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Navan is seeking a Sr. Manager to join our Travel Finance team. This critical role involves driving financial analysis, forecasting, and reporting for the Navan Travel segment, as well as developing automated processes to scale our business. Will partner closely with account management on all GTM, Revenue and COGS reporting. You will drive the customer profitability story telling. The ideal candidate combines strong technical skills with business insight, excels at data-driven storytelling, and thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
What You’ll Do:
- Strategic Partnership: Embedded with the business and providing strategic finance partnership to multiple executive leaders throughout the Navan Travel organization.
- Financial Forecasting: Lead end-to-end financial forecasting processes (current quarter, current year, multi-year) for Navan Travel, including revenue, COGS, and gross margins.
- Business Insights: Act as a subject matter expert on Navan Travel economics, providing business cases and assessments to guide strategic decisions relating to company growth and profitability initiatives.
- Data Analysis: Investigate financial discrepancies, identify root causes, and effectively communicate findings to cross-functional teams.
- KPI Reporting: Deliver clear and actionable KPI reporting to stakeholders, highlighting key trends and recommendations.
- Process Automation: Evolve and automate financial models and reporting frameworks to support the business and enhance forecasting precision.
What We’re Looking For:
- Experience: 8+ years of demonstrated experience in a finance-related role (investment banking, consulting, or finance and operations within a top technology company).
- Educational Background: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related field is required. An MBA or relevant professional certification (e.g., CFA, CPA) is a plus.
- Technical Skills: Strong financial modeling skills, expert proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets, and experience with SQL. Proficiency in data visualization tools (e.g., ThoughtSpot, Tableau, Power BI).
- Analytical Mindset: Proven ability to convey insights through data storytelling and influence decision-making.
- Communication Skills: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to meet deadlines and manage competing priorities.
- Personal Attributes: Results-oriented with strong business judgment, high attention to detail, and a commitment to accuracy and controllership.
- Adaptability: Ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with a strong bias for action and ownership.
- Tools Familiarity: Experience with financial planning tools such as Anaplan, Cognos TM1, or Hyperion Essbase is a plus.
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
$138,750—$249,000 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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