Senior Travel & Expense Specialist (Finance)

Location: Houston, United States

Salary: $80,000–$120,000 USD per year, plus potential bonus, equity, and commission programs.

Company

Nscale provides high-performance GPU cloud infrastructure for AI startups and enterprise customers.

What you will do

• Own the full travel and expense lifecycle, including expense report review, approvals, processing, and employee reimbursements.
• Ensure compliance with travel policies, internal controls, tax requirements, and regulatory standards.
• Administer and optimize travel and expense systems, including configuration, user management, troubleshooting, and testing.
• Perform reconciliations for employee expenses, corporate credit cards, vendor statements, and related balance sheet accounts.
• Support month-end close, accounts payable activities, audits, finance transformation, and automation initiatives.
• Partner with Finance, HR, Operations, and business leaders while mentoring junior team members where applicable.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Travel & Expense, Accounts Payable, or related finance operations.
• Strong knowledge of expense management, reimbursement workflows, AP operations, and vendor payment cycles.
• Hands-on experience with ERP and expense management systems; NetSuite experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience with reconciliations, variance analysis, financial records, and controlled processes.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, strong analytical ability, attention to detail, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience working with senior leadership and cross-functional teams.

Nice to have

• Experience implementing, optimizing, or scaling travel and expense management systems.
• Familiarity with corporate credit card programs and policy administration.
• Experience with multi-entity, multi-currency, or international expense processing.
• Experience in a high-growth, VC-backed, or PE-backed company.
• Experience with finance transformation, automation initiatives, or junior team development.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, supportive, and innovative working environment.
• Flexible workplace with autonomy over daily scheduling.
• Performance reviews every 12 months and a progression plan tailored to professional ambitions.
• Potential medical, dental, vision, flexible paid time off, parental leave, and retirement plan benefits.
• Opportunity to contribute to AI infrastructure and cross-functional finance initiatives.