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Director, Travel & Expense

🗓️ Posted 2026-08-18 San Francisco, California; United States Hybrid Accounting

Company shared salary

NA

Market rate

₹15,000–₹25,000/mo (₹180,000–₹300,000/yr)

Based on similar roles (title + domain + location).

Responsibilities

  • Lead the transformation of the T&E program into a modern, automated, digital-first experience, including AI-enabled workflows, touchless expense processing, automated audit controls, and intelligent policy enforcement.
  • Create a frictionless employee experience across booking, expense submission, approvals, reimbursements, and support while simplifying processes and reducing manual work.
  • Build a scalable global T&E roadmap that balances agility, governance, employee experience, and operational efficiency, with clear KPIs, dashboards, and change management to support adoption.
  • Oversee global business travel operations across air, hotel, ground transportation, meetings, and traveler support, while shaping regional travel strategies for a distributed workforce.
  • Manage travel partners and supplier relationships to improve service levels, optimize spend, and support evolving business needs.
  • Partner with Security and HR to strengthen traveler safety, duty of care, and crisis response capabilities.
  • Lead enterprise expense reimbursement and corporate card programs with a focus on automation, compliance, scalability, and employee experience.
  • Implement intelligent expense capabilities such as auto-generated reports, AI auditing, receipt automation, and policy-driven workflows, while simplifying approvals and accelerating reimbursement cycles.
  • Partner closely with AP, Payroll, and Finance Operations to streamline end-to-end financial processes.
  • Own the T&E technology ecosystem, including platforms such as Emburse, Egencia, Ramp, Brex, AppZen, and corporate card integrations; partner with IT and Finance Systems on integrations, APIs, and analytics.
  • Ensure strong policy governance, financial controls, audit readiness, and compliance with global tax, regulatory, data privacy, and regional travel requirements.
  • Build and lead a high-performing global team, develop leadership bench strength, and influence cross-functional stakeholders in a complex, fast-moving environment.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Supply Chain, Hospitality, Information Systems, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in Travel, Expense, Procurement, Finance Operations, Shared Services, or related functions.
  • Proven success leading T&E transformation, automation, or digital modernization initiatives in high-growth or fast-paced environments.