Vice President, Head of Corporate FP&A

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In this critical leadership role, you will lead Expedia Group’s Corporate FP&A team and be a strategic partner to our business leaders and responsible for leading Expedia Group’s weekly outlook, quarterly forecast and annual planning processes, for delivering high quality financial reporting and strategic insight across the business, and driving enterprise wide initiatives.

 

As a well-rounded finance leader with depth across FP&A, you will be experienced in delivering sustainable financial growth by being a commercially astute business partner engaging and influencing at all levels and executing on key results. Success will stem from curiosity and a passion and hunger to improve Expedia Group’s financial understanding, forecasts/outlooks, systems and performance by deeply understanding the Group’s processes and strategy and how Finance can achieve this target.

 

You will be motivated by continuous improvement and a transformative approach and will have a passion for solving complex and strategically important business problems in an agile environment, displaying dedication, as well as an ambition for innovative thinking to ensure that Expedia Group continues to win in its markets.

 

What you’ll do:

  • Lead the weekly outlook, quarterly forecast and annual planning processes for all of Expedia Group:

    • Identify P&L initiatives/opportunities both across the Group and within specific business divisions.

    • Influence divisional finance leaders to suitably balance the bold delivery of financial results while remaining fiscally prudent and investing for the future.

    • Drive system and process improvements to improve outlook and forecast accuracy.
       

  • Ensure delivery of the group-wide P&L:

    • Collaborate closely with divisional CFOs to check-in on performance, trends, and status of key initiatives.

    • Maintain real time outlook of expected Expedia Group financial performance.

    • Analyze and communicate trading trends and expected performance to Expedia Group CEO/CFO/Travel Leadership Team.

    • Own roadmap and delivery of key cross-Group trading and forecast dashboards.
       

  • Communicate Expedia Group’s results and expectations impactfully and clearly:

    • Partner closely as a contributor with Investor Relations and Financial Reporting in development of public earnings filings, releases and scripts.

    • Develop regular Board and leadership team presentations on past and expected financial performance.

    • Ensure Expedia Group CFO is sufficiently knowledgeable on financial trends and address ad hoc queries from other senior leaders.
       

  • Build and Maintain A High Performing Organization:

    • Lead an experienced team, providing strategic leadership and coaching, and ultimately developing exceptional talent for Expedia Group.

    • Create a vibrant, energized and enthusiastic environment for the function by creating a compelling unifying vision that steers, motivates and develops the team

    • Embed a culture where training, coaching and delivering proactive feedback. lead to positive impact and results; creating a work environment where people can realize their full potential; thus, allowing the organization to meet current and future business challenges.
       

  • Act as finance lead for all corporate functions along with real estate (~1000 people), ensuring spend is in line with plan and proactively identifying financial opportunities.

  • Own strategy and administration of our core financial planning system (Hyperion).

  • Seek and embrace finance/Expedia Group-wide strategic projects i.e. cost initiatives and finance organizational recommendations.

  • Build relationships and drive collaboration across the global Expedia Group finance community.

 

Who you are:

  • Senior leadership in a variety of analytical and strategic, high-visibility finance roles.

  • Proven track record in driving excellence in financial planning and insight whilst being experienced in delivering robust financial plans which empowers high performing businesses to grow value.

  • Strong quantitative and analytical problem-solving skills. Proficiency in advanced Excel and financial modeling.

  • Proven ability to influence and drive leadership to decisions and tangible outcomes.

  • Comfortable creating positive relationships across a number of teams and supporting c-suite level leaders.

  • A Storyteller: able to build and communicate clearly a vision and strategy. Skilled thought-leader, confident and successful at influencing others to act.

  • Proven track record to work autonomously and lead a broad range of projects simultaneously and efficiently.

  • Able to evaluate and making recommendations across opposing and equally critical business needs.

  • Ability to handle multiple priorities with a high degree of flexibility and accountability, in a constantly fast-evolving environment.

  • Passion for Results: Drive high standards for individual, team, and organizational accomplishment; tenaciously work towards challenging goals.

  • Business Acumen: Demonstrate a keen understanding of business operations and the organizational levers (systems, processes, departments, functions) that drive profitable growth.

  • A Team Player: who has thrived in demanding, intellectually charged environments, has strong convictions and can win credibility and contribute across the breadth of a business and its senior management team.

 

Why join us:

Expedia Group recognizes our success is dependent on the success of our people.  We are a global travel platform, made up of the most knowledgeable, passionate, and creative people in our business.  Our brands recognize the power of travel to break down barriers and bring the world within reach – that responsibility inspires us to be the place where exceptional 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 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®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Hotwire®, Expedia® Media Solutions, CarRentals.com™, Expedia Local Expert®, Expedia Cruises™ and SilverRail Technologies, Inc. For more information, visit www.expediagroup.com.

 

 

Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce.   All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.

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