Corporate Card Program Lead

Position Summary

The Corporate Card Program Lead is responsible for the end-to-end management and administration of the corporate card program for the NBA and its domestic subsidiaries. This role oversees card operations, policy compliance, financial reporting, and internal controls. This position partners with Finance leadership, Human Resources, and key stakeholders to ensure effective program governance, mitigate risk and enhance the employee experience. It also supports driving strategic initiatives focused on automation, process improvement, and program growth. The role manages two direct reports.

Major Responsibilities

• Corporate Card Program Oversight & Operations
  Oversees the US corporate card program, including the application, issuance, usage monitoring, and cancellation of company-issued corporate cards.
  Ensures timely resolution of delinquencies, escalations, and high-risk transactions.
  Identifies card spend leakage and assists in implementing initiatives to expand and optimize the card program.
  Assists the international regional offices in implementing and maintaining local corporate card programs, as needed.

• Policy, Compliance & Controls
  Partners with employees, human resources, and Finance leadership to enforce the NBA’s travel, expense, and corporate card policy.
  Monitors transactions to ensure compliance; identifies, escalates and drives resolution of potential policy violations.
  Ensures timely resolution of corporate card and expense report delinquencies.
  Maintains a strong control environment over corporate card processes, including auditing reports to ensure expenses are appropriately documented and substantiated.
  Supports company interim and year-end audits and government regulatory filings.

• Reporting & Financial Management
  Develops and delivers reporting to senior management on travel and expense activity, including noncompliance trends and program performance.
  Analyzes outstanding corporate card expenses and records journal entries as part of the month-end accounting close.

• Transformation & Innovation
  Drives continuous improvement of systems, controls, and processes to meet evolving business needs.
  Assists in the identification and implementation of automation and AI-enabled solutions to improve departmental efficiency, optimize employee experience, and strengthen accounting, reporting, and control processes.

• Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement
  Provides high-quality customer service across the team by responding to employee inquiries, resolving issues in a timely manner, and continuously improving the user experience.
  Engages regularly with internal stakeholders to ensure that the corporate card department meets business needs.
  Builds and maintains strong relationships with cardholders, corporate card providers, and key partners.
  Maintains and communicates policies and assists in providing training to employees, as needed.
  Manages and develops a team of two direct reports including setting priorities, providing coaching, and ensuring consistent execution while proactively mitigating risk and operational disruption.

Required Education/Professional Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting
• 5+ years of experience in a corporate card program with demonstrated success in continuous improvement and process optimization
• 3+ years leadership/management experience

Required Skills/Knowledge

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, project management, and decision-making skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
• Demonstrated experience in virtual card technologies, expense policy and spend compliance, general ledger account/ tax categorization and enforcement of corporate policies
• Experience leveraging automation, AI, and emerging technologies to improve financial processes, drive efficiency, and enhance reporting and controls
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to engage effectively across different teams and levels within the NBA
• Advanced proficiency in Excel is required
• Knowledge of SAP, Corcentric, Concur, and Concur Detect preferred
• Flexibility to work extended hours, as needed

Salary Range

$120,000-$140,000

About The NBA

The NBA is a global sports and media organization with the mission to inspire and connect people everywhere through the power of basketball. Built around five professional sports leagues: the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, NBA 2K League and Basketball Africa League, the NBA has established a major international presence with games and programming available in 214 countries and territories in 60 languages, and merchandise for sale in more than 200 countries and territories on all seven continents. NBA rosters at the start of the 2024-25 season featured a record-tying 125 international players from a record-tying 43 countries. NBA Digital’s assets include NBA TV, NBA.com, the NBA App and NBA League Pass. The NBA has created one of the largest social media communities in the world, with more than 2.3 billion likes and followers globally across all leagues, team and player platforms. NBA Cares, the NBA’s global social responsibility platform, partners with renowned community-based organizations around the world to address important social issues in the areas of education, inclusion, youth and family development, and health and wellness.