Finance Operations & COE Manager

Airtable

Airtable is the no-code app platform that empowers people closest to the work to accelerate their most critical business processes. More than 500,000 organizations, including 80% of the Fortune 100, rely on Airtable to transform how work gets done. Join Airtable as a Procurement Operations Manager and help reimagine how procurement gets done at one of the fastest-moving finance organizations in tech. This role owns the day-to-day of a high-velocity procurement function while rebuilding it for an AI-native era: designing automation, deploying AI agents, and raising the bar for what modern procurement operations looks like. The procurement domain can be learned by the right person; the operating instincts cannot. We're looking for someone with the curiosity, adaptability, and judgment to step into a complex function, build trust quickly, and deliver. Over time, this role can flex into broader Finance and Business Operations work as priorities evolve. It reports to the Sr. Manager, Procurement and is part of the broader Finance Operations org. WHAT YOU'LL DO * Own and elevate day-to-day procurement operations * Run vendor onboarding, intake triage, PO creation, and urgent approval coordination across business, finance, legal, security, and IT with minimal oversight * Take active responsibility across the procure-to-pay cycle, partnering with Accounts Payable on vendor master data quality, PO accuracy, and dispute resolution * Design and scale fast-buy processes (P-card programs, catalogs, self-service paths) that take repetitive purchases out of the queue * Lead contract redlining * Own redline of SOWs and Order Forms for commercial terms, partnering with Legal on non-commercial terms * Re-architect procurement with AI * Identify where AI agents, automation, and Airtable-native tooling can replace manual work, then build, deploy, iterate, and set the standard for how the team adopts agentic systems * Design multi-step workflows that delegate routine tasks to AI rather than just speeding up the human version of them * Verify AI output with rigor: anticipate failure modes, build in checks, and define how the team distinguishes trustworthy output from slop * Build reusable tools, templates, and playbooks that raise the quality bar across the company, not just your own output * Flex into broader operations work * Take on cross-functional Finance Operations projects as priorities shift, scoped to grow beyond procurement for someone with the instincts to wear whatever hat the business needs WHO YOU ARE * 6+ years across procurement, sourcing, finance operations, business operations, program management, or an equivalent function. Procurement experience is a plus; a strong cross-functional operator who picks up complex domains quickly is equally compelling * Comfortable navigating ambiguity, biased toward taking the first swing over over-planning, with genuine curiosity for unfamiliar problems * Meets stakeholders where they are and earns structure by delivering, scanning for friction and bridging gaps no one else owns * Strong written and verbal communicator who can adjust register for the audience, whether that is the CFO, vendor counsel, or a teammate in Slack * Directs AI tools rather than just using them, producing higher-quality work because of how AI is used, and can point to specific examples of work that couldn't have been done a year ago * Has built reusable tools, templates, or workflows that others adopted, raising someone else's quality bar through what was built * Experience with procurement, financial, and legal systems (Zip, Coupa, Workday, Ironclad CLM) or a clear track record of picking up new tooling quickly * Excited that this role can grow into broader Finance or Business Operations work * Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience Airtable is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and strive to create a workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any characteristic protected by applicable federal and state laws, regulations and ordinances. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.  VEVRAA-Federal Contractor If you have a medical condition, disability, or religious belief/practice which inhibits your ability to participate in any part of the application or interview process, please complete our Accommodations Request Form and let us know how we may assist you. Airtable is committed to participating in the interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Compensation awarded to successful candidates will vary based on their work location, relevant skills, and experience. Our total compensation package also includes the opportunity to receive benefits, restricted stock units, and may include incentive compensation. To learn more about our comprehensive benefit offerings, please check out Life at Airtable. For work locations in the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, New York City, and Los Angeles, the base salary range for this role is: $162,000—$211,200 USD For all other work locations (including remote), the base salary range for this role is: $145,000—$189,500 USD Please see our Privacy Notice for details regarding Airtable’s collection and use of personal data relating to the application and recruitment process by clicking here. For applicants that live in or have a link to Australia, please see this Privacy Collection Statement for details regarding Airtable's collection and use of personal data relating to the application and recruitment process. 🔒 Stay Safe from Job Scams All official Airtable communication will come from an @airtable.com email address. We will never ask you to share sensitive information or purchase equipment during the hiring process. If in doubt, contact us at hr@airtable.com. Learn more about avoiding job scams here.

