Senior Financial Operations Analyst

Expedia Group•Chicago, IL

21h•Hybrid

About The Position

Expedia Group brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere. They design cutting-edge tech to make travel smoother and more memorable, and create groundbreaking solutions for their partners. Their diverse, vibrant, and welcoming community is essential in driving their success. The company fosters an open culture where everyone belongs, differences are celebrated, and success is shared, guided by their Values and Leadership Agreements. The Corporate Functions include teams like Employee Communications, Finance, Traveler and Partner Service Platform, Legal, People Team, Inclusion and Diversity, and Global Social Impact and Sustainability. The Financial Operations (FinOps) team is crucial for enabling business growth and strategic partnerships across Expedia Group. This team collaborates with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and optimize financial operations that support high-value business initiatives and partner launches. Their goal is to ensure financial processes are efficient, accurate, and scalable, allowing the business to operate quickly while maintaining financial integrity.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance or related technical field; or Equivalent related professional experience
3+ years of progressive audit and/or accounting operations experience
Proven ability to handle concurrent tasks and deliver against competing priorities
Innovative problem solver with ability to recommend solutions to address complex problems
Receptive and adaptive to a rapidly changing business environment while maintaining focus on key business goals and objectives
Advanced Excel skills with experience building reports with complex formulas and comfortable handling large data sets
Proficient verbal and written communication skills

Nice To Haves

Public accounting experience
Experience with the following systems: Jira, Confluence, Oracle, SQL, and Looker

Responsibilities

Support implementation efforts of high-value business initiatives and strategic partner launches
Work as part of a cross-functional team on the design and implementation of effective and efficient financial operations
Ensure initiatives and enhancements are delivered with sound financial operation processes and accurate financials by proactively defining business requirements for business owners and partners
Liaise with business development teams and partners from the onset of negotiations to understand their needs and implement end-to-end financial operations and solutions, providing input to ensure timely and successful delivery
Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with business partners by listening and understanding their needs and concerns and factoring those into the end solution
Gather, document, and deliver business requirements, use cases, and Finance User Acceptance Testing (FUAT) plans to the project team
Lead FUAT phases, coordinating, allocating, and reviewing test cases with testers throughout the process
Explain financial concepts and technical details to non-financial business partners