--- title: 'Senior Analyst, VBA Automation (12 months Contract, India Based) : Contract extension possible based on performance at Agoda' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-analyst-vba-automation-12-months-contract-india-based-contract-extension-4csj5bmz24nv' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-13' --- # Senior Analyst, VBA Automation (12 months Contract, India Based) : Contract extension possible based on performance at Agoda - **Company:** Agoda - **Location:** Gurgaon/ Pune, India - **Posted:** 2026-05-11 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/agoda/jobs/7906682 ## Job description ## 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. *Contract extension possible based on performance, with additional benefits including a performance bonus and medical insurance* The Opportunity: Are you passionate about engineering automation solutions that improve efficiency, accuracy, and control at scale? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, data-driven environment? Agoda’s Finance Operations Excellence is seeking a VBA Automation Specialist to serve as a hands-on technical expert focused on designing, developing, and maintaining automation solutions for finance operations. You will play a key role in building robust tools and workflow automations, modernizing manual processes, and enabling a more scalable and controlled operating model across Finance. Key Responsibilities: Automation Architecture & Development: - Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain automation solutions using Advanced Excel, Macro/VBA, MS Access, SQL, Power Automate, FloQast, and Power Apps. - Build reliable, scalable, and well-structured solutions with a strong focus on maintainability, performance, control, and user usability. Finance Operations Solution Engineering: - Partner with Finance operations teams to understand process requirements, identify technical solution options - Engineer automations for high-volume and control-sensitive workflows across areas such as reconciliations, reporting, validation, close activities, and operational tracking. Data Processing & Logic Design: - Develop data models, query logic, input/output structures, and exception-handling routines using Excel, Access, and SQL. - Optimize existing tools by improving logic design, reducing processing time, strengthening validation layers, and enhancing auditability. Workflow Automation & Systems Enablement: - Build and enhance workflow-based solutions using Power Automate, FloQast, and Power Apps to reduce manual handoffs, improve process standardization, - Support stronger controls and transparency across finance operations. Technical Documentation & Change Control: Create and maintain high-quality technical documentation including solution design notes, process logic, code commenting, SOPs, testing evidence, version histories, and user guidance to ensure sustainable ownership and supportability. Issue Resolution & Continuous Improvement: - Troubleshoot defects, resolve production issues, support enhancement requests - Proactively identify opportunities to refactor or upgrade existing automations. - Contribute to improving development standards, documentation quality, and reusability of automation components. What You’ll Need to Succeed: Technical & Functional Skills - Advanced proficiency in Excel, including complex formulas, structured models, large-volume data handling, and spreadsheet-based solution design. - Strong hands-on expertise in Macro/VBA automation coding, including development of modular, maintainable, and well-documented solutions. - Strong experience with MS Access and SQL for data storage, query development, data transformation, and reporting support. - Hands-on experience in workflow automation tools such as Power Automate, FloQast, and Power Apps. - Strong technical ability to convert business requirements into structured, reliable, and supportable automation solutions. - Good understanding of process controls, exception handling, validation design, and documentation practices in an operations environment. - Experience developing automation solutions in Finance operations environments is preferred. - Python-based automation, Tableau/Power BI, and ERP scripting experience are not a must but good to have. Behavioral Attributes - Strong structured problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose issues logically and design practical technical solutions. - Well organized with strong attention to detail, especially in code structure, testing, versioning, and documentation. - Strong communication skills with the ability to work directly with Finance operations end-users to gather requirements, explain solutions, and support adoption. - Strong documentation discipline and a high standard for supportability, clarity, and technical quality. - Self-starter with a hands-on engineering mindset and the ability to independently manage technical deliverables in a fast-paced environment. - Adaptable, dependable, and comfortable balancing delivery speed with control and quality. ## Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Analytics, or a related discipline. - 5+ years of relevant experience in