Lead Travel Specialist

Your opportunity

As a Lead, Travel Specialist, you’ll support the Travel team in leading the global Travel and Expense management at Hyderabad working closely with Process owners. Managing compliance with Travel and Expense policy, P-Card policy, working on all change management projects on Travel, Expense and Card programmes. You’ll report to the Manager, Travel.

Please note that the work timings for this role are 7:00 PM IST to 3:00 AM IST

What you'll do

• Support your manager to serve as the initial point of contact for internal escalations, navigating through process challenges.
• Possess comprehensive knowledge of Travel, Expense, and Card programs, collaborating effectively with regional travel managers.
• Proficiently understand and navigate systems such as Navan, Expensify, Netsuite Workday, Bank Integration, and Card feed programs.
• Manage financial close-related activities, including accruals, T&E schedules, and reconciliations.
• Review team tasks, identify delays, and provide solutions for timely completion.
• Exercise judgment in highlighting risks and opportunities and addressing auditors’ requirements.
• Collaborate with the Global Process Owner, manage approvals, and understand statutory requirements and legalities.
• Help to  identify compliance risks and provide remediation strategies.
• Prepare and maintain up-to-date process documentation, emphasizing continuous improvement.
• Contribute to ongoing projects by actively participating in testing activities and engaging with individuals across the employee life cycle.

This role requires

• Experience of at least 8+ years in implementing and managing Travel, Expense and Card program mentioned above
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
• Demonstrated expertise in process analysis, documentation, improvement and automation
• Strong computer and data analysis skills using Expensify, Concur, Concur detect (Appzen), Card program reporting requirement
• Strong communication, relationship building, influencing, persuasion, presentation, and conflict resolution and business analysis skills
• Consistently demonstrates high integrity combined with good business judgment and strives to identify, recommend and select the best overall solution for service now.
• Absolute integrity of internal controls over all finance/accounting activities that can affect the completeness and accuracy of its financial reporting
• Time sensitive on all deliverables and available to handle seasonal variation in terms of varied functional requirement
• Should have attention to detail with the ability to present/articulate analytical results and facilitate decision-making

Bonus points if you have

• Experience in working travel teams in large organizations in the SAAS space
• Experience in managing deliverables across time zones

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Our hiring process

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