Project and Program Management (For independent contractors)

Booking.com is on a Finance transformation journey to support the delivery of the company strategy and the growth of the company. As part of this Finance transformation journey we are assessing how we can ensure that the Finance organisation is equipped to deliver its objectives in the long term.

The Finance Transformation manager will be part of the Finance Transformation Program within Booking.com and will support functional leadership in shaping the future of their department. A successful Finance Transformation Manager will achieve this by applying experience in Finance Operating Model design and transition/implementation in a hands-on manner, specific to the needs of Booking.com, in close collaboration with a diverse group of stakeholders. Your goal is to plan, coordinate, and drive the functional Finance Transformation (implementation) roadmap, while keeping the overall roadmap & success in sight. We seek a hands-on and strong stakeholder manager who will take full ownership for the deliverables within the functional Finance transformation scope.

The Finance Transformation manager will be responsible to support and oversee the implementation of various transformational projects, including automations within finance, evolving capabilities provided with external providers, with a focus on R2R, as well as supporting the detailed design of the R2R delivery model.

Tasks & Responsibilities

Name essential tasks, responsibilities and deliverables for this role. Is it expected from the role to identify, develop and make improvements to new ideas, techniques, procedures, services, or products?

Daily activities include (but not limited to):

Coordinate the end-to-end Finance Transformation activities /planning for the R2R workstream.

Own the plan for the functional Finance transformation

Prepare leadership meetings for the respective functional tower

Track progress of the plan

Identify and mitigate risks, manage issues

Report to the overall Finance Transformation program management

Identify and oversee process or technology improvements as part of the roadmap.

Hands-on support in the detailed operating model design and build phase, e.g. through:

Facilitate of design and planning sessions

(Support in) documentation of detailed design

Creation of deliverables as per the overall program plan

Collection/interpretation of data

Preparation of templates and detailed plans

Stakeholder management and collaboration:

Work together with a wide group of stakeholders, such as the Global Process Owners, Functional Finance Leads, HR, Comms and Change specialists, global FT program management

Ensure consistency and alignment with other towers and upstream or downstream departments

Transformation PMO:

Coordinate some of the automation initiatives and transition of current ways of working to the future state

Coordinate between various teams in the organisation on a day to day basis.

Prepare detailed plans for the knowledge transfer and related training sessions with key SME inputs

Create structured implementation plan and methodologies to track against plan

Ensure tracking of the delivery of technologies required and alignment with tech teams for the future state model (such as workflows, forms, access rights, process standardisation efforts or new ways of working based on automations implemented)

Collaborate with HR, comms and change workstream to design and deliver the communication and change elements required

Travel to one or more locations to manage the transformation

Examples of deliverables are:

Workstream project plan and automations plans

Detailed Service Delivery Model, Process Placement and related RACIs up to activity level for new ways of working

Inventorisation of ‘enabling’ projects or work (e.g. grant access, fixing backlogs) that need to be delivered and clear tracking

Change Impact Assessments

KPI/performance management tracking

Coordination of transformation relevant governance meetings and related stage gate deliverables such as:

Knowledge & training sessions

Readiness checklists and tracking

Implementation of functional KPIs, SLAs, governance, contract setup etc

Communication plan and messages

Stage gate decision preparation

Knowledge

Level of knowledge

Finance Transformation and Consulting methodologies

Project management and managing complex stakeholders fields

Level of Education: Master degree

Years of relevant working experience

8 - 12+ years

Requirements of special knowledge / skills

Knowledge:

Successful track record of finance Op Model design and implementation projects in multinational companies

Excellent understanding of processes and best practice in the area of R2R

Good understanding of new/emerging technologies, in particular in R2R context

Transition Management experience

Skills:

Preferably Finance background and experience, accounting/R2R is a pre

Positive challenger of status quo

Hands-on, creating deliverables of high quality

Work in a complex stakeholder environment

Structured in the ways of working

Hands on mentality

Ability to drive the delivery of the project plan