Director of Accounting Transformation & Controls, Altana
$200-230k
Competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers
Office located in Brooklyn, NY
Supply chain visibility platform
Open for applications
Supply chain visibility platform
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$200-230k
Competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers
Office located in Brooklyn, NY
201-500 employees
Company mission
Altana AI's mission is to improve global commerce.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, with at least 2 years in a management or team lead role
- Strong NetSuite proficiency (3+ years preferred; report customization and saved search experience strongly preferred)
- Experience leading a monthly close process and managing multiple stakeholders on the accounting team and cross functionally to hit close deadlines
- Proven experience owning procure-to-pay workflows in a cross-functional environment
- Experience managing or administering a customer billing system
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, high-growth environment where priorities can shift quickly
- Strong communicator who can translate financial concepts for non-finance stakeholders
- Experience with Tools such as Navan, Tipalti, and / or Floqast preferred
- BA/BS in Accounting or Finance; CPA required
What the job involves
- We are looking for a sharp, hands-on Director of Accounting to transform our team leading the implementation of agentic AI based solutions to increase the accuracy of the company’s accounting and reporting capabilities
- In this role, you will manage and quarterback the monthly closing process, streamline our internal accounting processes end-to-end including procure-to-pay and quote-to-cash
- You will work cross-functionally with teams across the company and be a key driver of financial accuracy, reporting transparency, process efficiency, and operational scale
- This role reports directly to Altana's Controller
- Transformation & Controls:
- Embed AI solutions into workflows on a regular basis
- Complete and maintain SOX risk assessments as the Company grows and scales
- Build the framework for SOX readiness workstreams, leveraging agentic AI solutions including journal entry automation, transaction matching, and flux analysis
- Implement integrations across the company’s suite of software to streamline reporting
- NetSuite Administration & Month – End Close Optimization:
- Serve as the internal NetSuite expert, managing workflows, saved searches, and reporting
- Partner with IT and Finance leadership to support system upgrades, integrations, and new module implementations as the Company scales
- Ensure data integrity and build scalable processes that grow with the business and accelerate month-end close accuracy and utility
- Lead the identification of control gaps and work cross-functionally to remediate findings and strengthen control environment
- Streamline allocations across verticals and transaction types through a systematic and automated process
- Team Leadership:
- Manage and develop a lean, high-performing accounting team, setting clear priorities and fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement
- Adapt quickly to shifting business needs and lead the team through change with clarity and confidence
- Serve as the primary point of contact for external and internal auditors, coordinating requests, preparing documentation, and managing timelines to ensure smooth audit cycles
- Procure-to-Pay (P2P):
- Own the P2P cycle from vendor onboarding and purchase order management through invoice processing and payment execution
- Partner closely with Procurement, Operations, and Legal to streamline approval workflows and ensure policy compliance
- Identify and implement process improvements that reduce cycle times and increase visibility across the P2P function
- Quote-to-Cash
- Collaborate with Sales, Customer Success, and other stakeholders to resolve billing discrepancies and support a seamless customer experience
- Automate our billing process by supporting the integration from our CRM to our ERP and billing system
- Administer the customer billing system implementation, ensuring invoices are accurate, timely, and aligned with contract terms
- Maintain billing system configurations, user access, and documentation
Our take
Altana’s platform provides a shared source of truth for the global supply chain. The idea is that this will help businesses and governing powers optimize global commerce which, over the past few years, has shot up on the list of international priorities. With three quarters of businesses reporting recent supply chain disruptions, and governments increasingly concerned with mitigating security threats, data-driven visibility is more sought after than ever before.
Crucially, the platform doesn’t require data sharing to create global intelligence, instead using a federated machine learning approach. This is a nut many big-data companies have been trying to crack, and Altana’s success has attracted interest from top-tier investors like Google Ventures and Floating Point alongside contracts with the UK Department of Business & Trade. A number of other headline enterprises and government agencies are already on the company's customer roster.
With companies looking to recoup some of the $4T reportedly lost in supply chain disruptions over recent years, and the push for global databases getting stronger, logistics startups are having a fruitful investment period. Altana is crafting a remarkable product at a highly marketable time, and with partnerships with the likes of Maersk, it has had good uptake so far. Backed by substantial funding, Altana is set for a strong few years.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
26% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jul 2024
$200m
SERIES C
Oct 2022
$100m
SERIES B
Total funding: $323.5m
Company benefits
- Competitive base salary: We offer competitive base salaries to recognize the incredible work our employees do.
- Learning & development: We support your development through regular performance check-ins and offer financial support for Learning and Development initiatives.
- Health benefits: We offer full global benefits, including a 100% employer-paid plan and tax-advantaged HSA and FSA options in the US.
- Paid time off: We provide a generous PTO policy, including paid sick time, to support your well-being in and out of the office.
- Equity program: We instill ownership by offering competitive new hire equity grants, plus the opportunity to gain more equity along the way.
- Parental leave: We offer up to 26 weeks of fully paid parental leave to support you and your family.
Company HQ
Financial District, New York, NY
Leadership
Raphael Tehranian
(Co-Founder & COO)Previously an analyst with J P Morgan, pivoting to engagement at Cleantech Group and then corporate tech strategy with Suncor Energy. After a spell as an investor at Fuller Smith, spent time with global supply chain analytics company Panjiva as a management advisor.
Peter Swartz
(Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer)An MIT grad in political science who went on to work as Head of Data Science at Panjiva.
Evan Smith
(Co-Founder & CEO)A Yale economics graduate with experience in renewables at Imperium Renewables and Verno Systems, the latter of which they co-founded. Served as a partner at Fuller Smith, before moving on to work in a management advisor role at Panjiva.
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