Global Expenses Specialist
Required skills
- Expensify
- Ramp
- NetSuite
- SOX controls
- audit readiness
- global policy
- EOR employees
- Deel
- KPI tracking
- ADKAR
Nice to have
- high-growth
- Cloud software
- distributed
- multi-entity
- accounts payable
- finance operations
Role summary
ClickHouse is seeking a Senior Expense Specialist to build and mature its Travel & Expense (T&E) function. This role will own end-to-end expense audits, build SOX-ready controls, and manage global T&E policy. Responsibilities include administering the expense tool, corporate card program, and system integrations, while also reducing reimbursement cycle times and improving employee experience. The specialist will develop spend dashboards, KPIs, and executive reporting, and lead training and change management initiatives. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of experience in T&E or finance operations, with hands-on experience in platforms like Expensify or Ramp and NetSuite integrations, and a strong understanding of SOX controls.
As ClickHouse scales, we're building the technology and operating foundation Finance needs to continue to enable our rapid growth. As part of that work, we're standing up a dedicated Travel & Expense (T&E) function and are looking for a Senior Expense Specialist responsible for maturing the current processes and day-to-day operational excellence.
What You'll Do:
Audit, Compliance & Risk
Own expense audit end-to-end
Build and maintain the SOX-ready control environment for T&E, including documentation, testing support, and sign-off readiness.
Track and reduce policy non-compliance, turning an untracked risk into a measured, managed one.
Global Policy & Program Ownership
Enforce one global, regionally compliant T&E policy — including EOR employees — to reduce local tax and audit exposure.
Centrally administer and optimize the ClickHouse Expense tool, Corporate Card program and system integrations to the HRIS and ERP systems.
Reimbursement & Employee Experience
Cut international reimbursement cycle time from ~30 days to ~7 through automated routing and clear SLAs.
Reduce the time employees spend per claim through better tooling, clearer policy, and self-service support.
Be the primary point of contact for T&E questions, escalations, and edge cases — approval flow issues, policy setup, and offboarding coordination with the People team
Reporting, Enablement & Change Management
Build spend dashboards, KPI tracking, and executive reporting where none exists today.
Deliver role-based training and a global T&E champion network, and lead structured change management (ADKAR or similar) to drive adoption of new policy and tools.
Partner with Accounting to complete the handoff of remaining T&E responsibilities.
What You Bring Along:
4+ years of experience in travel & expense, accounts payable, or finance operations, ideally at a high-growth or Cloud software company with a distributed, multi-entity employee base.
Hands-on ownership of Expensify, Ramp (or a comparable card/expense platform), and NetSuite integrations — you know what breaks in these systems and how to fix it at the root, not just route the ticket.
Working knowledge of SOX controls and audit readiness for expense and card programs; experience building or maintaining automated fraud detection a plus.
Comfort designing policy for a global, multi-entity, multi-employment-type workforce (FTE and EOR, including platforms like Deel), and translating that policy into system configuration.
A track record of building reporting and KPI visibility from scratch — you don't wait for a dashboard to be handed to you, you build it.
Experience running training and change management for a process or tool rollout (ADKAR or similar frameworks a plus).
Ownership mentality: you see a broken process and fix the root cause, not just the ticket in front of you.
Independence: you troubleshoot issues, ask clarifying questions, and propose solutions rather than escalating every ambiguity.
Curiosity: you ask why a process exists before you automate it, and you're a lifelong learner when it comes to new systems.
Follow-through: you see initiatives through to full adoption, not just launch.
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Perks
Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly. We currently operate in over 25 countries.
Healthcare - Employer contributions towards your healthcare.
Equity in the company - Every new team member who joins our company receives stock options.
Time off - Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries.
A USD$500 Home office setup if you’re a remote employee.
Global Gatherings – We believe in the power of in-person connection and offer opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites.
Culture - We All Shape It
As part of a rapidly scaling start-up, you will be instrumental in shaping our culture.
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