FX Controller/ Senior Controller (Bangkok based, relocation provided)

About this role

• 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.
• The Opportunity
• We are looking for an FX Controller to join our Finance team in Bangkok. This role is ideal for an experienced accounting professional with strong technical knowledge of foreign exchange, derivatives, hedge accounting and financial controls in a complex multinational environment.
• You will own the accounting and controllership framework for foreign-currency transactions and exposures across multiple entities, currencies and jurisdictions. This includes FX revaluation, realized and unrealized gains and losses, derivatives, hedge-related accounting, foreign-currency intercompany transactions, exchange-rate governance and the reconciliation of Treasury systems to the general ledger.
• You will be responsible for ensuring that FX accounting outcomes are complete, accurate, explainable and compliant with applicable accounting standards and internal policies. You will also provide clear analysis of material FX movements, identify unexpected exposures or accounting outcomes, and coordinate their resolution with Treasury, Controllership, Tax, Finance Systems and other Finance teams.
• Beyond close and reporting ownership, you will help establish a scalable FX accounting operating model. This includes strengthening controls, improving exposure and hedge visibility, automating reconciliations and ensuring that the economic intent of Treasury activity is reflected appropriately in the financial statements.
• This is a high-impact role for someone who enjoys combining technical accounting, FX and derivatives expertise, financial controllership, data analysis and cross-functional leadership.
• In This Role, You'll Get To
• FX Accounting and Close Ownership
• Own the end-to-end accounting for foreign-currency transactions, balances, exposures and Treasury-driven FX activity across multiple entities and ledgers.
• Manage monthly, quarterly and annual FX close activities, ensuring that all relevant transactions, valuations, revaluations and accounting adjustments are recorded accurately and on time.
• Review and approve FX-related journal entries, including realized and unrealized gains and losses, balance-sheet revaluations, derivatives, settlements and hedge-related entries.
• Ensure the correct treatment of transaction currency, functional currency, reporting currency and source-currency amounts throughout the accounting process.
• Review FX results across the income statement, balance sheet and other comprehensive income, where applicable, and explain material movements to senior Finance stakeholders.
• Perform reasonableness and trend analysis of FX gains and losses against exposures, market-rate movements, hedging activity, prior periods and forecasts.
• Investigate unexpected FX volatility, unusual source-currency balances, duplicated or missing entries, incorrect exchange rates and other accounting exceptions.
• Maintain clear visibility over outstanding FX close items, owners, financial impact and expected resolution dates.
• Derivatives and Hedge Accounting
• Oversee the accounting for FX derivatives, including forwards, options, swaps and other instruments used to manage foreign-currency risk.
• Review derivative valuations, settlements, premiums, accruals and related general-ledger postings.
• Assess and document the appropriate accounting treatment for new or non-routine FX and derivative transactions.
• Support or oversee hedge designation, hedge documentation, effectiveness assessments and the ongoing accounting for qualifying hedging relationships.
• Ensure accurate presentation of hedge results between the income statement, balance sheet and other comprehensive income, where applicable.
• Monitor non-designated or non-qualifying hedges and ensure that their accounting impact is accurately tracked and explained.
• Review hedge discontinuations, modifications, rollovers, early settlements and ineffectiveness for appropriate accounting treatment.
• Support quarterly derivatives disclosures, group reporting, regulatory or survey submissions and audit requirements.
• FX Exposure and Balance-Sheet Control
• Develop and maintain a complete view of material foreign-currency monetary assets, liabilities, commitments and intercompany exposures.
• Reconcile FX exposure information between Treasury systems, bank data, subledgers, consolidation systems and the general ledger.
• Review foreign-currency cash, bank, receivable, payable, loan, cash-pool and intercompany balances for completeness and appropriate revaluation.
• Oversee the accounting for foreign-currency intercompany funding, settlements, service charges and other cross-border transactions.
• Ensure approved exchange rates are applied consistently, including spot rates, month-end rates, average rates, historical rates and fixed intercompany rates where required.
• Challenge unexplained or unhedged exposures and work with Treasury and Finance teams to determine whether they arise from genuine economic positions, timing differences, missing transactions or accounting errors.
• Establish investigation and escalation thresholds for material FX differences and unresolved reconciliation items.
• Ensure significant FX-related balance-sheet accounts are reconciled, reviewed and signed off within the close timetable.
• Exchange-Rate Governance and Data Quality
• Own or oversee the governance of exchange rates used in ERP, Treasury, consolidation and reporting systems.
• Validate that approved rates are complete, accurate, timely and consistently applied across entities and accounting processes.
• Monitor interfaces between systems, market-data sources, ERP platforms and relevant tools.
• Investigate differences caused by incorrect rates, stale data, currency mapping or system configurations.
• Partner with Finance Systems and Treasury teams to improve the reliability and traceability of data.
