Business Analyst

Company Intro

Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) is the worlds leading provider of online travel and related services, provided to consumers and local partners in more than 220 countries and territories through five primary consumer-facing brands: Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK and OpenTable. The mission of Booking Holdings is to make it easier for everyone to experience the world. For more information, visit BookingHoldings.com and follow us on X (formerly known as Twitter) @BookingHoldings.

Booking Holdings Financial Services (hereinafter “BHFS”) provides financial services in the form of payment services and e-money products across all the brands. BHFS is committed to conducting its business in compliance with applicable laws, regulations and guidelines, with integrity and to the highest ethical standards

Job Summary

Booking Holdings Financial Services, is looking for a Compliance Business Analyst with strong experience in Financial Services to act as a critical partner to our business, helping develop, launch, and enable our mission to deliver a world-class payments operation to support Booking Holdings Inc’s brands globally.

The selected candidate will have the chance to witness firsthand the investment in digital technology that helps take the friction out of travel.

The Business Analyst will assist in ensuring the systems used to perform Financial Crime Risk Management complies with laws, regulatory requirements, policies and procedures across our Global business .You’ll report to Compliance Operations senior manager locally and have a matrix reporting line to directly to the Director of Compliance in Ireland.

Harnessing the strategic vision of the company this role will be responsible for establishing standards and implementing procedures to ensure that the Financial Crime Risk Management Systems throughout the organisation are effective and efficient in identifying, preventing, detecting and correcting noncompliance with applicable laws and regulations and producing useful management information to support the business as it continues to scale. Given the collaborative nature of the business you will be consistently business partnering with the product, operations, engineering and marketing teams to ensure you understand the intricacies of operations.

This opportunity represents an exceptional chance to embed yourself with one of the world’s most exciting organisations and help define the future for accessing travel experiences across the world.

Key Responsibilities

The Business Analyst will be part of the Compliance team and be instrumental in ensuring the organisation meets its strategic objectives under the umbrella of the Booking Holdings Inc family of Brands. You will provide assurance to Director of Compliance and wider compliance team that there are effective and efficient systems, policies and procedures in place, well understood and respected by all employees, and that the company is complying with all regulatory requirements.

• Providing Data analysis and building reporting and dashboards for Compliance programs as required.
• Responsible for updating FCRM Tooling as per Compliance requirements as the FCRM Tool Administrator.
• Data modeling prior to system implementation of proposed changes
• Writing reporting requirements with the FCRM System changes
• Producing MI for Compliance reporting and Governance of System and associated processes as well as MI required for Compliance Operations
• Production of Daily Onboarding reports, production of alert ageing reports and other oversight reports as required across Compliance Operations..
• Managing change control requests for FCRM Tooling and working with internal and external stakeholders to see these requests through to completion.
• Assisting Regulatory Compliance and Compliance Ops on implementation of new rules and thresholds within the FCRM Tool
• Working with Product Owner on Change Control requests
• Management of User access control
• Input and guidance into the Financial Crime Risk Management (FCRM) project and any other projects and initiatives that require financial crime expertise
• Production of MI to support Regulatory reports, Annual AML and Sanctions Risk assessment and MI to support any BKNG FCRM requests of BHFS or GRCO.
• Support requests in relation to Compliance Monitoring, Group Internal Audit and External regulatory requests as required.
  
  
  

Required Knowledge- Bachelor’s Degree

Years of Relevant Job Knowledge- Advanced job knowledge (5-8years)

Knowledge Skills & Abilities-

• Minimum 5 years Regulatory experience in a regulated financial services business.
• Strong knowledge of Irish and EU financial services regulatory frameworks is desirable
• The ability to prioritise activities and delegate to others both within the business and external partners
• Experience in building out data reporting and building frameworks
  
  
  

Booking Holdings Financial Services International Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are committed to treating all employees equally, regardless of gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religious belief, age, disability, race or membership of the traveler community. We believe embracing equality and diversity in the workplace benefits not just our organisation but also individual employees, departments and our customers.

This policy extends 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 Financial Services International Ltd is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

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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