SAP R2R / Tax Architect, FinTech - Financial Systems

Role Description

About us: At Booking.com, data drives our decisions. Technology is at our core. And innovation is everywhere. But our company is more than datasets, lines of code or A/B tests. We’re the thrill of the first night in a new place. The excitement of the next morning. The friends you make. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the food you sample. Through our products, partners and people, we can empower everyone to experience the world.

Our brand-new FinTech business unit – with teams in Amsterdam, Bangalore, London and Shanghai – develops new products and drives innovation to help us continue removing financial friction from the travel process. That makes buying and selling travel-related products and services simpler for both travelers and partners.

The Financial Systems team in the FinTech business unit provides technical expertise to the finance department and is responsible for supporting and innovating SAP ERP and S4HANA, Native HANA solutions, SAP BTP, SAP SAC and many other connected external systems like Ivalua, Conga or Blackline. We want to change the way people work with enterprise systems, by building an application platform that supports simplification of business processes and empowers the finance community with better integrations and financial insights.

Role Description

You as a Financial Systems Solution Architect are responsible for the financial core systems supporting the different Booking Brands. This requires balancing the solidity expected of a finance backend with the flexibility to create innovative products for bookers and partners. You bring expert knowledge, experience and strong communication skills. You work closely with the different development teams to make this a reality and are part of the architecture team designing the future of FS.
The Architect will coach engineering teams on best practices, will lead and facilitate architectural reviews, and will be responsible for ensuring the technical solutions and approaches are resilient, scalable and adaptable and that governance, compliance, and resilience are built into solutions.

Key Job Responsibilities and Duties

Strategize

• Develop SAP architecture strategy in alignment with the Business goals
• Manages an SAP architecture governance: develops, communicates and ensures adherence to architecture processes, principles, policies and standards for the enterprise
• Review business drivers and strategies, understand the implications to the payment application architecture, and identify/mitigate risks to solutions
• Champion and communicate the application architecture to the business leaders and development teams; associating the implication of the architecture decisions to objectives, drivers and goals.
• Accountable for the implementation of SAP architecture roadmap for designated product tracks

Innovate

• Collect research on the competition in terms of best practices, business processes and procedures
• Identify emerging technologies that can enable the overall business architecture
• Contribute to the development of proof of concepts or prototypes
• Partners with associates to build a comprehensive reference architecture, examine existing frameworks and prepare for the future

Architect

• Define development guidelines and standards to be utilized in SAP development and integration for Finance-Tax and Finance-Record-to-Report domains
• Analyze the current IT ecosystem SAP architecture to identify weaknesses and develop opportunities for improvements
• Define transition steps and strategy from the current to the future architecture
• Analyze high-level feasibility of business requirements concerning SAP solutions
• Define the conceptual and detailed architecture for the development of SAP and oversee the evolution of that architecture as the platform is deployed across the entire organization
• Develop and maintain IT ecosystem SAP architecture models, processes and documentation

Deliver

• Identify system requirements for SAP components
• Review requirements across multiple applications and develops models that span applications and domains
• Contribute to the identification of opportunities (processes, people) to improve project delivery and/or development methodologies.

Qualifications & Skills

• 8+ years of relevant working experience designing and architecting SAP Finance solutions
• Knowledge of SAP best practices and Implementation Methodology
• Proven proficiency in SAP Finance Accounting, SAP Controlling, Tax and SAP Record-to-Report
• Good understanding of integration points across SAP Modules
• S/4HANA Implementation experience is desirable
• Experience in finance audits and SOX is preferable
• Strong communicator: able to build a strong network within the organization, trusted adviser for stakeholders

Benefits & Perks - Global Impact, Personal Relevance

Booking.com’s Total Rewards Philosophy is not only about compensation but also about benefits. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, as well unique-to-Booking.com benefits which include:

• Annual paid time off and generous paid leave scheme including: parent, grandparent, bereavement, and care leave
• Hybrid working including flexible working arrangements, and up to 20 days per year working from abroad (home country)
• Industry leading product discounts - up to 1400 per year - for yourself, including automatic Genius Level 3 status and Booking.com wallet credit
• Contributing to a high scale, complex, world renowned product and seeing real-time impact of your work on millions of travelers worldwide;
• Working in a fast-paced and performance driven culture;
• Opportunity to utilize technical expertise, leadership capabilities and entrepreneurial spirit
• Promote and drive impactful and innovative engineering solutions
• Technical, behavioral and interpersonal competence advancement via on-the-job opportunities, experimental projects, hackathons, conferences and active community participation
• Need more flexibility in your work week? We are happy to consider part-time, and reduced working week opportunities* (min. 32 hours per week, subject to terms and conditions)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at Booking.com:

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion have been a core part of our company culture since day one. This ongoing journey starts with our very own employees, who represent over 140 nationalities and a wide range of ethnic and social backgrounds, genders and sexual orientations.

“At Booking.com, the diversity of our people doesn’t just build an outstanding workplace, it also creates a better and more inclusive travel experience for everyone. Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. It’s a place where you can make your mark and have a real impact in travel and tech.” Paulo Pisano, Chief People Officer

We ensure that colleagues with disabilities are provided the adjustments and tools they need to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.