Expense Governance & Corporate Card Lead

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Position Summary

Sony Honda Mobility of America is seeking an Expense Governance & Corporate Card Lead to establish and own the company’s end-to-end employee expense and corporate card governance framework.

This is not a transactional processing role. This position is responsible for designing, implementing, and continuously enhancing scalable expense reimbursement processes and corporate card controls that support a rapidly growing organization.

You will serve as the primary owner of expense governance across SHMA, balancing strong internal controls with operational efficiency. You will operate onsite at our Culver City headquarters and partner closely with Finance, Accounting, HR, Legal, and business leaders to strengthen financial discipline, audit readiness, and responsible spend management as SHMA scales.

The ideal candidate is structured, analytical, and comfortable building frameworks in a fast-evolving, startup-style environment.

Job Responsibilities

Expense Governance & Process Ownership

• Own and continuously improve SHMA’s end-to-end employee expense reimbursement and corporate card processes
• Design scalable governance frameworks, review standards, and formal policy documentation
• Ensure compliance with pre-approval requirements and documented business purpose standards
• Analyze spend trends and provide actionable insights to Finance leadership
• Establish monitoring controls that support compliant and responsible employee spending

Corporate Card & Spend Oversight

• Lead corporate card program governance, transaction monitoring, and lifecycle management
• Implement controls to prevent duplicate or inappropriate spend such as card versus AP invoice duplication
• Oversee reconciliation coordination, accrual support, and spend transparency
• Monitor cardholder compliance and usage patterns to identify risk areas

Systems & Data Integrity

• Maintain expense types and accounting mappings within the ERP system
• Ensure alignment between expense categories, financial codes, and reporting structures
• Safeguard data accuracy to support audit readiness and reliable management reporting
• Partner with Finance Systems and Accounting to enhance reporting clarity and system configuration

Internal Controls & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Strengthen the internal control environment related to employee spending
• Identify control gaps and implement mitigation strategies
• Partner cross-functionally with Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Tax, HR, and business stakeholders
• Support audit requests and tax-sensitive expense classification reviews
• Ensure expense governance aligns with evolving regulatory and compliance requirements &