What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Forecasting & Planning Analyst (Bangkok-Based) position at Agoda?
About Agoda
At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world.
Today, we are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide.
No two days are the same at Agoda. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation. If you’re ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us.
Get to Know our Team:
Agoda has been one of the fastest growing online travel agencies in the world in recent years, expanding our global reach as well as our portfolio of travel-related products. A critical driver to this success has been the Agoda Finance team. Within the FP&A team, we are responsible for providing insightful and actionable intel to the senior management team across the company, to facilitate effective decision-making . Having experimentation and data analysis deeply ingrained in our culture, we provide the strategic insights Agoda’s business leaders need to push into new territories in sustainable and scalable ways. We also prioritize career development in Agoda Finance. Every function within the team has a well-defined career track with clear goals and development targets each step of the way.
The Opportunity:
The Senior FP&A Analyst reports into the Senior FP&A Manager and involves close collaboration with many of the key leaders within the business, as well as the rest of the FP&A team and the wider Finance organization.
The rapid growth of the business and the increasing complexity driven by new launches and services make this role an exciting, interesting, and very challenging proposition. Expected to help drive performance, build plans for the future, as well as manage regular reporting, forecasting, and general planning. The role is very broad-based and will require an individual who is motivated to make a big impact.
In This Role, You’ll Get To:
Please review our Hiring Process Guidelines before your interview — click here to learn how interviewing at Agoda works.
Discover More About Working At Agoda
At Agoda, we pride ourselves on being a company represented by people of all different backgrounds and orientations. We prioritize attracting diverse talent and cultivating an inclusive environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. Employment at Agoda is based solely on a person’s merit and qualifications. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, age, race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, citizenship, veteran or military status, and other legally protected characteristics.
We will keep your application on file so that we can consider you for future vacancies and you can always ask to have your details removed from the file. For more details please read our privacy policy.
Disclaimer
We do not accept any terms or conditions, nor do we recognize any agency’s representation of a candidate, from unsolicited third-party or agency submissions. If we receive unsolicited or speculative CVs, we reserve the right to contact and hire the candidate directly without any obligation to pay a recruitment fee.
At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world.
Today, we are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide.
No two days are the same at Agoda. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation. If you’re ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us.
Get to Know our Team:
Agoda has been one of the fastest growing online travel agencies in the world in recent years, expanding our global reach as well as our portfolio of travel-related products. A critical driver to this success has been the Agoda Finance team. Within the FP&A team, we are responsible for providing insightful and actionable intel to the senior management team across the company, to facilitate effective decision-making . Having experimentation and data analysis deeply ingrained in our culture, we provide the strategic insights Agoda’s business leaders need to push into new territories in sustainable and scalable ways. We also prioritize career development in Agoda Finance. Every function within the team has a well-defined career track with clear goals and development targets each step of the way.
The Opportunity:
The Senior FP&A Analyst reports into the Senior FP&A Manager and involves close collaboration with many of the key leaders within the business, as well as the rest of the FP&A team and the wider Finance organization.
The rapid growth of the business and the increasing complexity driven by new launches and services make this role an exciting, interesting, and very challenging proposition. Expected to help drive performance, build plans for the future, as well as manage regular reporting, forecasting, and general planning. The role is very broad-based and will require an individual who is motivated to make a big impact.
In This Role, You’ll Get To:
- Add immediate value and support the organisation during an exciting and dynamic growth phase
- Support the forecast process in conjunction with key stakeholders, and in collaboration with the rest of the FP&A team
- Work with the Team Lead to manage a rolling monthly forecast model and provide timely insights into performance against budget/forecast
- Prepare segments of reports to the Board, Shareholders and Advisers as required and directed from time to time
- Co-develop incisive analysis and reporting to give insights to business performance and trends, including use of KPIs and OKRs
- Undertake additional planning and budgeting activities as required
- Enhance the understanding and key levers of the Agoda business
- Support the delivery of annual budgets, quarterly guidance, and monthly and weekly forecasts as well as related financial planning & analysis
- Provide financial analysis (FP&A) & commentary on month-end financials & KPIs
- Minimum 4 years in accounting or related fields, 2 years in FP&A
- Chartered Accountant qualified: ACA or CIMA, or equivalent
- Hands on experience of using EPM/BPM systems (planning tools)
- Exceptional Excel and financial modelling skills
- Ability to take ownership, to work independently and to meet tight deadlines with a logical, methodical approach to prioritising tasks and responsibilities
- Demonstrable success at developing quality insights for non-finance management teams, ideally gained in an e-commerce company
- Commercially aware, able to think both analytically and strategically, to think logically about underlying business issues
- Pro-active in resolving queries and problems and highlighting future potential areas of risk
- A willingness to get involved in the business to understand the story behind the numbers
- Digital, ecommerce, travel backgrounds preferable
Please review our Hiring Process Guidelines before your interview — click here to learn how interviewing at Agoda works.
Discover More About Working At Agoda
- Agoda Careers https://careersatagoda.com
- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/
- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda
- YouTube https://www.youtube.com/agodalife
At Agoda, we pride ourselves on being a company represented by people of all different backgrounds and orientations. We prioritize attracting diverse talent and cultivating an inclusive environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. Employment at Agoda is based solely on a person’s merit and qualifications. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, age, race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, citizenship, veteran or military status, and other legally protected characteristics.
We will keep your application on file so that we can consider you for future vacancies and you can always ask to have your details removed from the file. For more details please read our privacy policy.
Disclaimer
We do not accept any terms or conditions, nor do we recognize any agency’s representation of a candidate, from unsolicited third-party or agency submissions. If we receive unsolicited or speculative CVs, we reserve the right to contact and hire the candidate directly without any obligation to pay a recruitment fee.