SOX Manager Control Testing

About Us

Booking Holdings India is a Center of Excellence (COE) 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.

About The Role

We are now looking for a Manager, Risk & Control who will be responsible for leading a team and overseeing and coordinating all aspects of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance testing of business controls to support SOX302 attestation.

The R&C Business SOx Manager is also a subject matter expert, responsible for advising the Risk and Control 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, a Manager should be able to combine project oversight with team leadership, foster a positive work environment for the team, 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:

• Lead and coordinate the newly created offshore team in SOX testing of business controls, ensuring adherence to timelines and regulatory requirements
• Manage and provide guidance to a team of the COE team members and thus contribute to their development as a professional, fostering a positive and efficient work environment
• Conduct performance evaluations and provide constructive feedback
• Take ownership for team results and provide daily leadership to a team to achieve the targets and deadlines
• Stay updated on SOX regulations and guidelines, ensuring that our processes align with the latest compliance requirements
• Oversee and coordinate SOX testing end-to-end:
  • Develop and enhance testing methodology
  • Review and evaluate testing documentation of business controls, to ensure accuracy and compliance with SOX standards
  • Coordinate with internal audit, finance, R&C and other departments to understand business processes and risks
  • Identify and assess risks associated with SOX compliance including identifying 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
• Closely collaborate with the PMO team to ensure testing results and key milestones are timely communicated to the leadership team, highlighting areas of concern and recommending improvements
• 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