Global Corporate Card Lead

About the Team

OpenAI's Finance team is building scalable infrastructure that protects company resources while enabling growth. Within Procurement, the Procure-to-Pay (PTP) function manages end-to-end spend governance-from purchasing and vendor management to expense reporting and reimbursement. We are transforming our global credit card and expense programs to support a high-velocity, compliance-forward environment.

About the Role

We are seeking a Global Corporate Card Lead to drive the migration to a new enterprise card platform and re-architect our global expense management strategy. This role will own end-to-end design, policy, and execution of OpenAI's corporate card and expense program, ensuring alignment to cash flow goals, rebate optimization, and automation. You'll partner closely with Procurement Operations, Travel, Accounting, and Legal, as well as manage our external partners (e.g. Navan, Zip).

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role, you will:

• Credit Card Program Management:

  • Corporate Card Program Ownership

  • Own the global corporate card program (currently across Navan, Zip).

  • Lead the transition from pre-funded card models with net terms and rebate optimization

  • Design a centralized card strategy, including issuance logic, credit limits, and usage controls.

  • Partner with Procurement, Treasury, and Accounting on cash flow, working capital, and audit compliance.

  • Set up tiered cardholder support structures, escalation paths, and onboarding/offboarding workflows.

• Global Expense Management

  • Own policy, tooling, and workflows for expense reporting and reimbursement.

  • Oversee Navan integration for travel expense, and Zip for operational card use; enforce end-user compliance.

  • Implement controls for recurring card charges, personal spend detection, and AI-powered audit logic.

  • Partner with AP and Systems teams to streamline reconciliation, ledger coding, and tax categorization (include VAT recapture)

• Program Transition & Systems Enablement

  • Lead implementation of Brex APIs to automate virtual card issuance, spend tracking, and card deactivation.

  • Drive self-service automation across Zip and Navan for common card/expense requests.

  • Build operational dashboards to track spend by card type, department, and use case.

• Governance, Compliance, and Risk

  • Set and maintain policy guardrails (e.g., who can hold cards, spending limits, spend categories)

  • Conduct regular audits to identify non-compliant or high-risk transactions.

  • Define internal approval logic in line with expense thresholds and employee travel policies.

• Cross-Functional Partnership

  • Serve as the primary liaison with vendors: Zip, Navan, and card provider expense audit providers.

  • Partner with Procurement, Strategic Finance, and Accounting to align the program with company goals.

  • Train EAs, cost center owners, and cardholders on changes in card and expense workflows.

You might thrive in this role if you have:

• Education:

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.

  • Preferred qualifications include certifications such as CPA, CTP, or credentials in expense management, financial operations, or compliance.

  • Membership in professional organizations focused on finance automation or spend management is a plus.

• Experience:

  • 5+ years of experience managing corporate credit card and expense programs at scale, including global or multi-entity oversight.

  • Demonstrated Experience leading large-scale transitions across geographies and internal systems (e.g., from Zip/Navan to Brex or Ramp), including vendor selection, API implementation, and internal rollout.

  • Deep familiarity with optimizing credit card and expense platforms (Brex, Ramp, Airbase, Navan, Spenddesk, Concur, Expensify)

  • Track record of improving expense reporting, spend visibility, and policy compliance through system optimization and automation.

  • Experience partnering with Procurement, Accounting, and Systems teams to align spend management with operational goals.

  • Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple stakeholders and vendors

• Skills

  • Expertise in designing and enforcing corporate card policies, issuing controls, and fraud prevention strategies.

  • Strong analytical skills to interpret large volumes of spend data, identify trends, and surface compliance risks or cost-saving opportunities.

  • Excellent project management and cross-functional leadership skills, especially in vendor onboarding and tooling migrations.

  • Ability to communicate clearly with stakeholders ranging from executive assistants to senior finance leaders, and deliver effective training and documentation.

  • Proficient in card and expense systems (Brex preferred; Navan, Concur, Zip, Workato, NetSuite).

  • Experience implementing self-service workflows, automated card issuance, and audit logic using APIs and integrations.

  • Deep understanding of spend compliance, tax categorization, general ledger mapping, and internal audit readiness.

  • Experience designing API-based workflows or automation for card/expense processes.

  • Familiarity with NetSuite, Workato, or other ERP and workflow integration tools.

  • Background in compliance, accounting, or procurement/financial operations is a plus.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

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Compensation Range: $175K