Lead the accounting and controllership function for Grab Thailand, overseeing accounting operations across all legal entities. Drive the function's transformation agenda, including process modernization, MEC acceleration, and Shared Service Center transition, while maintaining the highest standards of financial control and compliance. Manage a team of accounting professionals and advocate for AI-driven solutions to improve efficiency and accuracy. Ensure all financial transactions comply with accounting standards and Group policies, leading the monthly and quarterly financial close process. Oversee statutory and regulatory filings, including SOX controls, and improve internal controls and process efficiency. Monitor cash flow and working capital across entities while collaborating with Regional Treasury and Tax teams to ensure adequacy and optimal utilization.
We are seeking a People Technology Security Specialist to strengthen the security framework across our People Team platforms. This role focuses on ensuring secure access and data governance within Workday (HRIS), while supporting related systems such as Greenhouse (ATS), Zendesk, and Tableau. You will collaborate closely with IT Security, internal and external audit teams, the Data Privacy team, and the Employee Relations team to drive ongoing improvements to our security framework. This position involves supporting employee and candidate-related audits, ensuring compliance with GDPR and other data protection regulations, and broadening your expertise across the functional aspects of People systems. In this role, you will take ownership of the security architecture for the People Team across all platforms, including Workday, Greenhouse, Zendesk, and Tableau. You will design, implement, and maintain secure access controls, role-based permissions, and cross-platform security standards. You will also lead efforts to continuously improve people data handling workflows by identifying process gaps, implementing best practices, and leveraging technology to optimize efficiency and data integrity. Additionally, you will support, mentor, and potentially lead junior team members, fostering a growth mindset and driving a culture of continuous improvement.
Agoda Finance doesn’t sit on the sidelines. We sit at the table where decisions get made — and we make sure those decisions are backed by the sharpest financial thinking in the room. We’re looking for someone who sees a set of financials and immediately asks “what does this tell us, and what should we do about it?” Someone who can walk into a room of senior stakeholders, command their attention, and translate complex financial realities into clear, compelling narratives that drive action. If you’ve spent your career building something — better processes, stronger controls, smarter reporting — and you’re ready to do it at scale, across borders, and at one of Asia’s most dynamic tech companies, this is your seat. **In This Role, You’ll Get To** **International Financial Reporting** * Lead financial reporting across multiple jurisdictions — owning the numbers, the narrative, and the decisions that follow. Be the go-to voice for financial performance analysis that shapes how Agoda’s leadership thinks about the business. Partner directly with Booking Holdings and affiliated global brands on cross-entity financial matters. **Build What Doesn’t Exist Yet** * Take the lead on high-impact finance projects — new payment methods, new product launches, new market entries. Design the data flows, workflows, and control frameworks that will underpin Agoda’s next chapter. Drive UAT, post-go-live monitoring, and continuous improvement — from concept to execution. **Controls & Compliance That Actually Work** * Own the internal control environment across jurisdictions — SOX, Anti-Corruption, Corporate Policy — not as a checkbox exercise, but as a genuine competitive advantage. Oversee reconciliations across all significant balance sheet accounts and ensure exceptions are surfaced, understood, and resolved. Translate accounting policy into practical, operational guidance that teams can actually use. **Tax Intelligence** * Navigate corporate income tax, withholding tax, and indirect tax obligations across the countries where Agoda operates. Equip the Tax team with the precise, timely information they need to stay compliant and ahead of risk. **Lead, Develop, Elevate** * Build a team that’s better because of you — through coaching, mentorship, and setting a standard of excellence. Create an environment where smart people are challenged, supported, and growing. **What You’ll Need to Succeed** * **15+ years**of progressive finance and accounting experience, including meaningful time at management level. A track record of**owning financial reporting end-to-end**— not just producing it, but improving it. Deep fluency in**local GAAP and/or US GAAP**, internal controls, and multi-jurisdictional compliance. The ability to**lead through complexity**— across teams, time zones, and competing priorities. Exceptional communication skills — you can present to a CFO and coach a junior analyst in the same afternoon. Advanced Excel skills and comfort working in a data-rich environment. A**Bachelor’s or Master’s degree**in Accounting or Finance. **It’s Great If You Have** * Professional accounting qualification such as **CPA, ACCA, CA, CMA** or equivalent **SQL and data analysis skills**— because the best finance leaders don’t wait for the data team to answer their questions. Experience working in or with**high-growth tech companies**or complex multinational structures.
