Principal Specialist Counsel Financial Crime & Compliance
Role Overview
This is a senior-level role as a Principal Specialist Counsel in Financial Crime & Compliance at Agoda, focusing on preventing and detecting financial crime, sanctions, and regulatory risks in a tech-driven global travel business. The hire will work within the Financial Crime Compliance team, collaborating closely with internal partners across FinTech, Product, Fraud, and Legal, as well as colleagues at Booking Holdings and sister brands, to manage compliance for a new B2B entity consolidating commercial channels. The impact involves ensuring regulatory adherence and mitigating risks across a fast-growing, integrated platform serving airlines, travel management companies, and other strategic partners.
Perks & Benefits
The role is based in Bangkok, implying on-site work with potential flexibility typical in tech companies, though remote details are not specified. It offers career growth through collaboration with a global team at Booking Holdings and exposure to a diverse, innovative culture driven by data and technology. Benefits likely include opportunities for professional development in a fast-paced environment, with a focus on building travel solutions and working in a multicultural setting across offices worldwide.
Full Job Description
About AgodaAt 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 Agoda’s Financial Crime Compliance team, within the broader Compliance & Ethics function, is responsible for preventing and detecting the full spectrum of financial crime, sanctions, and regulatory risks across a fast-growing, tech driven global travel business. Within Booking Holdings, a new, stand‑alone B2B entity will consolidate the B2B businesses of Booking.com, Priceline and Agoda into a single global division. The new division will bring together our strategic partnerships, affiliate & API distribution, corporate and wholesale travel and other B2B commercial channels into one integrated platform serving airlines, travel management companies, OTAs, financial institutions, platforms and other strategic partners. You will work closely with colleagues at Booking Holdings Inc., Booking Holdings Financial Services, and sister brands, as well as internal partners across FinTech, Product, Fraud, Legal, InternPlease mention the word **RESPITE** and tag RODIuMTY1LjE3MC45Ng== when applying to show you read the job post completely (#RODIuMTY1LjE3MC45Ng==). This is a beta feature to avoid spam applicants. Companies can search these words to find applicants that read this and see they're human.
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