An exciting opportunity is available for a Director of Commercial Finance within our Lodging Strategic Partners group! LSP is a crucial organization and leads core relationships with the largest global lodging partners across 200+ countries. These lodging partners are valued suppliers as well as B2B customers.
 

The Lodging Strategic Partners (LSP) team is responsible for the negotiating and managing the commercial relationships with our largest global lodging partners across 200+ countries. This is an integral role reporting into the Senior Director of Commercial Finance, acting as a key business partner to the LSP leadership team. As a member of the LSP Finance team you will drive models for commercial negotiations, provide strategic analysis and guidance as well as support ad hoc financial analysis, insights and synthesis. LSP Finance also plays a core role in the quarterly and annual forecast process, compliance reporting and data stewardship.

What You'll Do

• Lead a team providing commercial finance support and business partnership to the LSP team.
• Develop and evolve models in support of complex deal negotiations.
• Work cross functionally across Expedia Group on critical initiatives to grow supply partnerships.
• Deliver insightful reporting P&L performance, return on investment and working capital.
• Share commercial finance knowledge to expand eye for business and support decision making.
• Lead financial planning, analysis, forecasting, and reporting for LSP, ensuring key deadlines are met.
• Collaborate with FP&A, Accounting, Analytics and Market Management teams on LSP partnership evolution.

Who you are:

• 7+ years of experience, including commercial finance and deal modelling in a global fast paced industry, with B2B and in a technology or travel tech environment
• Consistent record of leadership with demonstrable success in supporting commercial negotiations as a finance leader
• Ability to build relationships and influence senior leaders
• Extensive experience analyzing data and presenting it in a compelling format to drive action
• Experience with accounting, business modelling and financial analysis to build partnerships with leaders
• Excellent interpersonal skills and experience interacting with senior management
• A skilled people leader, passionate about developing talent
• Very strong in Excel modelling (Pivots, Formulas and Macros) – SQL experience is a plus
• Proven experience working with cross functional teams across multiple time zones
• A proactive problem solver
• University degree educated

Why join us:

Expedia Group recognizes our success is dependent on the success of our people. We are the world's travel platform, made up of the most knowledgeable, hardworking, and creative people in our business. Our brands recognize the power of travel to break down barriers and make people's lives better – that responsibility encourages us to be the place where outstanding people want to do their best work, and to provide them the tools to do so.
 

Whether you're applying to work in engineering or customer support, marketing or lodging supply, at Expedia Group we act as one team, working towards a common goal; to bring the world within reach. We relentlessly strive for better, but not at the cost of the customer. We act with humility and optimism, respecting ideas big and small. We value diversity and voices of all volumes. We are a global organization but keep our feet on the ground so we can act fast and stay simple. Our teams also have the chance to give back on a local level and make a difference through our corporate social responsibility program, Expedia Cares. If you have a hunger to make a difference with one of the most loved consumer brands in the world and to work in the dynamic travel industry, this is the job for you.
 

Our family of travel brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Egencia®, trivago®, Vrbo®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Wotif®, lastminute.com.au®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Hotwire®, Classic Vacations®, Expedia® Media Solutions, CarRentals.com™, Expedia Local Expert®, Expedia® CruiseShipCenters®, SilverRail Technologies, Inc., ALICE and Traveldoo®.

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