At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world. Today, we are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide. No two days are the same at Agoda. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation. If you’re ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us. **The Opportunity** We are looking for an FX Controller to join our Finance team in Bangkok. This role is ideal for an experienced accounting professional with strong technical knowledge of foreign exchange, derivatives, hedge accounting and financial controls in a complex multinational environment. You will own the accounting and controllership framework for foreign-currency transactions and exposures across multiple entities,currencies and jurisdictions. This includes FX revaluation, realized and unrealized gains and losses, derivatives, hedge-related accounting, foreign-currency intercompany transactions, exchange-rate governance and the reconciliation of Treasury systems to the general ledger. You will be responsible for ensuring that FX accounting outcomes are complete,accurate,explainable and compliant with applicable accounting standards and internal policies. You will also provide clear analysis of material FX movements,identify unexpected exposures or accounting outcomes, and coordinate their resolution with Treasury, Controllership, Tax, Finance Systems and other Finance teams. Beyond close and reporting ownership, you will help establish a scalable FX accounting operating model. This includes strengthening controls, improving exposure and hedge visibility, automating reconciliations and ensuring that the economic intent of Treasury activity is reflected appropriately in the financial statements. This is a high-impact role for someone who enjoys combining technical accounting, FX and derivatives expertise, financial controllership, data analysis and cross-functional leadership. **In This Role, You’ll Get To** **FX Accounting and Close Ownership** * Own the end-to-end accounting for foreign-currency transactions, balances, exposures and Treasury-driven FX activity across multiple entities and ledgers. * Manage monthly,quarterly and annual FX close activities, ensuring that all relevant transactions, valuations,revaluations and accounting adjustments are recorded accurately and on time. * Review and approve FX-related journal entries, including realized and unrealized gains and losses,balance-sheet revaluations, derivatives,settlements and hedge-related entries. * Ensure the correct treatment of transaction currency, functional currency, reporting currency and source-currency amounts throughout the accounting process. * Review FX results across the income statement, balance sheet and other comprehensive income, where applicable, and explain material movements to senior Finance stakeholders. * Perform reasonableness and trend analysis of FX gains and losses against exposures, market-rate movements, hedging activity, prior periods and forecasts. * Investigate unexpected FX volatility, unusual source-currency balances, duplicated or missing entries, incorrect exchange rates and other accounting exceptions. * Maintain clear visibility over outstanding FX close items, owners,financial impact and expected resolution dates. **Derivatives and Hedge Accounting** * Oversee the accounting for FX derivatives, including forwards, options,swaps and other instruments used to manage foreign-currency risk. * Review derivative valuations, settlements, premiums,accruals and related general-ledger postings. * Assess and document the appropriate accounting treatment for new or non-routine FX and derivative transactions. * Support or oversee hedge designation, hedge documentation, effectiveness assessments and the ongoing accounting for qualifying hedging relationships. * Ensure accurate presentation of hedge results between the income statement, balance sheet and other comprehensive income, where applicable. * Monitor non-designated or non-qualifying hedges and ensure that their accounting impact is accurately tracked and explained. * Review hedge discontinuations, modifications, rollovers, early settlements and ineffectiveness for appropriate accounting treatment. * Support quarterly derivatives disclosures, group reporting, regulatory or survey submissions and audit requirements. **FX Exposure and Balance-Sheet Control** * Develop and maintain a complete view of material foreign-currency monetary assets, liabilities,commitments and intercompany exposures. * Reconcile FX exposure information between Treasury systems, bank data, subledgers, consolidation systems and the general ledger. * Review foreign-currency cash, bank, receivable, payable, loan, cash-pool and intercompany balances for completeness and appropriate revaluation. * Oversee the accounting for foreign-currency intercompany funding, settlements, service charges and other cross-border transactions. * Ensure approved exchange rates are applied consistently, including spot rates, month-end rates, average rates, historical rates and fixed intercompany rates where required. * Challenge unexplained or unhedged exposures and work with Treasury and Finance teams to determine whether they arise from genuine economic positions, timing differences, missing transactions or accounting errors. * Establish investigation and escalation thresholds for material FX differences and unresolved reconciliation items. * Ensure significant FX-related balance-sheet accounts are reconciled,reviewed and signed off within the close timetable. **Exchange-Rate Governance and Data Quality** * Own or oversee the governance of exchange rates used in ERP, Treasury,consolidation and reporting systems. * Validate that approved rates are complete,accurate,timely and consistently applied across entities and accounting processes. * Monitor interfaces between systems,market-data sources, ERP platforms and relevant tools. * Investigate differences caused by incorrect rates, stale data, currency mapping or system configurations. * Partner with Finance Systems and Treasury teams to improve the reliability and traceability of data. * Maintain appropriate evidence and approval records for rates, valuations, adjustments and system-generated entries. **Financial Reporting and Management Analysis** * Deliver accurate and timely FX accounting results for management,treasury,group consolidation and statutory reporting. * Prepare clear explanations of material movements, distinguishing between operational exposure, translation effects, revaluation, hedging results, settlement timing and accounting corrections. * Partner with FP&A and Finance Business Partners to explain actual FX outcomes against forecast or budget assumptions. * Support the preparation and review of financial-statement disclosures relating to foreign currency, derivatives, financial instruments and risk management. * Provide accounting insight to Treasury on the potential financial-statement implications of proposed transactions or hedging strategies. * Support senior management and group reporting