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Job Description

The Global Card Program, Senior Manager is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations and oversight of Corporate Travel & Expense Cards, Purchasing, and Meetings Cards. The role will optimize and drive program efficiencies, enhance policies, ensure policy adherence, and develop strong program controls.

The role will require significant cross-functional collaboration to identify, build, and develop process efficiencies to enable scale and geographic expansion.

This is a hybrid position that requires 3 days on site per week in our Boston office.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage the global card program across all geographic locations, ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Drive refinement of card policies and establishment of scalable & centralized processes.
• Manage and build relationships with external vendors and global credit card provider(s).
• Identify and resolve day-to-day and complex matters related to various card types, cross-functional processes, and enterprise-wide system integrations.
• Responsible for conducting card audits against program policies to ensure accuracy and integrity of transactions and compliance with policies.
• Responsible for managing Internal Audit Team requests and addressing audit observations as needed.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining comprehensive reporting mechanisms and PowerBi Dashboards to track card usage, spend, and trends.
• Identify, analyze, and interpret data trends and patterns and prepare ongoing reports and data visualizations to support decision-making and process improvements.
• Drive automation initiatives to enable greater data visibility, drive informed decisions, and enhanced continuous auditing capabilities.
• Design & implement key training materials to support card program operations and reconciliation process to enhance compliance to policy.
• Lead user training sessions on acceptable usage and reconciliation expectations.
• Guide employees with inquiries related to their corporate cards, conduct card application review, and provide guidance and support to employees on credit card usage, policies, and procedures.
• Lead cross-functional projects with Accounts Payable, Payroll, Accounting, Finance, Strategic Sourcing, Global Travel, and Meeting & Events teams globally to streamline processes, ensure all necessary controls are in place to enable proper use of cards, correct allocation of charges and on-time payments.
• Align with Strategic Sourcing Business Partners to identify opportunities to assess & streamline purchasing channels for various expense categories.
• Drive cost savings initiatives and secure the best financial terms for Vertex.
• Evaluate latest credit card technologies and capabilities that are fit for purpose globally (ie. Virtual Cards).
• Manage additional special projects and enterprise-wide initiatives, supporting the wider Corporate Services Team to drive continuous improvement.

Education Level and Expereince

• Bachelor's degree - Preferably in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field.
• Typically requires 7+ years of experience related to management of corporate credit card programs, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience working in a global corporate environment within biotech or comparable regulated industry.
• Deep understanding of integration of multiple data sources including ERP, Expense, Purchasing and Meeting Card data in effort to streamline processes and track & report effectively.
• Highly skilled in corporate card management, card audit, and reporting.
• Ability to understand spending patterns, identify cost savings opportunities, and generate reports for management reviews.
• Analytical mindset with ability to glean insights from data, make strategic recommendations, streamline processes, and communicate in a compelling, visual way.
• Excellent communication of information and ideas to varied audiences and large team formats.
• Proficient in senior leader presentations (written, PowerPoint, verbal)
• Champion in customer service attitude enabling a highly collaborative environment toward internal and external vendors.
• Ability to lead and drive change in a developing business environment and coordinate processes involving cross-functional teams, complex systems, & tight deadlines across multiple time zones.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite (Excel and PowerPoint)
• Supplier vendor management experience
• Ability to navigate and champion company policies and compliance regulations.
• Proficiency in financial software
• Proficient understanding and experience with PowerBi reporting dashboards.
• Experience & understanding in Concur is a plus.

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