Risk & Controls - IT Team Leader

Company Intro

Booking Holdings India is a Center of Excellence based in Bangalore, India and was created to support the increasing business demands of the Booking Holdings Brands. The Center of Excellence provides access to specialized and highly skilled talent, leading industry best practices, and collaboration opportunities across all of our Brands.

As part of our Booking Holdings India team, you will have the opportunity to be a part of the world’s leading provider of online travel, with a mission of making it easier for everyone to experience the world through six-primary consumer facing brands: Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK, OpenTable and Rentalcars.com.

Job Overview

We are now looking for a Team Lead, Risk & Control to help build and lead a new dedicated team in our CoE focused on SOx testing of IT General Controls and Application controls. You will be responsible for managing a team directly working on testing internal controls to support SOX302 attestation.

The R&C IT SOx Team Lead is also a subject matter expert, responsible for advising the Risk team on controls design, deficiencies evaluation and improvements across multiple processes from SOx testing standpoint.

A successful risk professional requires a dynamic personality and ability to adapt in a rapidly changing environment. Furthermore, Team Lead should be able to collaborate with multiple stakeholders, be able to balance multiple competing priorities, and strive for continuous improvement to drive beneficial business outcomes.

B. responsible: key areas of responsibility will include, but are not limited to:

• Manage and provide guidance to a small team of testers and thus contribute to their development as a professional
• Take ownership for team results and provide daily leadership to a team to achieve the targets and deadlines
• Support testing end to end:
• Design and execute the day-to-day testing activities of IT and application controls, with a focus on regulatory/compliance (SOX) related risks
• Collect, analyze, and interpret information to assess and conclude on each assigned testing area with clear concise documentation
• Identify gaps in design and execution, and communicate issues and recommendations to R&C team and control owners
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation including process walkthrough documentation, control testing documentation and any others required

• Collaborate and partner with R&C by providing guidance and ensuring that critical SOx controls are adequately designed and documented, in order to strengthen the control environment, mitigate the company risks and support the business in achieving objectives
• Continually build partnerships with the various departments throughout the Company
• Constantly think of improvements to the existing processes and controls
• Collaborate & participate within R&C to continuously improve the R&C’s capabilities and governance from SOX testing standpoint
• Collaborate with the recruitment team in the recruitment process and onboarding of new team members

B. Skilled

• The ideal candidate will have a strong background in IT Risk Management, IT Frameworks, Governance and Controls, Segregation of Duties
• 7+ years of experience gained within IT compliance, internal controls, internal/external audit, including experience leading teams in an international environment
• Strong experience with designing and/or testing IT General Controls and automated process controls
• Understanding of and experience with risk management relevant fields and frameworks, including SOx, COSO, NIST, COBIT
• Strong working knowledge of SOX
• Strong stakeholder management skills (risk/function owners, auditors)
• Strong project management skills
• Ability to multitask and successfully manage multiple priorities and projects
• Strong work ethic, enthusiastic, self-starting, adaptable and enjoys change in a super engaged team
• Able to make decisions, assess and resolve problems effectively
• Able to work independently & autonomously, while still being a strong team player
• Fully comfortable working in English, both written and spoken
• Professional certification, such as CPA/ACCA/CISA/CRISC (or similar), would be an advantage
• Relevant Bachelor’s degree required

Preferential

• Experience designing and/or testing controls around in-house built software
• Experience in technology-based product development / DevOps processes
• Experience in large e-commerce or tech companies

About BKNG

Booking Holdings is the world leader in online travel & related services. Our teams work around the clock to build and improve the technology that empowers people to more freely travel across borders, time zones, languages and cultures. At Booking Holdings, we make it easier for everyone to experience the world every day through seamless technology powered by our six major brands:

• Booking.com
• KAYAK
• priceline
• agoda
• Rentalcars.com
• OpenTable

Through the Booking Holdings brands, we help our customers reach all corners of the earth. Our ability to provide great service rests on how well we understand our diverse customer base, which is why having a diverse team is so important to us. We bring together employees from all walks of life and we are proud to provide the kind of inclusive environment that stimulates innovation, creativity and collaboration.

EEO Statement

Booking Holdings is an equal opportunity employer in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws. We ensure equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without discrimination or harassment based on race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

Booking Holdings also extends this policy to every phase of the employment process including, but not limited to, recruitment, selection, placement, transfer, training and development, position elimination, restructure, promotion, compensation, benefits, layoffs, termination, and all other conditions or privileges of employment. Booking Holdings and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, please email reasonableaccommodation@bookingholdings.com with your request. M/F/V/D/SO

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