queries relating to FX volatility, exposure, hedging performance and balance-sheet movements. **Controls, Compliance and Audit** * Design and maintain a robust internal-control framework for FX accounting, valuation, journal entries, reconciliations,rates and hedge-related processes. * Ensure FX accounting processes comply with corporate policies, SOX requirements and applicable accounting guidance, including US GAAP where relevant. * Maintain audit-ready documentation supporting FX exposures, exchange rates, valuations, accounting conclusions and hedge relationships. * Partner with internal and external auditors on FX accounting, derivative valuation, hedge accounting and control-testing requirements. * Identify control gaps, recurring exceptions and financial-reporting risks, and implement practical remediation plans. * Ensure appropriate segregation of duties between transaction execution, confirmation, valuation, accounting,reconciliation and approval. * Establish controls over manual FX entries and ensure that material adjustments receive appropriate review and approval. **Projects and Process Improvement** * Lead initiatives to improve FX accounting, valuation, reporting, exposure management and close processes. * Automate reconciliations between Treasury systems, ERP platforms, bank data and consolidation systems. * Reduce dependence on manual spreadsheets and develop controlled, scalable sources of FX accounting information. * Define accounting and control requirements for new currencies, entities, bank accounts, Treasury products and system implementations. * Support requirements gathering, solution design, user-acceptance testing,deployment and post-go-live monitoring for FX-related Finance projects. * Develop dashboards and exception reports that improve visibility over FX exposures, hedge coverage, accounting results and unresolved differences. * Explore appropriate automation and AI-enabled solutions to improve analysis, exception detection,documentation and close efficiency. * Perform root-cause analysis of recurring FX accounting issues and ensure sustainable corrective actions are implemented. **Leadership and Stakeholder Management** * Act as the principal Accounting contact for FX, derivative and hedge-related matters. * Partner closely with Treasury, Controllership, Tax, FP&A, Finance Systems, Legal,Risk and entity accounting teams. * Coordinate FX accounting activities across multiple entities and time zones, with clear ownership,deadlines and escalation paths. * Review the work of team members and provide technical guidance,coaching and quality oversight. * Translate complex FX and accounting topics into clear, practical explanations for both Finance and non-Finance stakeholders. * Promote strong accountability,documentation and continuous improvement across the FX accounting operating model. **What You’ll Need to Succeed** * Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field. * At least 6-12 years of relevant experience in financial accounting, FX accounting, Treasury accounting, financial controllership or a similar role.We will determine level based on years of experience. * Strong understanding of foreign-currency accounting, including transaction-currency accounting, functional-currency considerations, revaluation and realized and unrealized FX gains and losses. * Practical experience with FX derivatives such as forwards, options or swaps and their accounting implications. * Knowledge of hedge accounting principles,documentation and effectiveness assessment. * Strong experience with month-end close, journal-entry review,balance-sheet reconciliations and financial reporting. * Ability to analyze material FX movements and connect accounting outcomes to underlying exposures, market movements and hedging activity. * Good understanding of internal controls, audit requirements and financial-reporting governance in a multinational environment. * Experience working with ERP, Treasury or consolidation systems and complex financial datasets. * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify root causes and drive issues through to resolution. * Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills across Treasury, Accounting, Tax, Systems, FP&A and senior Finance leadership. * Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven and internationally distributed environment. * Excellent written and spoken English. **It’s Great If You Have** * Professional accounting qualification such as CPA, ACCA, CA,CMA or equivalent. * Experience applying US GAAP guidance relating to foreign currency,derivatives and hedge accounting. * Familiarity with ASC 830, ASC 815 or equivalent IFRS requirements. * Experience with Oracle ERP, Treasury Management Systems or enterprise consolidation platforms. * Experience with derivative valuation models,market-data sources and Treasury-to-ERP interfaces. * Exposure to SOX-controlled environments and automated financial controls. * Experience managing FX accounting across multiple entities, functional currencies and jurisdictions. * Experience in a multinational technology, e-commerce,travel or other high-volume global business. * Experience with system implementations, reconciliation automation or FX reporting transformation. #### Please review our Hiring Process Guidelines before your interview — click [here](https://careersatagoda.com/interview/)to learn how interviewing at Agoda works.
Manage day-to-day activities of the company’s finance operations mainly related to Accounts Receivable and Revenue; ensuring all financial transactions, systems, and procedures comply with regulations, accounting principles, and standards. Lead day-to-day finance operations for Accounts Receivable and Revenue, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, regulations, SOX, and internal policies. Define and execute the global/regional AR strategy aligned with business goals, cash-flow optimization, and risk management. Drive standardization, automation, and optimization of invoicing, aging, and overdue receivables management in partnership with Collections. Own AR performance reporting and KPIs (DSO, CEI, overdue %, dispute aging, bad debt) and deliver actionable insights to management. Manage and continuously improve the bad-debt provisioning process through analysis, controls, and governance. Act as a key business partner, balancing commercial relationships with strong financial discipline and dispute resolution. Lead finance transformation initiatives and projects, including requirements definition, process design, UAT, go-live support, and post-implementation monitoring. Troubleshoot operational issues and collaborate cross-functionally with IT, Product, Finance Systems, Supply, and Customer Support to resolve root causes. Oversee month-end and year-end close activities related to receivables, ensuring timely and accurate internal and external reporting. Lead, mentor, and develop AR, billing, and collections teams; establish clear ownership, escalation paths, and a high-performance, metrics-driven culture.