Databricks

GAQ327R263 While candidates in the listed location(s) are encouraged for this role, candidates in other locations will be considered. We are seeking a strategic, operationally strong Director, Travel & Expense to lead and modernize our global travel, expense, and corporate spend ecosystem. This leader will drive a digital-first, highly scalable program that improves the employee experience while strengthening governance, compliance, and financial discipline across a fast-growing global organization. This role is ideal for a builder who can define future-state strategy while also leading hands-on execution, operational rigor, and measurable outcomes. The successful candidate will partner closely across Finance, Procurement, IT, HR, Security, and Operations to create a seamless and future-ready T&E model. The impact you will have: * 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. What we look for: * 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 organizations. * Experience leading global or multinational T&E programs and managing regional operations and cross-border transformation efforts. * Strong operational leadership with the ability to translate strategy into scalable execution. * Deep expertise in T&E platforms, workflow automation, corporate card programs, and expense technologies. * Strong understanding of AI-enabled operations, process redesign, and scalable service delivery models. * Exceptional stakeholder management, communication, and change leadership skills, with the ability to lead through ambiguity and evolving business priorities. * Experience leading global or multinational T&E programs. * MBA, CPA, CTP, or related certification preferred. * Lean Six Sigma, automation, or digital transformation experience strongly preferred.     Pay Range Transparency Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected base salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles.  Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipated utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.   Zone 1 Pay Range $209,500—$288,100 USD Zone 2 Pay Range $188,600—$259,250 USD Zone 3 Pay Range $178,100—$244,850 USD Zone 4 Pay Range $167,600—$230,450 USD About Databricks Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. Benefits At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here. Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. Compliance If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.

Airtable

Airtable is the no-code app platform that empowers people closest to the work to accelerate their most critical business processes. More than 500,000 organizations, including 80% of the Fortune 100, rely on Airtable to transform how work gets done. Join Airtable as the Sr. Manager, Procurement to own and mature Airtable’s strategic sourcing and vendor negotiation and operations function. The procurement function is established - this role inherits a capable team and a working operation, and is responsible for maturing it: closing the gap in software deal expertise, coaching and developing the team, and operating as a trusted partner to Engineering, IT, Finance, and Legal. You will report to the Head of Finance Operations. WHAT YOU'LL DO * Lead complex commercial negotiations across Airtable’s most significant software, SaaS, infrastructure, cloud, AI, and professional services contracts, owning outcomes end-to-end * Manage and mature the vendor portfolio - rationalizing the supplier base, maintaining negotiation continuity, and building relationships that give Airtable durable commercial leverage * Partner with FP&A to build and maintain a forward-looking procurement pipeline, proactively flagging upcoming renewals, pricing model changes, and commitment risk ahead of the planning cycle * Serve as the primary procurement partner to Engineering, IT, Finance, and Legal - maintaining structured cross-functional cadences and providing deal-cycle visibility across all stakeholder teams * Report to the CFO on a regular cadence on strategic and large spend deals, procurement pipeline, and key procurement metrics - translating activity into executive-level signal * Coach and develop a small team of procurement and sourcing specialists, with a focus on closing the software deal expertise gap and growing their ability to lead complex negotiations independently * Drive continued improvement of procurement processes, controls, and systems (Workday, Airtable, and emerging AI tooling) to increase team capacity and reduce manual overhead * Leverage AI tools to accelerate contract analysis, negotiation prep, and spend pipeline reporting - operating at a scaled level and modeling that standard for the team WHO YOU ARE * 8+ years of procurement experience with demonstrated depth in software, SaaS, cloud, and infrastructure deals * Track record of leading high-stakes commercial negotiations independently, including structuring complex multi-year agreements with consumption-based or hybrid pricing models * Experience managing or developing procurement or sourcing professionals; brings a coaching orientation and invests in others’ growth * Operates as a finance and business partner, not just a deal executor - understands how procurement decisions affect budgets, accruals, and FP&A planning cycles * Communicates with precision and executive clarity; able to distill a complex commercial situation into a concise recommendation for a CFO-level audience * Comfortable working in a leaner, faster environment - impact comes from stakeholder trust, deal outcomes and ensuring the team has the right tools and services at the right time, not org size or title authority * Fluent with modern procurement tools (intake, contract management, spend visibility) and actively uses AI to increase personal leverage and output quality (Airtable, Claude, or equivalent) * Transparent, accountable, and collaborative - earns trust across legal, finance, security, and engineering stakeholder Airtable is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and strive to create a workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any characteristic protected by applicable federal and state laws, regulations and ordinances. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.  VEVRAA-Federal Contractor If you have a medical condition, disability, or religious belief/practice which inhibits your ability to participate in any part of the application or interview process, please complete our Accommodations Request Form and let us know how we may assist you. Airtable is committed to participating in the interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Compensation awarded to successful candidates will vary based on their work location, relevant skills, and experience. Our total compensation package also includes the opportunity to receive benefits, restricted stock units, and may include incentive compensation. To learn more about our comprehensive benefit offerings, please check out Life at Airtable. For work locations in the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, New York City, and Los Angeles, the base salary range for this role is: $204,000—$289,400 USD For all other work locations (including remote), the base salary range for this role is: $184,000—$260,600 USD Please see our Privacy Notice for details regarding Airtable’s collection and use of personal data relating to the application and recruitment process by clicking here. For applicants that live in or have a link to Australia, please see this Privacy Collection Statement for details regarding Airtable's collection and use of personal data relating to the application and recruitment process. 🔒 Stay Safe from Job Scams All official Airtable communication will come from an @airtable.com email address. We will never ask you to share sensitive information or purchase equipment during the hiring process. If in doubt, contact us at hr@airtable.com. Learn more about avoiding job scams here.