Altana is the network for trusted trade. Our AI-powered product network empowers governments and businesses to build a more resilient and secure global economy while keeping trade flowing.
The Opportunity at Altana
We are looking for a sharp, hands-on Accounting Director to join our fast-growing team. In this role, you will lead a mighty accounting team, manage/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.
Your Role
NetSuite Administration & Month – End Close Optimization
- Serve as the internal NetSuite subject matter 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
- Embed AI solutions into workflows on a regular basis.
- 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.
You Have
- 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, with at least 2 years in a management or team lead role.
- Deep, direct expertise with NetSuite (3+ years preferred; report customization, scripting, 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.
Our values are the core beliefs that shape who we are, what we stand for, and how we behave.They form the foundation of Altana’s culture and integrity and guide how we hire, design, build, and connect with each other and our customers.
- Trust: Our customers and partners entrust us with missions of the highest importance. We honor that by keeping our word, meeting commitments, and ensuring every action we take reinforces confidence in us. We rely on each other to deliver, to speak openly, and to hold ourselves accountable.
- Resilience: In a world of uncertainty and complexity, our work must withstand challenges, evolve with conditions, and ensure reliability over time. Resilience is both how we operate and what we deliver. It’s how we respond when things don’t go to plan –– we adapt, we support each other, and we keep moving forward.
- Stewardship: We are stewards of every mission we touch. Because our work impacts lives and futures, we hold ourselves accountable to delivering mission impact and never compromising. Our responsibility extends beyond individual projects to the broader system of global trade. We believe that stewardship starts from within so that we can bring focus, creativity, and excellence to our work. Each of us is personally responsible for fostering a workplace where people can thrive. And we are stewards of the greater good of the company. By holding ourselves and each other accountable, we build a culture of innovation and collective success that reflects the scale of our mission.
- Courage: Courage is what unlocks the seemingly impossible for our customers. It’s the core value that drives us make bold moves and take on big, complicated network problems—the ones others avoid. We know success isn't guaranteed, but we have the audacious vision to believe a solution is possible and to build it. Courage fuels our growth mindset. It means embracing challenges that make us stronger, and it’s demonstrated by how we approach hard conversations and complex projects.
At Altana, we believe that a diverse workforce enables greater creativity, performance, and adaptability. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcome you to join us as you are. Our employment opportunities and decisions are based on business needs and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, family care or medical leave status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by the laws or regulations in the areas in which we operate. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, in any situation.
Offers related to employment at Altana will come from an Altana.ai email address. We will never ask for payment as part of the interview or onboarding process.
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