At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world. Today, we are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide. No two days are the same at Agoda. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation. If you’re ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us. **Get to know our team** Agoda has taken many great strides in recent years, expanding our reach around the globe as well as our list of travel products. A critical driver of this success has been the Agoda Finance team. We keep a steady hand on maintaining day-to-day financial operations while also keeping an eye out for future opportunities. Within Finance, the Payout team manages large-scale, high-volume payments to hotel partners and other suppliers, ensuring that Agoda’s obligations are met accurately and on time. We balance risk management with continued innovation and growth, and we serve as a partner and enabler for teams across the company. With experimentation and data analysis deeply ingrained in our culture, we provide the strategic insights Agoda’s business leaders need to push into new territories in sustainable and scalable ways. We also prioritize career development in Agoda Finance. Every function within the team has a well-defined career track with clear goals and development targets each step of the way. **In this role, you’ll get to** * Perform day-to-day accounts payable and payout operations in a high-volume environment * Execute and review month-end closing activities for AP-related accounts (e.g., accruals, journal entries, reconciliations) and ensure all deadlines are met. * Prepare and review account reconciliations, investigate discrepancies, and resolve issues in a timely manner, including complex or unusual cases that require deeper analysis. * Monitor accounting and associated IT systems to ensure accurate creation and maintenance of creditors, GL accounts, and booking system interdependencies, raising system or data issues with relevant stakeholders when needed.. * Provide support in transactions processing (including review & approval) particularly for more complex transactions. * Drive or support continuous process improvement, project, ad hoc request, automation, and other quality initiatives within the P2P area including identifying pain points, proposing solutions, and helping implement changes alongside Finance Operations, Tech, Product, and other teams. * Ensure that all processes and documentation comply with internal controls, SOX requirements, and relevant accounting policies; proactively highlight control gaps or risks and support remediation activities. * Build effective partnerships with stakeholders across and beyond Finance (e.g.,Supply, Treasury, Tax, Product, Customer Service),ensuring issues are clearly communicated and resolved with satisfactory outcomes. * Support the team in handling payment-related queries from internal and external stakeholders with a strong service mindset. * Contribute to the overall management and development of the P2P area, including supporting team-level goals, documentation, knowledge sharing, and cross-training. * Keep up to date on new central bank and payment-related regulations that may impact payout processes, and support translating regulatory requirements into operational changes where needed. **What you’ll need to succeed** * Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, or a related field. * Minimum 6 years’ experience in Accounts Payable, Accounting or related field * Experience in a multinational company is required; experience in the travel or e-commerce industry is a plus. * Strong understanding of end-to-end AP processes, month-end close, journal entries, and balance sheet reconciliations, with a proven ability to deliver accurate results within tight deadlines. * Demonstrated experience working with internal controls and compliance frameworks (e.g., SOX), including an understanding of segregation of duties and control design in AP processes. * Strong interpersonal and team working skills with the ability to collaborate, influence, and partner effectively with stakeholders across Finance and non-Finance teams. * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify root causes, and propose practical with data-driven solutions. * Proficiency in MS Office applications, especially Excel (e.g., data analysis, reconciliations). * Dynamic, energetic, and able to prioritize and adapt to a fast-paced environment * Strong communication skills in English, both written and verbal. **It’s great if you have** * Hands-on experience with a major ERP system (Oracle is preferred); experience with other large-scale ERPs (e.g., SAP) is also valuable. * Experience in AP or payout operations within an online travel agency, e-commerce, or other digital business. * Exposure to process improvement methodologies (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma) or finance transformation/automation projects (e.g., ERP implementations, robotic process automation). * Familiarity with payment and banking platforms, virtual cards, or other alternative payout methods. #### Please review our Hiring Process Guidelines before your interview — click [here](https://careersatagoda.com/interview/)to learn how interviewing at Agoda works. ### **Discover more about working at Agoda** * Agoda Careers[https://careersatagoda.com](https://careersatagoda.com/) * Facebook[https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/](https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/) * LinkedIn[https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda](https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda) * YouTube[https://www.youtube.com/agodalife](https://www.youtube.com/agodalife) **Equal Opportunity Employer** At Agoda, we pride ourselves on being a company represented by people of all different backgrounds and orientations. We prioritize attracting diverse talent and cultivating an inclusive environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. Employment at Agoda is based solely on a person’s merit and qualifications. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, age, race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, citizenship, veteran or military status, and other legally protected characteristics. We will keep your application on file so that we can consider you for future vacancies and you can always ask to have your details removed from the file. For more details please read our [privacy policy](https://careersatagoda.com/privacy-statement). **Disclaimer** We do not accept any terms or conditions, nor do we recognize any agency’s representation of a candidate, from unsolicited third-party or agency submissions. If we receive unsolicited or speculative CVs, we reserve the right to contact and hire the candidate directly without any obligation to pay a recruitment fee.
