Brad Absalom
About Brad Absalom
Brad Absalom is the Global Trading Finance Manager at Expedia Group, with extensive experience in finance roles across various companies and expertise in mergers and acquisitions, long-term planning, modeling, data analysis, and business strategy.
Current Position at Expedia Group
Brad Absalom serves as the Global Trading Finance Manager at Expedia Group. He has held this position since 2020 and operates out of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. In his current role, he manages financial operations and strategies on a global scale, ensuring the financial health and performance of the company’s trading activities.
Previous Roles at Expedia Group
Prior to his current role, Brad Absalom held several key positions at Expedia Group. From 2018 to 2020, he was the Regional Finance Manager based in Sydney, where he oversaw regional financial strategies and operations. Before that, between 2015 and 2018, he worked as a Senior Financial Analyst, contributing to the financial planning and analysis within the company.
Financial Analyst Experience
Brad Absalom’s career as a financial analyst includes various notable positions. At Vrbo, he worked as a Senior Financial Analyst from 2012 to 2015 in Austin, TX. Earlier, he held a role at Capital Metro as a Financial Analyst from 2011 to 2012 in the Austin, Texas Area. His resume also includes a five-year tenure at American Campus Communities as Operations Financial Analyst from 2006 to 2011 in Austin, TX.
Early Career in Audit and Business Analysis
Brad Absalom began his career as an Auditor at Doubletree Club Hotel from 2001 to 2002 in Austin, TX. He then moved to First Horizon Home Loans, where he worked as an Audit Supervisor/Business Analyst from 2002 to 2006 in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area. These roles provided him with foundational experience in audit and financial analysis.
Educational Background
Brad Absalom studied at The University of Texas at Austin, where he achieved a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Finance. He spent five years, from 1996 to 2001, acquiring comprehensive knowledge in finance, which has underpinned his expertise in financial analysis, mergers and acquisitions, and long-term planning throughout his career.