You are primarily responsible for addressing product and commercial requirements across the spectrum of the Financial Services functions. For this you rely on your deep content expertise in Financial Services, Treasury, Banking or Payments to address product and commercial requirements, and to evaluate the impact of solutions - including evaluating economic and commercial impact, as well as assessing financial risk and implications on whether specific partnerships could be required. You ensure the solutions are compliant with financial and banking regulatory requirements and within approved risk tolerance. You do this by working closely with risk owners and subject matter experts. You own the end-to-end design of Financial Services Target Operating Model, including the elaboration of scalable fund flow models). You demonstrate project management skills by delivering tangible outcomes. In particular, you manage both internal and external stakeholders effectively and are able to influence communication to drive strategic initiatives and deliver results.
Key Responsibilities:
Responsible for understanding, implementing and managing new product and/or commercial requirements related (but not limited) Booking Holdings Financial Services (BHFS) and Regulated Products (E.g. FX Services, VCC self issuance, SME lending, etc.) from Finance capacity
You demonstrate project management skills by delivering tangible outcomes. In particular, you manage both internal and external stakeholders effectively and are able to influence communication to drive strategic initiatives and deliver results
You ensure the solutions are compliant with financial and banking regulatory requirements and within approved risk tolerance. You do this by working closely with risk owners and subject matter experts
Within this role, you will be expected to develop thought leadership by identifying / leveraging internal/external trends, best practices, and innovations to craft appropriate solutions
Lead critical workstreams of strategy projects. Including: Develop the overall design of Treasury & Financial Services Fund Flows and Target Operating Model, Perform qualitative/ quantitative analytics, Develop business cases, define well structured and effective problems and analysis for the workstream
Assess Financial Risks (FX, liquidity and counterparty) attached to new products and/or partners by working closely with risk owners, subject matter experts or parties within the first line of defense Consider regulatory and operational implications and correspondingly liaise with risk owners, subject matter experts or parties within the first line of defense
Assess whether and how Treasury and Finance setups or solutions can be leveraged or designed to support the business and/or new requirements
Build and own key monitoring metrics and performance KPIs/Insights to measure performance, risk and return
Work closely with Program Management functions within Treasury & Financial Services and wider Finance to ensure streamlined organization of projects and resources
Work closely with Treasury and Financial Services teams to optimize current core infrastructure to maximize their operational efficiency and scalability; Identify opportunities for process improvements and automation within Treasury and Finance
- Work closely with external partners/ vendors such as FinTech and Banks; as well as internal / external counsels and subject matter experts to support regulatory due diligence, fund flow design and implementation, risk assessments, and commercial discussions
Skills and Experience:
A proven track record of 5+ years in Treasury & Financial Services - including Payments, Banking, FinTech, and Insurance - in a corporate or consultancy environment
Self-starter, curious, eager and learner mindset
Strong interpersonal skills; strong stakeholder management skills
Ability to digest a lot of information quickly and be able to both identify the important details and implications to strategy implementation
Strong problem solving skills and ability to assess from different perspectives
Able to demonstrate relentless tenacity to drive business objectives and deliver results
Able to keep the overview of several complex tasks / projects that run at the same time; Experienced in project implementation and/ or change management is a plus
Excellent English speaker with strong communication skills, able to adapt style and approach in order to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders from a variety of different cultures;
Post-graduate Master degree/ specialized advanced certification or diploma in Finance or Treasury Management is an advantage
Having systems knowledge and experience with systems such as SWIFT, SAP, Market Mata Sources (E.g. S&P Capital IQ, Bloomberg), Tableau/ BI reporting tooling is a strong advantage. Understanding of data queries and analytical tools such as (but not limited to) SQL and Python is a plus
Passion for innovation and disruptive technology such as distributed ledger/ block chain, artificial intelligence and machine learning
Pre-Employment Screening
If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable law, a pre-employment screening may include employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the position.