About Agoda At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world. Today, we are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide. No two days are the same at Agoda. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation. If you’re ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us. Get to Know Our Team Agoda Finance plays a critical role in enabling the company’s continued growth, balancing strong financial governance with speed, scalability, and innovation. As Agoda expands globally across products and markets, Finance is a key partner in building efficient, resilient, and forward-looking operations. Within this environment, the Accounts Receivable team helps ensure Agoda can scale sustainably by driving operational excellence across receivables, billing, collections partnership, controls, and reporting. The team works closely with stakeholders across Finance, Product, Technology, Supply, and Operations to solve complex problems, improve processes, and strengthen the company’s financial foundation. The Opportunity We are looking for a senior finance leader to own and evolve Agoda’s Accounts Receivable operations in a fast-moving, global, and highly cross-functional environment. This role is ideal for someone who combines strong financial and operational fundamentals with a hands-on approach to solving complex problems, improving processes, and building scalable solutions. You will lead core Accounts Receivable and revenue-related operations, while also helping shape the strategy, controls, reporting, and transformation roadmap for the function. This role requires strong partnership across teams, sound judgment, and the ability to balance commercial realities with financial discipline. What You’ll Do 1) Accounts Receivable Operations & Governance * Lead Agoda’s day-to-day Accounts Receivable and revenue-related operations, ensuring processes are accurate, efficient, scalable, and compliant with accounting standards, SOX, and internal policies. * Define and drive the AR operating strategy, aligned with business growth, cash flow optimization, operational efficiency, and risk management objectives. * Own and continuously improve end-to-end receivables processes, including invoicing, aging management, overdue monitoring, dispute resolution partnership, and bad debt governance. * Partner closely with Collections and other cross-functional teams to improve receivables recovery, reduce operational friction, and strengthen overall process effectiveness. * Own AR performance reporting and KPIs, including DSO, CEI, overdue balances, dispute aging, and bad debt metrics; provide clear insights and recommendations to management. * Oversee and strengthen the bad debt provisioning process through robust analysis, controls, monitoring, and governance. * Oversee month-end and year-end close activities related to receivables, ensuring timely, accurate, and well-controlled internal and external reporting. 2) Finance Transformation & Process Improvement * Help shape the strategy, controls, reporting, and transformation roadmap for the function in support of Agoda’s continued scale and operational maturity. * Lead and support finance transformation initiatives impacting AR operations, including requirements gathering, process design, UAT, implementation, go-live support, and post-launch monitoring. * Identify root causes of operational issues and work cross-functionally with Product, Technology, Finance Systems, Supply, Customer Support, and other stakeholders to drive sustainable solutions. * Drive process standardization, automation, and operational scalability through stronger workflows, clearer ownership, and data-driven performance management. 3) Leadership & Cross-Functional Partnership * Act as a trusted business partner to both finance and non-finance stakeholders, balancing relationship management with strong financial rigor and control discipline. * Lead, mentor, and develop AR-related teams across billing, receivables, and collections-facing processes, building a high-performance culture with clear accountability and continuous improvement mindset. What You’ll Need to Succeed * Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field. * CPA, CFA, or other relevant professional qualification is a plus. * 8–12 years of relevant experience in finance operations, with strong exposure to Accounts Receivable, revenue-related operations, or other complex finance processes. * Proven experience leading teams and managing workstreams in a fast-paced, high-growth, or cross-functional environment. * Strong understanding of financial operations, internal controls, and accounting compliance requirements. * Demonstrated ability to drive process improvement, standardization, and operational change. * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess issues end-to-end and translate findings into practical actions. * Ability to operate effectively in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities, ambiguity, and evolving business needs. * Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence across different functions and levels of seniority. * Strong leadership capabilities, with experience building teams, developing talent, and driving accountability. * Comfort working with data, metrics, and performance reporting to support decision-making and operational improvement. * Strong presentation skills, with the ability to communicate clearly to senior and large audiences. It’s Great if You Have * Experience in online payments, digital platforms, or e-commerce environments. * Experience working in a multinational, high-volume, or tech-enabled operating environment. * Exposure to system implementation, finance transformation, workflow redesign, or automation initiatives. * Knowledge of SQL, Excel automation, or other data analysis / visualization tools. * Familiarity with receivables performance metrics, control frameworks, and operational risk management in scaled environments. Why Join Agoda Finance At Agoda, you’ll have the opportunity to work at the intersection of finance, operations, systems, and business growth. This role offers meaningful ownership, a broad stakeholder landscape, and the chance to help shape how a global travel tech company scales its finance operations. If you’re excited about solving complex problems, improving processes, and building high-impact finance capabilities in a data-driven environment, we’d love to hear from you. What you’ll get: * A relocation package including visa-sponsorship to help you and your family get here comfortably. * Medical insurance, mental health support line, annual leave, travel discounts, sick days, and the AgodaChoice flexible spending benefit * Employee resource groups for every culture and background * Flexibility to help you work in the way that’s best for you with a work from home allowance, 30-day work from anywhere benefit, and hybrid working options. * Professional growth and learning budget, including several in-person development programs for each stage of your career. * The chance to live in Bangkok, one of the best cities in Southeast Asia, and a central hub for travel. Within 3 hours, you can hit any of the most popular countries like Vietnam, Singapore, Laos, Malaysia, and Hong Kong, just to name a few.
