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Tax Platform Director (Bangkok-based)

Agoda

At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Founded in 2005 by two entrepreneurs passionate about making it easier for everyone to explore the world, we are now part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) with a diverse team of more than 7,000 people from over 90 nationalities working in offices across the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences through millions of accommodation options, flights, and activities worldwide. Data and technology sit at the heart of how we work. We run thousands of experiments a year, ship fast, and use insights to drive decisions at scale. If you are excited to help build the future of travel for the world, Agoda is the place to do it. In Product, ideas come alive. We are a product-centric organization where teams have end-to-end ownership and minimal bureaucracy. Our Product Managers move fast, test and learn, and are empowered to change any system in the company if it improves outcomes for our customers, partners, or people. The Tax product team sits within the FinTech product organisation, which owns platforms which power payment processing, financial operations and compliance for Agoda. These platforms are critical for Agoda to be able to launch new business models and products for our customers efficiently and in a compliant way. This role is BANGKOK-BASED, RELOCATION PROVIDED, reporting into the VP of Product, FinTech. As a Tax Platform Director, you will directly manage a team of senior product managers and have end-to-end ownership of Agoda’s proprietary tax platform, which powers indirect tax for our business worldwide. You will define and drive Agoda’s product strategy to rapidly evolving global tax regulation, and oversee the multi-year transformation of our tax platform to be ready for the future needs of the business. This is a high stakes, high visibility role sitting within the FinTech leadership team, with expected frequent engagement with Agoda’s leadership team and other Booking Holdings brands’ executives. In this role, you’ll get to: * Own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Agoda’s global tax platform covering tax master data, tax determination, invoicing/e‑invoicing, reconciliation, tax reporting, and indirect tax controls. * Partner with Group Tax to translate regulatory, audit, and business requirements into clear product outcomes and platform capabilities. * Lead product teams on large multi-year transformation initiatives to deliver a tax platform that can support multiple products, business models, and brands at Agoda and within the wider Booking Holdings Group. * Make buy‑vs‑build decisions for tax engines, e‑invoicing providers, and related services, and own the long-term integration strategy with external vendors and internal platforms. * Work closely with engineering leads to shape architecture, prioritize technical investments and ensure the platform can operate reliably for our business’ scale * Design and champion strong governance for tax configuration and change management, * Drive clear success metrics and reporting for tax platform initiatives and regularly communicate progress to senior leadership. What you’ll need to succeed: * 10+ years in product management or similar roles, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role (Director, Head of Product, or equivalent). * Proven track record building or transforming in-house tax platforms at large-scale digital businesses (ecommerce, marketplace, OTA, mobility, or similar) in regulated and time-sensitive environments * Deep command of indirect tax for digital businesses — VAT/GST, marketplace and deemed-supplier regimes, withholding tax — and how these translate into system and data requirements. * Hands-on experience across the core tax platform stack: tax master data, rules configuration, tax determination, invoicing/e-invoicing, reconciliation, and reporting controls. * Demonstrated ability to break down ambiguous, multi‑year problems into a clear sequence of product milestones, with strong judgment on where to start, what to defer, and how to manage risk. * Excellent communication skills in English, with the ability to explain complex tax and platform topics in simple terms to senior non-technical stakeholders, and to drive alignment across diverse teams. * Comfortable working from our Bangkok office (hybrid model) and collaborating with globally distributed teams. It’s great if you have: * Experience integrating or working with leading indirect tax engines, e‑invoicing providers, or tax content vendors, and understanding their typical strengths and limitations. * Familiarity with large-scale financial and data platforms (for example ERP, consolidation/reporting tools, and financial data pipelines) and how tax systems interact with them. * Background in a quantitative or technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, or similar), or relevant professional qualifications in Tax or Accounting combined with strong product and systems exposure. * Experience working in multicultural, high-growth environments and navigating the complexity of operating across many countries and tax jurisdictions.

Director of Product, Tax Platform (Bangkok-based)

Agoda

At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Founded in 2005 by two entrepreneurs passionate about making it easier for everyone to explore the world, we are now part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) with a diverse team of more than 7,000 people from over 90 nationalities working in offices across the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences through millions of accommodation options, flights, and activities worldwide. Data and technology sit at the heart of how we work. We run thousands of experiments a year, ship fast, and use insights to drive decisions at scale. If you are excited to help build the future of travel for the world, Agoda is the place to do it. In Product, ideas come alive. We are a product-centric organization where teams have end-to-end ownership and minimal bureaucracy. Our Product Managers move fast, test and learn, and are empowered to change any system in the company if it improves outcomes for our customers, partners, or people. The Tax product team sits within the FinTech product organisation, which owns platforms which power payment processing, financial operations and compliance for Agoda. These platforms are critical for Agoda to be able to launch new business models and products for our customers efficiently and in a compliant way. This role is BANGKOK-BASED, RELOCATION PROVIDED, reporting into the VP of Product, FinTech. As Director of Product – Tax Platform, you will directly manage a team of senior product managers and have end-to-end ownership of Agoda’s proprietary tax platform, which powers indirect tax for our business worldwide. You will define and drive Agoda’s product strategy to rapidly evolving global tax regulation, and oversee the multi-year transformation of our tax platform to be ready for the future needs of the business. This is a high stakes, high visibility role sitting within the FinTech leadership team, with expected frequent engagement with Agoda’s leadership team and other Booking Holdings brands’ executives. In this role, you’ll get to: * Own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Agoda’s global tax platform covering tax master data, tax determination, invoicing/e‑invoicing, reconciliation, tax reporting, and indirect tax controls. * Partner with Group Tax to translate regulatory, audit, and business requirements into clear product outcomes and platform capabilities. * Lead product teams on large multi-year transformation initiatives to deliver a tax platform that can support multiple products, business models, and brands at Agoda and within the wider Booking Holdings Group. * Make buy‑vs‑build decisions for tax engines, e‑invoicing providers, and related services, and own the long-term integration strategy with external vendors and internal platforms. * Work closely with engineering leads to shape architecture, prioritize technical investments and ensure the platform can operate reliably for our business’ scale * Design and champion strong governance for tax configuration and change management, * Drive clear success metrics and reporting for tax platform initiatives and regularly communicate progress to senior leadership. What you’ll need to succeed: * 10+ years in product management or similar roles, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role (Director, Head of Product, or equivalent). * Proven track record building or transforming in-house tax platforms at large-scale digital businesses (ecommerce, marketplace, OTA, mobility, or similar) in regulated and time-sensitive environments * Deep command of indirect tax for digital businesses — VAT/GST, marketplace and deemed-supplier regimes, withholding tax — and how these translate into system and data requirements. * Hands-on experience across the core tax platform stack: tax master data, rules configuration, tax determination, invoicing/e-invoicing, reconciliation, and reporting controls. * Demonstrated ability to break down ambiguous, multi‑year problems into a clear sequence of product milestones, with strong judgment on where to start, what to defer, and how to manage risk. * Excellent communication skills in English, with the ability to explain complex tax and platform topics in simple terms to senior non-technical stakeholders, and to drive alignment across diverse teams. * Comfortable working from our Bangkok office (hybrid model) and collaborating with globally distributed teams. It’s great if you have: * Experience integrating or working with leading indirect tax engines, e‑invoicing providers, or tax content vendors, and understanding their typical strengths and limitations. * Familiarity with large-scale financial and data platforms (for example ERP, consolidation/reporting tools, and financial data pipelines) and how tax systems interact with them. * Background in a quantitative or technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, or similar), or relevant professional qualifications in Tax or Accounting combined with strong product and systems exposure. * Experience working in multicultural, high-growth environments and navigating the complexity of operating across many countries and tax jurisdictions. 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, or any other legally protected characteristics.

Payroll Senior Partner (Bangkok-based, Relocation Provided)

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:** 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.

Associate Director, Accounting

Agoda

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.

Global Visa Coordinator (6 months contract)

Agoda

Agoda has experienced dramatic growth. As the company grows and attracts more talent, Agoda seeks to hire a self-motivated, Global Mobility Coordinator to help build our ability to provide high-quality customer service for our employees around the world. We expect the successful candidate to bring prior knowledge, quantitative acumen, and relevant immigration experience to the role. The Global Mobility Coordinator will play a critical role in building and delivering an improved employee experience for our new hires and internal transfers that relocate globally. Over time, we expect the successful candidate’s role to grow and incorporate other core employee lifecycle activities such as new hire activities. In This Role, You’ll Get To * Manage the day-to-day administration of the global mobility team * Assist with business visas, coordinate with employee and immigration vendors for business visa application * Support the Visa team with any business travel requests including document preparation, document review, and drafting of business travel letters, up until visa completion * Assist with renewal cases for the expat population for Agoda worldwide with a particular focus on Malaysia; * Assist with updating data into our internal systems to ensure that all data is accurate and be able to track for renewal * Assist the team with administrative tasks eg. updating our internal case lists and trackers, use of SharePoint and Workday platforms, invoicing, etc. * Assist in remote work and tax coordination, liaise with employees and stakeholders for remote work requests respond to email queries, and collect tax data as required. * Assist the team on projects * Any other mobility matters as required What You Will Need To Succeed * Bachelor degree qualification. Fresh graduates are welcome . * Basic knowledge on MS Office, Excel and automation * Language: Fluent in English and Thai * Strong interpersonal and customer service skills are essential for this role * Detail oriented * Having a solid work ethic and self-starter attitude is essential for this role. * Self-motivated with ability to prioritize workloads * Strong planning and organizational ability * Good team player

Treasury Specialist – FX (Treasury Dealer – FX)

Agoda

As part of one Global Booking Holdings (BKNG) Treasury team, we are looking for a Treasury Specialist FX to strengthen our Bangkok Front Office FX team. This role combines hands-on FX execution with project delivery and cross-functional business partnering. You will support the day-to-day running of our Global FX hedging programs with increasing autonomy, and act as a trusted deputy to the Front Office FX, Liquidity and Investment lead on strategic initiatives. You will execute trades across multiple group entities, strengthen controls and documentation, explain the drivers behind FX profit and loss to finance stakeholders, and represent Treasury in Product and Payments discussions. You will also take ownership of defined project workstreams, including preparation for our new B2B entity and Global TMS implementation, while contributing to BKNG-wide FX alignment with our Amsterdam colleagues. **FX Execution & Daily Operations** * Execute foreign exchange transactions across our Global BKNG entities to hedge FX exposures, fund and repatriate cash, and support dividend and intercompany payment flows. * Manage daily hedging against FX exposures using Forward, NDFs, FX Swaps and options. * Ensure trades are correctly captured in treasury and ERP systems and liaise with Middle Office to facilitate smooth settlement of all transactions. **Controls, Documentation & Process** * Maintain and enhance Global Treasury policies; contribute to control design and automation and align with BKNG FX standards. **Reporting & FX P&L Communication** * Develop a clear understanding of the drivers behind Agoda’s FX profit and loss and explain these to Treasury, Accounting, FP&A, and senior finance stakeholders. **Business Partnering** * Represent Treasury in cross-functional initiatives with Product, FinTech, and Payments—reviewing new features and payment flows for FX exposure, liquidity impact, and expected P&L effect and provide clear, concise Treasury input in product and commercial discussions. * Partner with Accounting, Tax, Legal, Payments Operations, and Risk & Control to satisfy evolving business and regulatory requirements. **Strategic Projects** * Drive defined Treasury deliverables for the new B2B entity—banking footprint, payment and fund flows, hedging approach, and operational readiness—working proactively across Legal, Tax, Controllership, FinTech, and BKNG counterparts. * Lead or co-lead additional BKNG Treasury projects as assigned, e.g., Global TMS program, work regularly with BKNG FX colleagues in Amsterdam and across the Group to align hedging standards, documentation, and execution practices. **Banking Relationships** * Manage relationships with FX banking partners including performance assessment and periodic pricing and volume reviews * Contribute to bank onboarding, ISDA/CSA setup, due diligence, monitoring & compliance and support on satisfying banking and regulatory requirements (e.g., EMIR, ISDA)

Accounting Manager (Bangkok Based – Relocation Provided)

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. **The Opportunity** You will own and shape accounting across multiple countries in a fast-moving, global OTA — not just running the books but rethinking how accounting creates strategic value. Partner closely with business leaders, tax authorities, auditors, external advisors, and Agoda’s group brands to deliver timely reporting and enable new product and market launches across multiple legal entities. This role blends accounting leadership, projects, and internal consulting. You’ll lead cross-functional projects to improve balance-sheet reconciliations, streamline one‑off adjustments, and design scalable end‑to‑end processes that reduce cycle times and strengthen controls. You’ll also help craft a long‑term vision for the teams you influence and mentor colleagues to raise technical and process capabilities. We encourage experimentation with AI and automation — from intelligent reconciliation to anomaly detection and predictive close timelines — turning novel ideas into production improvements that free the team for higher‑value analysis. If you’re motivated by systems transformation, measurable impact, and working in an agile environment with varied products and stakeholders, this role gives you the autonomy and scope to make it happen **In this Role,you’ll get to:** **Financial Accounts** * Prepare complete details and accurate accounts for all entities,including a group consolidation * Manage month-end and year-end closes in a fast-paced, deadline-driven and regulated environment,and drive continuous improvement of close processes * Report accurate,timely and insightful monthly management accounts and financial updates for management review * Motivate management accounting/nominal ledger team to take further responsibility for accounts input and preparation processes, and ensure career development in a supportive manner * Manage and liaise with auditors, IT review and tax computation processes from planning to filing in an efficient and effective manner * Collaborate with other finance managers to support overall department goals and objectives * Advise staff regarding the handling of non-routine reporting transactions * Manage and oversee the daily operations of the accounting department **Accounting Controls** * Ensure accounting, associated IT systems and internal control environment are in compliance with Corporate policy as well as SOX requirements and US GAAP. * Responsible for review of journal entries * Review reconciliations of all significant account balances including bank accounts and fixed assets, debtors and creditors, and report significant exceptions to management * Guides other departments by researching and interpreting accounting policy, applying observations and recommendations to operational issues **Tax** * Understand key concepts of tax returns (i.e.corporate income tax, withholding tax and indirect taxes) in foreign jurisdictions where the company has legal presence * Provide tax team with accurate information for the purpose of tax compliance in local and foreign jurisdictions **Projects** * Manage and implement the Company’s initiatives and projects from finance and accounting perspective. This includes providing requirements,designing and performing UAT, designing new workflow,monitoring post-go-live processes, and troubleshooting * Identify and drive process and technology improvement opportunities **What you’ll Need to Succeed:** * Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field. * 6+ years of accounting experience, with strong knowledge of full-set accounting and financial reporting. * Practical knowledge of internal controls and compliance and familiarity with international accounting standards. * Experience working with ERP systems and contributing to system, process improvement, or cross-functional projects. * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to improve processes and adapt in a fast-paced environment. * Strong communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills. * Excellent command of written and spoken English. **It’s good if you have.** * Experience with Oracle ERP * Familiarity with US GAAP and practical experience with SOX * Professional accounting qualifications such as CPA, ACCA, CA, CMA, or equivalent. **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.

Senior Lead Software Engineer (Tax Solution), FinTech

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’s FinTech teams build and operate the platforms that power our global financial ecosystem. From payments and reconciliation to tax, compliance, and financial reporting, these systems sit at the core of how we scale our business reliably and responsibly. As Agoda continues to grow across markets, products, and partner ecosystems, tax technology plays a critical role in enabling compliant, scalable, and efficient financial operations. Our teams work across product, engineering, finance, and architecture to design robust solutions that balance control, flexibility, and innovation. In this role, you will help shape the future of Agoda’s tax technology landscape, partnering with stakeholders across Finance and Technology to build resilient, enterprise-grade solutions that support a fast-moving global business. **The Opportunity** We are looking for a Platform Architect to define and drive the technical direction of Agoda’s Tax technology ecosystem within FinTech. In this role, you will own the architecture vision and roadmap for scalable, secure, and compliant tax platforms that support Agoda’s global financial operations, high transaction volumes, and evolving regulatory needs. You will work closely with Finance domain experts, product managers, engineering teams, and fellow architects to translate complex tax rules and business requirements into robust technical solutions across Agoda’s internal systems, data flows, tax engines, and selected third-party platforms. As a senior technical leader, you will operate from strategy through implementation detail: guiding architectural decisions, challenging trade-offs, coaching engineering teams, and ensuring our tax platforms are resilient, adaptable, observable, and built for Agoda’s scale. You will help balance compliance and governance with engineering velocity, cost efficiency, and long-term platform quality. **This position is based in Bangkok, Thailand. (Relocation support is provided)** **In this Role, you’ll get to:** * Shape the technical direction, architecture strategy, and long-term roadmap for Agoda’s Tax technology ecosystem, aligning Finance, regulatory, product, and engineering goals. * Own the architecture of mission-critical platforms and capabilities, ensuring they are scalable, secure, resilient, observable, and adaptable to Agoda’s global scale, with the key starting focus being the Tax platform. * Design end-to-end solutions across internal systems, tax engines, APIs, data flows, and selected third-party platforms where they create clear business and technical value. * Work hands-on with engineering teams on key technical decisions, system design, implementation trade-offs, proof-of-concepts, and critical architecture components. * Lead architectural reviews and provide expert guidance on system design, integration patterns, reliability, maintainability, performance, and operational readiness. * Translate complex tax rules, compliance requirements, and financial workflows into clear technical models that engineering teams can build, evolve, and operate effectively. * Analyze Agoda’s current Tax technology landscape, identify systemic risks, duplication, inefficiencies, and modernization opportunities, and define practical transition paths toward the future state. * Establish and evolve architecture principles, engineering standards, documentation, and governance practices that improve quality without slowing delivery. * Drive improvements in quality, velocity, cost efficiency, scalability, and developer productivity across Tax-related systems and adjacent FinTech platforms. * Mentor and influence senior engineers, Staff engineers, and technical leads, raising engineering fundamentals across design, code quality, testing, observability, and production ownership. * Communicate complex technical trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior leaders across Finance, Product, Engineering, and Technology. * Effectively utilize AI to achieve all the above, including contributions in building the solutions you helped design. **What you’ll Need to Succeed:** * **10+ years**of experience in software engineering, architecture, or technology leadership roles, with a strong track record of designing and evolving complex production systems. * **3+ years**of hands-on experience delivering tax-related technology projects across direct or indirect tax domains, or closely related finance technology domains, including building or evolving tax platforms. * Strong understanding of Tax technology domains such as VAT, GST, corporate tax, withholding tax, compliance workflows, tax calculation, reporting, reconciliation, and auditability. * Proven ability to shape technical strategy and architecture roadmaps across multiple teams, systems, or business domains. * Strong hands-on engineering background, with deep understanding of system design, APIs, data flows, integration patterns, reliability, observability, scalability, and operational trade-offs for mission-critical systems, including high-volume transactional platforms at enterprise scale. * Ability to translate complex business, finance, and regulatory requirements into clear technical models, architecture decisions, and executable engineering plans. * Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain complex technical trade-offs to senior engineering, product, finance, and business leaders. * Proven ability to mentor and influence senior engineers, Staff engineers, technical leads, and cross-functional teams without relying on direct reporting authority. * Strong ownership mindset, with a track record of identifying systemic risks, reducing duplication, improving engineering quality, and driving pragmatic modernization. **It’s Great if you have:** * Experience designing or modernizing global tax platforms that support multiple jurisdictions, products, currencies, and regulatory models. * Deep experience with tax engines or tax automation platforms such as Avalara, Vertex, OneSource, or equivalent custom-built solutions. * Experience with ERP systems, financial ledgers, invoicing, billing, reconciliation, or other finance platform integration points. * Familiarity with event-driven architecture, streaming, or middleware integration technologies * Experience with cloud-native architecture patterns, distributed systems, Kubernetes/EKS, serverless platforms, or large-scale service-oriented architectures. * Understanding of data privacy, auditability, financial controls, and compliance frameworks such as GDPR, CCPA, SOX, or equivalent regulatory controls. * Experience leading large-scale platform modernization, proof-of-concept work, or architecture transformation across multiple engineering teams. * Exposure to large-scale global commerce, travel, payments, marketplace, or financial technology environments. #Bengaluru #SãoPaulo #Delhi 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Senior Manager, Tax Controversy (Singapore/ Bangkok Based, Relocation Provided)

Agoda

Agoda is hiring a Senior Manager, Tax Controversy based in Bangkok (with relocation provided from Singapore). Reporting to the Global Lead for Tax Controversy, the role leads and supports global tax audits, disputes, tax authority engagement, and defense of direct and indirect tax positions across multiple jurisdictions. The position owns all phases of controversy matters, shapes best-practice frameworks, and partners with Government Affairs, Legal, and Commercial teams to influence tax policy in key markets. The ideal candidate is a senior tax professional with strong technical expertise in tax law, significant experience managing complex cross-border controversies and regional tax disputes, proven negotiation skills, and a track record of developing robust audit defenses. The role requires 8-10 years of relevant experience in tax controversy, audit defense, or tax litigation, ideally with Asia Pacific exposure, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced, multicultural environment.