• Maintain appropriate evidence and approval records for rates, valuations, adjustments and system-generated entries.
• Financial Reporting and Management Analysis
• Deliver accurate and timely FX accounting results for management, treasury, group consolidation and statutory reporting.
• Prepare clear explanations of material movements, distinguishing between operational exposure, translation effects, revaluation, hedging results, settlement timing and accounting corrections.
• Partner with FP&A and Finance Business Partners to explain actual FX outcomes against forecast or budget assumptions.
• Support the preparation and review of financial-statement disclosures relating to foreign currency, derivatives, financial instruments and risk management.
• Provide accounting insight to Treasury on the potential financial-statement implications of proposed transactions or hedging strategies.
• Support senior management and group reporting queries relating to FX volatility, exposure, hedging performance and balance-sheet movements.
• Controls, Compliance and Audit
• Design and maintain a robust internal-control framework for FX accounting, valuation, journal entries, reconciliations, rates and hedge-related processes.
• Ensure FX accounting processes comply with corporate policies, SOX requirements and applicable accounting guidance, including US GAAP where relevant.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation supporting FX exposures, exchange rates, valuations, accounting conclusions and hedge relationships.
• Partner with internal and external auditors on FX accounting, derivative valuation, hedge accounting and control-testing requirements.
• Identify control gaps, recurring exceptions and financial-reporting risks, and implement practical remediation plans.
• Ensure appropriate segregation of duties between transaction execution, confirmation, valuation, accounting, reconciliation and approval.
• Establish controls over manual FX entries and ensure that material adjustments receive appropriate review and approval.
• Projects and Process Improvement
• Lead initiatives to improve FX accounting, valuation, reporting, exposure management and close processes.
• Automate reconciliations between Treasury systems, ERP platforms, bank data and consolidation systems.
• Reduce dependence on manual spreadsheets and develop controlled, scalable sources of FX accounting information.
• Define accounting and control requirements for new currencies, entities, bank accounts, Treasury products and system implementations.
• Support requirements gathering, solution design, user-acceptance testing, deployment and post-go-live monitoring for FX-related Finance projects.
• Develop dashboards and exception reports that improve visibility over FX exposures, hedge coverage, accounting results and unresolved differences.
• Explore appropriate automation and AI-enabled solutions to improve analysis, exception detection, documentation and close efficiency.
• Perform root-cause analysis of recurring FX accounting issues and ensure sustainable corrective actions are implemented.
• Leadership and Stakeholder Management
• Act as the principal Accounting contact for FX, derivative and hedge-related matters.
• Partner closely with Treasury, Controllership, Tax, FP&A, Finance Systems, Legal, Risk and entity accounting teams.
• Coordinate FX accounting activities across multiple entities and time zones, with clear ownership, deadlines and escalation paths.
• Review the work of team members and provide technical guidance, coaching and quality oversight.
• Translate complex FX and accounting topics into clear, practical explanations for both Finance and non-Finance stakeholders.
• Promote strong accountability, documentation and continuous improvement across the FX accounting operating model.
• What You'll Need to Succeed
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• At least 6-12 years of relevant experience in financial accounting, FX accounting, Treasury accounting, financial controllership or a similar role. We will determine level based on years of experience.
• Strong understanding of foreign-currency accounting, including transaction-currency accounting, functional-currency considerations, revaluation and realized and unrealized FX gains and losses.
• Practical experience with FX derivatives such as forwards, options or swaps and their accounting implications.
• Knowledge of hedge accounting principles, documentation and effectiveness assessment.
• Strong experience with month-end close, journal-entry review, balance-sheet reconciliations and financial reporting.
• Ability to analyze material FX movements and connect accounting outcomes to underlying exposures, market movements and hedging activity.
• Good understanding of internal controls, audit requirements and financial-reporting governance in a multinational environment.
• Experience working with ERP, Treasury or consolidation systems and complex financial datasets.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify root causes and drive issues through to resolution.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills across Treasury, Accounting, Tax, Systems, FP&A and senior Finance leadership.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven and internationally distributed environment.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• It's Great If You Have
• Professional accounting qualification such as CPA, ACCA, CA, CMA or equivalent.
• Experience applying US GAAP guidance relating to foreign currency, derivatives and hedge accounting.
• Familiarity with ASC 830, ASC 815 or equivalent IFRS requirements.
• Experience with Oracle ERP, Treasury Management Systems or enterprise consolidation platforms.
• Experience with derivative valuation models, market-data sources and Treasury-to-ERP interfaces.
• Exposure to SOX-controlled environments and automated financial controls.
• Experience managing FX accounting across multiple entities, functional currencies and jurisdictions.
• Experience in a multinational technology, e-commerce, travel or other high-volume global business.
• Experience with system implementations, reconciliation automation or FX reporting transformation.
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