At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world. Today, we are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide. No two days are the same at Agoda. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation. If you’re ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us. **Get To Know Our Team:** The People Team is a purveyor of opportunity, searching the globe for the most talented individuals and offering them an open, collaborative workplace. By prioritizing skill and potential, we have cultivated a powerful assembly of professionals through our drive for equal opportunity and diversity. We make the move to Agoda a breeze with assisted onboarding programs, and we continue to support and enrich our thousands of Agoda employees through individual growth with outstanding learning programs and various means of assistance. Our development of incredible benefits has ensured everyone can stay strong, healthy, and happy during their time at Agoda. Leading ambitious changes and making a positive impact in the lives of the employees, the People Team is a crucial and rewarding part of the Agoda family. **The Opportunity:** As a senior member of our high-performing Global Payroll team based in Bangkok, you will play a critical role in driving payroll excellence, governance, and transformation across our international payroll operations. Reporting to the Payroll Manager, the Payroll Senior Partner will have end-to-end ownership of payroll operations for assigned countries or regions, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant payroll delivery. In addition to managing complex payroll operations, you will act as a subject-matter expert, support strategic payroll initiatives, lead process improvements and transformation projects, and provide guidance to Payroll Partners within the team. You will partner closely with People, Finance, Tax, Legal, Treasury, People Systems, and external payroll vendors to strengthen controls, improve employee experience, and build scalable global payroll processes. **What You’ll Do:** * Own end-to-end payroll delivery for assigned countries or regions, ensuring payroll is processed accurately, on time, and in compliance with local statutory and regulatory requirements. * Lead monthly payroll activities, including validation of payroll inputs and outputs, variance analysis, statutory payments, funding requirements, and payroll sign-off. * Manage complex payroll accounting activities, including payroll GL reconciliation, payroll funding reconciliation, vendor invoice validation, accruals, and issue resolution. * Act as the primary payroll subject-matter expert and escalation point for complex payroll, compliance, accounting, and employee-related matters. * Manage and govern payroll vendors against contractual obligations, SLAs, KPIs, quality standards, and regulatory requirements, driving corrective actions where necessary. * Build strong relationships with payroll vendors and internal stakeholders to ensure risks, issues, and dependencies are identified and resolved proactively. * Lead payroll implementations, migrations, integrations, vendor transitions, system upgrades, and new-country payroll setups while ensuring operational continuity and minimal employee impact. * Partner with People Systems, Finance, Treasury, Tax, Legal, Rewards, HR Operations, and other People teams to design and implement scalable payroll processes, controls, and policies. * Lead payroll readiness activities for new entities, acquisitions, reorganizations, legal entity changes, and other business transformation initiatives. * Identify payroll compliance risks and work with relevant stakeholders to implement appropriate mitigation and controls. * Own and drive process improvement, automation, standardization, and operational excellence initiatives across assigned payrolls. * Perform detailed payroll analytics, trend analysis, root-cause analysis, and variance reviews to identify risks and opportunities for improvement. * Support payroll forecasting, budgeting, cash-flow planning, and funding requirements in partnership with Finance and Treasury. * Lead and support internal, external, statutory, and SOX audits, ensuring documentation, controls, and remediation actions are completed within agreed timelines. * Develop and maintain payroll SOPs, controls, process documentation, governance frameworks, and operational dashboards. * Provide guidance, coaching, and day-to-day support to Payroll Partners, helping build payroll capability and knowledge across the team. * Support the Payroll Manager with operational governance, workload prioritization, risk management, stakeholder updates, and strategic payroll initiatives. * Represent Payroll in cross-functional projects and forums and effectively communicate payroll risks, decisions, and recommendations to senior stakeholders. * Drive a strong employee-focused payroll experience by ensuring payroll inquiries and escalations are handled professionally, accurately, and within agreed service levels. **Required Qualifications:** * Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field. * At least 5–7 years of end-to-end payroll and/or payroll accounting experience, preferably within a large, international, fast-paced organization. * Strong experience managing multi-country payroll across APAC, Europe, NAM, or multiple international regions. * Strong knowledge of payroll operations, payroll accounting, statutory compliance, taxation, social security, payroll controls, and payroll funding processes. * Proven experience independently managing complex payrolls and resolving payroll, compliance, vendor, and employee escalations. * Demonstrated experience leading payroll migrations, implementations, integrations, vendor transitions, legal entity changes, or transformation projects. * Strong payroll vendor management experience, including SLA/KPI governance, performance management, issue escalation, and service improvement. * Proven ability to lead process improvement, standardization, automation, and control enhancement initiatives. * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to perform payroll variance analysis, root-cause analysis, and identify operational risks. * Good understanding of payroll accounting, GL reconciliation, accruals, payroll funding, vendor invoices, forecasting, and budgeting. * Experience supporting internal/external audits and working within a strong governance and controls environment. * Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across People, Finance, Tax, Legal, Treasury, Technology, and external partners. * Strong written and verbal English communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex payroll topics clearly to both operational and senior stakeholders. * Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and other productivity tools. * Experience with Workday and global payroll platforms is preferred. * Experience with payroll analytics, automation, reporting tools, or Power BI would be an advantage. * Ability to coach and support junior team members and contribute to building a high-performing payroll team. * Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple priorities and payroll deadlines simultaneously. * Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, multicultural, and continuously evolving global environment. * Demonstrates resilience, ownership, sound judgment, and the ability to remain effective under pressure. * Maintains a high level of discretion, confidentiality, integrity, and professional ethics.
