Romania - Risk & Control Analyst

Booking Holdings Romania is a Center of Excellence based in Bucharest, Romania 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 Romania 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 five-primary consumer facing brands: , Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK and OpenTable.

The Marketing Risk & Controls Analyst is part of the Marketing Risk & Controls team at This role will provide oversight and reporting roll-up across key Marketing groups. 

Successful internal control quality management requires individuals who are able to collaborate with multiple stakeholders, integrate perspectives and ultimately drive beneficial business outcomes.

This role provides a hybrid way of working with an onsite presence of 2 days/week.

Key Job Responsibilities and Duties

Support the implementation and ongoing execution of Marketing's risk and control self-assessment (RCSA) activities, ensuring accurate documentation and timely updates

Assist in the coordination and collection of inputs for control attestations and reporting required under the Global Internal Audit Annual Plan

Help conduct reviews to assess Marketing's control environment and compliance with applicable policies, standards, and contractual obligations

Track the status of identified issues and remediation actions, ensuring updates are recorded and escalated appropriately for reporting to leadership

Collaborate with stakeholders across Marketing, Central Risk & Compliance, Legal, and Privacy to support risk and compliance initiatives

Maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation of controls, processes, and assessment results, following internal audit guidelines and ERM framework (Enterprise risk management) 

Document the results of control testing activities and assist in summarizing findings and recommendations.

Contribute to the identification of areas for process improvement and support the implementation of enhancements to the risk and controls framework

Role Qualifications and Requirements

Self-starter – Executes the activities with minimum guidanceActs as a Team Player – Collaborates, supports colleagues and peers across the organization, while still being able to work independently when neededResults Oriented – Meets deadlines on assignments, juggles multiple projectsCommunication – Is able to work with all levels of individuals up to and including executive managementCommercial Awareness – Eagerness to understand the businessEntrepreneurial and committed to self-developmentFamiliarity with best-in-class risk and controls structuresSOX compliance and Privacy Regulation experience highly desirableExcellent knowledge of risk functions attained through 4-5 years of relevant work experience in a compliance functionGood understanding of high tech environments and experience with supporting auditsStrong skills in negotiating, relationship building, problem solving, and timely problem escalationStrong analytical skills (experience with audit or controls analytics is a plus)Good business writing and oral communication skills (proficiency in English)Time management and organizational skillsDetail oriented but able to quickly grasp the bigger pictureA minimum of Bachelor's (post-secondary degree) preferably in Business or technical fieldRisk certifications highly desirableCAMS-certification or Professional Diploma in Compliance (LCOI)) desirableBig 4 Experience desirable

Benefits & Perks

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

Technical, behavioral and interpersonal competence advancement via on-the-job opportunities, experimental projects, hackathons, conferences and active community participation

Competitive compensation and benefits package 

Vast amounts of data to validate your ideas and the opportunity to experiment with real users

Booking Holdings is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. 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. We strive to move well beyond traditional equal opportunity and work to create an environment that allows everyone to thrive.

Pre-Employment Screening

If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable law, a pre-employment screening may include employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the position.

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