Finance Business Partner, FareHarbor
Strategic Investments
Booking solutions for tour operators
Job no longer available
Booking solutions for tour operators
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To build the global network for all travel activities by empowering tour, activity, and attraction operators.
Role
Who you are
- A growth mindset is highly valued
- Ideally 6+ years of finance business partnering experience supporting regional or functional operations, primarily in a FP&A capacity, ideally with stakeholder management of Senior Leaders
- An understanding of HR procedures, particularly with Headcount planning
- Relevant experience in highly analytical finance, planning or strategy roles; while experience within a fast-growing SaaS business would be favorable
- Experience working with the headquarters team for a global brand
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, and Google Workspace
- SAP, Anaplan and Workday experience are advantageous
- Attention to detail is essential to this role
- Pro-active and persistent, with strong analytical and organization skills
- Known for developing and delivering results on a timely basis
- Able to work in an ambiguous, fast-growing, team-first environment - we're only a decade old and not everything is buttoned up. Patience and flexibility will be useful attributions to have
- Ability to handle changing priorities and use good judgment in stressful situations
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Financial Analyst to join our Global Finance Team, within FP&A. This person will be based in Amsterdam and will report directly in the FP&A Manager and dotted lines into Booking.com FP&A
- They will work to design, implement, and manage our cost planning and control across our global (total) business
- They will play a critical role in empowering and driving accountability to our regional and functional leaders, in particular the People (HR) team, in managing their strategic investments and expenses (OPEX), equipping them with vital action-oriented insights to adhere to financial and strategic plans and objectives
- The predominant P&L scope will be below margin, however there will be a natural need to align with Commercial Finance and Accounting for items such as sales efficiency, productivity, and commissions
- Conduct the month-end deliverables for global OPEX including variance analysis of landing versus budget, forecast and prior year
- Collaborate with our accounting team for accruals, adjustments and reconciliation to pending invoices and expenses
- Partner with and provide timely and action-inducing commentary to key FareHarbor and Booking.com stakeholders
- Be an objective and collaborative business partner to the People team in ensuring alignment on Staff Costs and Headcount management, including tracking to hiring plans throughout the year
- Play a leading role in strategic investment and OPEX planning within the budget and strategic planning cycles, partnering closely with and challenging the global functional leaders and regional GMs on their respective needs and asks
- Team up with Strategy and Commercial Finance on strategic priorities and their respectively financial implications - investments, divestments, ROI
- CAPEX planning and analysis could become part of the scope as the role and function evolves
- Form a strong working relationship with Booking.com (Corporate) FP&A on cadences and models for planning and analysis, ensuring guidance is effectively communicated within FareHarbor
- Coach your peers within the wider Finance and Strategy & Insights team, and seek feedback for your own development
Otta's take
Theo Margolius
COO of Otta
Most holidaygoers in the US prefer to book their activities and experiences online - but when it comes to local operators, this isn’t always possible. FareHarbor has been developing software to help digitize the booking process for these smaller businesses, and over a decade, has brought more than 5,000 of them onto the books.
Along the way FareHarbor also built up some strong momentum in the reservation management and distribution areas of the sector, which drove up the company’s valuation - making it a prime candidate for acquisition. Whilst TripAdvisor reportedly made multiple bids, FareHarbor ultimately went to Booking Holdings, the US’ largest vendor of tour company booking software.
This puts FareHarbor in a strong position. Booking Holdings is acquiring companies at a steep rate (ten in the last ten years), and good ones too - Kayak and Venga number among them. This will help FareHarbor with customer acquisition, and insulate it somewhat from any wobbles in the hospitality sector (like those seen over recent years).
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
May 2015
$0.2m
SEED
Total funding: $0.2m
Company benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Social hours & events
- Time off
- Educational opportunities
- Wellness
- Career development
- Hybrid-friendly
- Work-from-home assistance
- Team-building
Company HQ
Grachtengordel-Zuid, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Founders
Matt Broten
(Software Engineer)Worked in various software engineering roles at Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Open Systems International, Instant Automatic, and Artery- which they also co-founded.
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