At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world. Today, we are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide. No two days are the same at Agoda. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation. If you’re ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us. **Get to Know our Team:** Agoda has taken many great strides in recent years, expanding our reach around the globe as well as our list of travel products. A critical driver to this success has been the team of Agoda Finance. We keep a steady hand on maintaining day to-day financial operations while also keeping an eye out for future opportunities. Not only do we have the unique role of balancing risk management with continued innovation and growth, we also serve as a means of empowerment for both our team members and those within the company. Having experimentation and data analysis deeply ingrained in our culture, we provide the strategic insights Agoda’s business leaders need to push into new territories in sustainable and scalable ways. We also prioritize career development in Agoda Finance. Every function within the team has a well-defined career track with clear goals and development targets each step of the way. **The Opportunity:** As an Oracle Fusion Functional Consultant, you will be a key member of our team, using your 5+ years of experience to design, implement, and manage systems and processes controls that drive our Finance functions. You’ll take on the role of Compliance Owner for “Off The Shelf Systems (OTS),” working closely with IT, Product, Risk and Compliance, Auditors, and other departments. We’re looking for a results-oriented professional who can communicate effectively, manage projects, and collaborate across teams. You will be expected to confidently express your ideas and perspectives to stakeholders and manage projects with minimal supervision. Being comfortable with ambiguity, organized, and possessing strong interpersonal skills will be essential to your success. Your ability to influence, communicate, and drive change will be critical in delivering value to the business. **In This Role, You’ll Get to be a:** * **Tech, Process, and Compliance Advisor:**Participate in business discussions, providing expert insights from both a finance and compliance perspective to ensure that technology and processes meet user needs, while adhering to risk management, segregation of duties (SoD), and access control standards. * **Solution Implementer:**Develop, configure, and implement off-the-shelf Oracle finance technology solutions, ensuring seamless integration with existing Oracle systems while maintaining strong controls around user access, security, and compliance. * **Testing and Risk Contributor:**Support testing phases, ensuring finance systems operate efficiently while upholding risk mitigation strategies, proper segregation of duties, and that access controls are correctly implemented throughout the development and testing lifecycle. * **System and Compliance Evaluator:**Regularly assess and improve Oracle finance systems and processes to enhance efficiency, mitigate risks, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards like SOX and internal access control policies. * **Change Coordinator Change Coordinator:**Evaluate the impact of upstream changes on finance systems, reports, and access controls, collaborating with Oracle technical and business teams to ensure smooth and compliant implementation with a focus on mitigating potential risks. * **Issue and Compliance Resolver:**Serve as a liaison between business and tech teams to analyze and resolve software or technical issues, ensuring that solutions comply with Oracle’s access control policies, risk management protocols, and financial regulations. * **Continuous Learner:**Stay updated on accounting, tax, and risk management developments, particularly within the travel industry, to ensure that Oracle finance systems remain compliant and future-ready. * **System Maintainer:**Assist in the setup, maintenance, and compliance of financial systems, ensuring they are optimized for business success, maintain high user satisfaction, and are safeguarded with proper access controls and risk management protocols. **What You’ll Need to Succeed:** * **Industry Expertise Industry Expertise:**Over 5 years of experience managing finance system projects and operations, particularly within ERP systems in the tech or e-commerce sectors, with a strong focus on Oracle Fusion Finance configuration, compliance, access control, and risk management. * **Oracle Fusion Finance Configuration:**Extensive experience configuring and optimizing Oracle Fusion Finance systems, ensuring seamless integration with financial processes while adhering to compliance and regulatory standards such as SOX. * **Finance Systems Proficiency:**In-depth understanding of multiple finance systems, including Oracle Fusion Finance, with proven success in applying this knowledge to ensure compliance with segregation of duties (SoD) and access control policies. * **Stakeholder Management:**Demonstrated ability to manage and influence stakeholders across finance, IT, and business teams to align on project objectives, risk mitigation strategies, and successful outcomes in Oracle Fusion environments. * **Educational Background:**Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or a related field. A professional accounting qualification is a plus, with strong understanding of financial controls and SOX compliance. * **Adaptability:**Proven ability to excel in fast-paced, dynamic environments, quickly adapting to new challenges, including Oracle Fusion configurations, while maintaining compliance with industry standards and evolving regulations. * **Vendor Management:**Skilled in managing vendor relationships, negotiating best outcomes while maintaining strong partnerships, ensuring vendor compliance with Oracle system configurations and financial regulations. * **Project Leadership:**Strong project management capabilities, leading cross-functional initiatives involving Product, Tech, and Business teams, with a focus on Oracle Fusion Finance, aligning objectives, mitigating risks, and driving successful execution. * **Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills:**Strong analytical mindset with the ability to identify practical solutions, particularly in Oracle Fusion Finance configuration, risk management, access controls, and system optimization. * **Detail-Oriented:**High attention to detail, ensuring that Oracle Fusion Finance systems are continuously improved and compliant with internal and external regulatory requirements. * **Communication Skills:**Excellent written and verbal communication skills, combined with strong organizational and planning abilities to effectively convey project goals and compliance measures, especially related to Oracle Fusion Finance. * **Dependability:**Strong sense of urgency and results orientation, dedicated to meeting goals, ensuring compliance, and driving business value through effective Oracle Fusion Finance configuration, risk management, and system optimization. * **Good experience with Oracle BI Publisher (BIP)**, including the ability to understand existing reports and design, develop, and maintain new BIP reports (templates, data models, and layouts). * **Proficient in SQL**, with the ability to write, optimize, and troubleshoot SQL queries for reporting, data analysis, and integrations. **It’s Great if You Have:** * Experience working in finance cross-functions (e.g., Tax, Finance operations, Treasury, FP&A). * Familiarity with project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, SDLC). * Experience in data analytics or with other modules within Oracle Fusion ERP. Knowledge of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) tools and other financial software
At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world. Today, we are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide. No two days are the same at Agoda. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation. If you’re ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us. **Get to Know our Team:** Agoda has taken many great strides in recent years, expanding our reach around the globe as well as our list of travel products. A critical driver to this success has been the team of Agoda Finance. We keep a steady hand on maintaining day to-day financial operations while also keeping an eye out for future opportunities. Not only do we have the unique role of balancing risk management with continued innovation and growth, we also serve as a means of empowerment for both our team members and those within the company. Having experimentation and data analysis deeply ingrained in our culture, we provide the strategic insights Agoda’s business leaders need to push into new territories in sustainable and scalable ways. We also prioritize career development in Agoda Finance. Every function within the team has a well-defined career track with clear goals and development targets each step of the way. **The Opportunity:** As an Oracle Fusion Functional Consultant, you will be a key member of our team, using your 5+ years of experience to design, implement, and manage systems and processes controls that drive our Finance functions. You’ll take on the role of Compliance Owner for “Off The Shelf Systems (OTS),” working closely with IT, Product, Risk and Compliance, Auditors, and other departments. We’re looking for a results-oriented professional who can communicate effectively, manage projects, and collaborate across teams. You will be expected to confidently express your ideas and perspectives to stakeholders and manage projects with minimal supervision. Being comfortable with ambiguity, organized, and possessing strong interpersonal skills will be essential to your success. Your ability to influence, communicate, and drive change will be critical in delivering value to the business. **In This Role, You’ll Get to be a:** * **Tech, Process, and Compliance Advisor:**Participate in business discussions, providing expert insights from both a finance and compliance perspective to ensure that technology and processes meet user needs, while adhering to risk management, segregation of duties (SoD), and access control standards. * **Solution Implementer:**Develop, configure, and implement off-the-shelf Oracle finance technology solutions, ensuring seamless integration with existing Oracle systems while maintaining strong controls around user access, security, and compliance. * **Testing and Risk Contributor:**Support testing phases, ensuring finance systems operate efficiently while upholding risk mitigation strategies, proper segregation of duties, and that access controls are correctly implemented throughout the development and testing lifecycle. * **System and Compliance Evaluator:**Regularly assess and improve Oracle finance systems and processes to enhance efficiency, mitigate risks, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards like SOX and internal access control policies. * **Change Coordinator Change Coordinator:**Evaluate the impact of upstream changes on finance systems, reports, and access controls, collaborating with Oracle technical and business teams to ensure smooth and compliant implementation with a focus on mitigating potential risks. * **Issue and Compliance Resolver:**Serve as a liaison between business and tech teams to analyze and resolve software or technical issues, ensuring that solutions comply with Oracle’s access control policies, risk management protocols, and financial regulations. * **Continuous Learner:**Stay updated on accounting, tax, and risk management developments, particularly within the travel industry, to ensure that Oracle finance systems remain compliant and future-ready. * **System Maintainer:**Assist in the setup, maintenance, and compliance of financial systems, ensuring they are optimized for business success, maintain high user satisfaction, and are safeguarded with proper access controls and risk management protocols. **What You’ll Need to Succeed:** * **Industry Expertise Industry Expertise:**Over 5 years of experience managing finance system projects and operations, particularly within ERP systems in the tech or e-commerce sectors, with a strong focus on Oracle Fusion Finance configuration, compliance, access control, and risk management. * **Oracle Fusion Finance Configuration:**Extensive experience configuring and optimizing Oracle Fusion Finance systems, ensuring seamless integration with financial processes while adhering to compliance and regulatory standards such as SOX. * **Finance Systems Proficiency:**In-depth understanding of multiple finance systems, including Oracle Fusion Finance, with proven success in applying this knowledge to ensure compliance with segregation of duties (SoD) and access control policies. * **Stakeholder Management:**Demonstrated ability to manage and influence stakeholders across finance, IT, and business teams to align on project objectives, risk mitigation strategies, and successful outcomes in Oracle Fusion environments. * **Educational Background:**Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or a related field. A professional accounting qualification is a plus, with strong understanding of financial controls and SOX compliance. * **Adaptability:**Proven ability to excel in fast-paced, dynamic environments, quickly adapting to new challenges, including Oracle Fusion configurations, while maintaining compliance with industry standards and evolving regulations. * **Vendor Management:**Skilled in managing vendor relationships, negotiating best outcomes while maintaining strong partnerships, ensuring vendor compliance with Oracle system configurations and financial regulations. * **Project Leadership:**Strong project management capabilities, leading cross-functional initiatives involving Product, Tech, and Business teams, with a focus on Oracle Fusion Finance, aligning objectives, mitigating risks, and driving successful execution. * **Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills:**Strong analytical mindset with the ability to identify practical solutions, particularly in Oracle Fusion Finance configuration, risk management, access controls, and system optimization. * **Detail-Oriented:**High attention to detail, ensuring that Oracle Fusion Finance systems are continuously improved and compliant with internal and external regulatory requirements. * **Communication Skills:**Excellent written and verbal communication skills, combined with strong organizational and planning abilities to effectively convey project goals and compliance measures, especially related to Oracle Fusion Finance. * **Dependability:**Strong sense of urgency and results orientation, dedicated to meeting goals, ensuring compliance, and driving business value through effective Oracle Fusion Finance configuration, risk management, and system optimization. * **Good experience with Oracle BI Publisher (BIP)**, including the ability to understand existing reports and design, develop, and maintain new BIP reports (templates, data models, and layouts). * **Proficient in SQL**, with the ability to write, optimize, and troubleshoot SQL queries for reporting, data analysis, and integrations. **It’s Great if You Have:** * Experience working in finance cross-functions (e.g., Tax, Finance operations, Treasury, FP&A). * Familiarity with project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, SDLC). * Experience in data analytics or with other modules within Oracle Fusion ERP. Knowledge of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) tools and other financial software