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We are seeking a detail-oriented and dynamic Assistant Controller to join our finance team. The ideal candidate will play a critical role in managing the financial health of the company, ensuring accuracy in financial reporting, and contributing to advancing finance operations. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is eager to take on new challenges.
What You’ll Do:
- Oversee, support, and develop the accounting team with a focus on driving efficiency & automation to keep up with the demands of our high-growth business.
- Implement and improve financial systems and processes to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
- Support the Controller in developing and implementing financial policies and procedures, including SOX processes. Identify processes to improve speed of close and harmonize teams and drive them to implementation.
- Support the linkage of the US and EU teams in the close process.
- Support the accounting operations for areas including general ledger, accruals, payroll, equity and intercompany, including detailed analysis and reconciliation of all general ledger accounts, while ensuring compliance with US GAAP, local accounting requirements and internal policies.
- Support the Controller on communication of the close calendar globally, improving the quality and timing of the close. Drive coordination of the monthly global financial close process across global teams.
- Conduct variance analysis and provide insights to support decision-making.
- Ensure compliance with GAAP and other regulatory requirements.
- Manage internal audits and ensure timely and accurate completion.
- Liaise where necessary with internal and external auditors, FP&A, information technology, tax, treasury, legal and other functions.
- Team leadership through managing talent including motivating, coaching, training and mentoring team members.
What We’re Looking For:
- 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including as a Director or Senior Manager of Accounting, with public company roles in the financial services, Fintech or Payments industry.
- Active CPA or equivalent required.
- Strong knowledge and leadership of accounting operations and systems.
- Strong project management skills
- Proven experience building, developing, mentoring, and inspiring a large, diverse, high performing professional accounting team in multiple locations (globally).
- Excellent communicator, both written and verbal, able to communicate complex concepts and risk factors to stakeholders and influence decision making.
- Experienced business partner, skilled in building trust and inspiring others while ramping up in a new business and role in a complex environment.
- Excellent knowledge and proven track record in assessing, developing, and implementing internal controls for SOX compliance while balancing bureaucracy-free processes.
- Strong ERP systems experience, preferably in NetSuite.
- High proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Google Suite.
- Excitement around navigating a hyper-growth, rapidly changing, and sometimes ambiguous environment.
The posted pay range represents the anticipated low and high end of the compensation for this position and is subject to change based on business need. To determine a successful candidate’s starting pay, we carefully consider a variety of factors, including primary work location, an evaluation of the candidate’s skills and experience, market demands, and internal parity.
For roles with on-target-earnings (OTE), the pay range includes both base salary and target incentive compensation. Target incentive compensation for some roles may include a ramping draw period. Compensation is higher for those who exceed targets. Candidates may receive more information from the recruiter.
Pay Range
$123,750—$230,000 USD
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What We Do
Navan is the all-in-one super app that makes travel and expense easy so you can focus on being there, not getting there. Say goodbye to spending hours on the phone trying to change your flight or saving stacks of receipts to manually input expenses. From EAs and finance teams to travel managers and employees, Navan empowers people to focus on the things that matter most to them — all while providing companies with real-time visibility, savings, and control.
Navan’s investors include visionaries like Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Ventures, Greenoaks, Zeev Ventures, and entrepreneurs Lee Fixel, Adam Bain, and Elad Gil. In Oct 2022, Navan announced its Series G upround at a post-money valuation of $9.2B to help accelerate future growth plans.
In April 2023, Navan expanded in the Indian market with the acquisition of Tripeur, a modern, people-centric corporate travel and expense management company. The group’s fifth acquisition in under two years, Tripeur joined the Navan Group alongside Spanish meetings and events specialists, Atlanta Events & Corporate Travel Consultants; Berlin-based modern travel management company, Comtravo; leading Scandinavian travel agency Resia AB; and London-based high-touch TMC, Reed & Mackay.
Why Work With Us
At Navan, we’re never satisfied with the status quo, and we know breakthrough ideas come from diverse perspectives. We are committed to cultivating a workplace that reflects the diversity of the customers we serve while fostering leadership and innovation.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
In-person connections is the foundation of Navan, the connections forged through face-to-face interactions improve company culture and what we can achieve together. We operate on a hybrid working model, which we define as three days a week in-office.
