partner with Business, Product and Technology teams to ensure Finance requirements are identified and met prior to product launches
• Synthesize complex projects driven within or outside of Finance to your stakeholder group
• 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

Benefits

• 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.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed