Senior Manager, Finance

Expedia•Seattle, WA

3d•$155,000 - $217,000

About The Position

Expedia Group’s Marketing Finance team connects marketing performance with profitability to support smarter investment decisions. The Gross Profit team manages the metric used to understand the financial value of bookings and evaluate investment returns. It combines financial expertise, analytics, and technology to make Gross Profit accurate, transparent, and actionable across brands, markets, and channels. The team partners with Brands and Channel Finance, Marketing, Pricing, and Data teams to turn complex financial information into insights that guide investment and support profitable growth. The Senior Manager, Finance leads gross profit and pricing program initiatives, develops financial models and impact analyses, improves reporting and processes, strengthens data-quality controls, and advises cross-functional stakeholders. The role requires translating complex financial and operational information into clear guidance and influencing stakeholders to advance programs and business outcomes.

Requirements

8+ years of relevant experience with a bachelor's degree, or 6+ years of relevant experience with a master's degree.
Bachelor's or master's degree, or equivalent practical experience.
Familiarity with, or willingness to learn and use, financial systems such as Oracle EPM Cloud and SQL and program management tools such as Jira and Confluence.
Experience with forecasting, scenario and sensitivity analysis, and business-case development.
Understanding of P&L drivers and driver analysis to identify opportunities and drive outcomes in complex and ambiguous environments.
Ability to build data-quality checks and accuracy controls.
Experience with cross-functional stakeholder management, process improvement, and translating analytical results into financial impact.

Responsibilities

Lead gross profit and pricing program initiatives end to end, including scope definition, road maps, milestones, risk management, and stakeholder communications.
Develop an understanding of business models and operations and use it to drive projects and analyses that support program goals.
Plan and guide complex programs using an understanding of organizational processes and stakeholder information needs.
Develop financial models, forecasts, and advanced analyses; define requirements in ambiguous situations and assess the financial impact of decisions and solutions.
Improve products, processes, reports, and tools to enhance quality and operational efficiency.
Expand and refine the team's reporting suite and tool repository to improve shared understanding of business performance.
Monitor team processes and recommend improvements.
Build controls and checks to validate data and reporting accuracy.
Translate complex financial and operational information into clear, actionable guidance.
Partner across Finance, Program Management, Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Data and Analytics to communicate priorities, answer questions, manage expectations, and advance programs.
Build relationships and serve as a trusted advisor who can influence stakeholders at all levels.
Understand business processes and challenges, identify strategic issues, and recommend solutions tailored to stakeholder needs and objectives.
Apply knowledge of financial systems, databases, and management reporting tools; audit outputs for accuracy and support efficient, effective delivery of work.