automation development is required (VBA/Excel-based engineering, Power Automate, Power Apps), Good to have (SQL & Tableau) - Experience in developing automations for Finance operations is preferred. - Experience in a tech or e-commerce environment is an advantage. - Professional certifications or training in automation, analytics, systems development, or process improvement are a plus. #India Please review our Hiring Process Guidelines before your interview — click [here](https://careersatagoda.com/interview/)to learn how interviewing at Agoda works. Discover more about working at Agoda - Agoda Careers [https://careersatagoda.com](https://careersatagoda.com/) - Facebook https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/ - LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/agodalife ## Equal Opportunity Employer 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](https://careersatagoda.com/privacy-statement). 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. ## About Agoda ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Agoda is a digital travel platform that helps travelers find great value deals on hotels, flights, and activities worldwide. - **Entity Type**: Public (subsidiary of Booking Holdings Inc., NASDAQ: BKNG) - **Headquarters**: Singapore - **Founded**: 2005 - **Founders**: Robert Rosenstein and Michael Kenny ## Core Business - Primary industry: Online travel and accommodation booking - Target customers: B2C (leisure and business travelers globally) - Mission/purpose: “Bridging the world through travel” – making travel easier, more affordable, and rewarding for everyone. ## Products & Services - **[Agoda.com / Agoda mobile app]**: Online travel agency (OTA) offering booking for hotels, homes, villas, flights, and activities. Available in 39 languages with 24/7 customer support. - **[Agoda Flights]**: Flight booking service launched in 2010. - **[Agoda Easy Cancel / Hygiene Plus]**: Products introduced during the pandemic to offer flexible cancellation and enhanced cleanliness information. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed separately; parent company Booking Holdings has a market cap of approximately $140+ billion (as of mid-2025). Agoda is a key growth engine within the group. - **Key Metric**: Over 7,000 employees; processes 1 trillion price checks daily; 2B+ user interactions captured daily; 12 PB of data processed monthly. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Wholly owned by Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG). Partnerships with over 6 million hotels and holiday properties globally. - **Growth Signals**: Expanded to 27 markets; launched new products during COVID-19 (ASQ, Go Local, Easy Cancel); continues to hire aggressively across engineering, product, and analytics roles. ## Competitive Advantages - **Scale & Data**: Access to Booking Holdings’ global network and massive data pipeline (12 PB/month, 1 trillion price checks/day) enables real-time pricing optimization and personalization. - **Tech-First Culture**: Data-driven experimentation (1,000+ live experiments at any time), heavy use of GenAI, and a strong engineering focus. - **Asia Home Base**: Deep roots in Asia-Pacific with a large office in Bangkok, giving local market insights and cost advantages. - **Parent Support**: Backed by one of the world’s largest online travel companies, providing financial stability and cross-selling opportunities. ## Strategic Focus - **Growth through technology**: Continued investment in AI, machine learning, and experimentation to improve search, pricing, and user experience. - **Expanding product offerings**: Growing beyond accommodation into flights, activities, and domestic travel options. - **Sustainability**: Integrating sustainability initiatives into operations and offerings. - **Talent acquisition**: Actively hiring across multiple functions (engineering, product, data, marketing) to support global expansion. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Described as “data-driven to the core” with a focus on experimentation, ownership, and direct respect. Inclusive environment with 90+ nationalities represented. - **Flexibility**: Hybrid workplace balancing in-office and work-from-home days; employees can work from anywhere for up to 30 calendar days per year. - **Benefits**: Competitive perks, flexible benefits, relocation support for key roles, and recognition as an award-winning workplace (Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies 2025, TIME/Statista World’s Best Companies 2023, Forbes World’s Top Companies for Women 2023). - **Engineering & Analytics**: Strong emphasis on tech – 1,000+ live experiments, 12 PB data/month, and a “scientist” mindset across teams. Opportunities to work on massive-scale systems. - **Community**: Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) for belonging and inclusion; lively social events like AgodaFest. ## Sources 1. [agoda.com](https://www.agoda.com/about-agoda/) 2. [careersatagoda.com](https://careersatagoda.com/our-culture/) 3. [careersatagoda.com](https://careersatagoda.com/) 4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/agoda) 5. 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