Senior Manager of Global Accounts Payable, Couchbase
Operational data platform for AI
Job no longer available
Operational data platform for AI
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To simplify how organizations develop, deploy, and run modern applications wherever they are.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will be a Coupa and Navan (formerly known as TripActions) expert and a key player in leading a world class global accounts payable department that can efficiently scale with Couchbase’s growing business
- This position will be required to have demonstrated in-depth knowledge of a modern accounts payable function including finding opportunities to implement standard methodologies and ensure continuous improvement at the Company
- It requires excellent people, communication and writing skills; be able to collaborate across various business units, regions, and be self-motivated
- Bachelor’s degree
- 8+ years of progressive experience in global accounts payable operations with a proven track record of managing teams and overseeing day-to-day operations
- A strong understanding of systems (Coupa and Navan) with the ability to problem-solve in ambiguous and dynamic environments
- Solid working knowledge of internal controls
- Ability to adhere to deadlines in a fast-paced environment while maintaining accuracy
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and the demonstrated ability to work independently and cooperatively in a team environment
- Experience managing direct reports
What the job involves
- Couchbase is looking to hire an experienced Senior Manager, Global Accounts Payable to join their accounting team
- This role will provide strong leadership over the offshore accounts payable team in their day-to-day global operations
- This involves leading deliverables, driving process efficiencies by automation, ensuring compliance with SLAs, partnering with key collaborators, and improving and nurturing a team focus on prompt and effective customer service
- This role requires treating sensitive information with discretion, acting as a role model for ethical behavior, and to be an advocate of and follow Company policies
- Responsible for the management and execution of global accounts payable processes, including invoice processing and payments
- Maintain systems, procedures, controls, and policies for the accounts payable function to ensure efficient company operations
- Ensure purchase orders are accurately coded and matched to invoices and all invoices are appropriately approved before authorizing payments
- Manage monthly closing of financial records and posting of month end information as it relates to accounts payable; address any aging issues and unapproved invoices; ensure accuracy of accounts payable related items in the financial statements
- Provide assistance as needed related to accounts payable and vendor payments; respond to financial questions/concerns to meet business needs
- Review all accounts payable related monthly journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and flux analysis
- Oversee global expense reimbursement and procurement card administration and operations including expense processing, review, and payment
- Analyze expense data to identify trends for vendor payments and expense transactions
- Assist with quarterly/annual PBC requests and inquiries from auditors related to accounts payable
- Manage and optimize systems (Coupa and Navan) for day-to-day procedures, ensuring seamless operations
- Lead efforts to improve operational efficiencies, streamline processes, and implement scalable solutions
- Generate insightful metrics that monitor performance, identify trends, and provide actionable insights to support data-driven decision-making
- Direct team members to meet key metrics such as on-time and accurate invoice processing, invoice payments, and on-time completion of tasks
Our take
Critical functions for digital businesses such as computing and storage have become cheaper by orders of magnitude with the advent of cloud computing. However, these businesses still face the challenge of architecting their services under this paradigm. Couchbase’s NoSQL database is designed to help organizations build scalable, distributed systems that take advantage of cloud-native infrastructure.
The company's major bets on Kubernetes, mobile and NoSQL have paid off too. With many large enterprises now treating Couchbase as mission-critical infrastructure, a trajectory that culminated because of ts 2021 IPO. While it operates in a highly competitive database market, the company has continued to grow post-IPO and is now positioning itself around the next shift in enterprise architecture: AI-native applications.
The recent launch of Couchbase AI Services reflects an effort to unify operational data, vector search and model hosting within a single platform, reducing the complexity that often prevents generative AI and agent-based systems from moving beyond proof-of-concept. By embedding governance, validation and security controls directly into the data layer, Couchbase is aiming to make its database a core foundation for production AI workloads.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
May 2020
$105m
SERIES G
Mar 2016
$30m
SERIES F
Total funding: $251m
Company HQ
Cypress, San Jose, CA
Leadership
BJ Schaknowski
(CEO)Prior to joining Couchbase in 2025, BJ was the CEO of symplr. He also served as the Chief Sales & Marketing Officer at Vertafore and as an SVP of Marketing, Sales & Services at LexisNexis Software Solutions.
Veronica Curran
(CPO)Veronica Previously founded Magnolia People Solutions where she served as a Managing Partner for nearly 2 years. Prior to that, she was the Chief People and culture Officer at SmartBear and the CPO at Alumni Ventures Group.
Gopi Duddi
(CTO)Gopi joined Couchbase in 2022 as an SVP of Engineering, moving into the role of CTO in 2025. Prior to this, he spent 10 years at Amazon AWS, joining in 2012 as a Senior Manager of Database Services before moving into the role of GM. He also spent 7 years at IBM In various Managerial roles.
Josh Harbert
(CMO)Josh is also the co-founder and President of SustainableIT.org. Previously, he served as the CMO at Delphix and the VP of Marketing at Tanium and Qumulo.
Amir Jafari
(CFO)Amir is also the CFO/Head of Finance & Operations at Blend. Previously, he served as the CFO at Plastiq and Reputation.com.
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