Integrated Travel & Expense Associate

Job Description

Corporate and Workplace Solutions-Integrated Travel & Expense Associate - BengaluruLocation(s) IN-KA-BengaluruJob ID 2021-78125 Schedule Type Full Time Level Associate Function(s) General Region India Division Corporate and Workplace Solutions Business Unit Spend Management Employment Type Employee MORE ABOUT THIS JOB WHO WE AREThe Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities and investment management services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. The firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major financial centers around the world.CWSComprised of Corporate and Workplace Solutions (CWS) and the Office of Global Security (OGS), the division focuses on commercial management, client support, advisory solutions, strategic planning, risk management, people security, real estate and technology solutions. The division delivers a world-class work experience and environment to the people of Goldman Sachs. We effectively manage the firm s third party operating expense, including fostering opportunities to innovate and enable sustainable approaches, while also managing the risks associated with vendor engagements and a contingent workforce. Our core disciplines, focus on the following areas: Third Party Governance, Strategic Sourcing, Infrastructure and Transformation, Procure to Pay, and Product Finance.The objective of the Procure to Pay (P2P) group is to deliver commercial value and front-to-back cost transparency across the firm. Under the Spend Management umbrella and focused on the front-to-back theme the Procure to Pay team is divided into 3 pillars - Procurement Management, Expense Management and Accounting & Tax Control. RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS Position SummaryThis role will be responsible for directing and coordinating all aspects of Travel and Expenses activities. This person will be the internal subject matter expert for T&E Process and Concur system, and is expected to manage the relationship with our corporate card vendor, businesses, as well as any other internal T&E systems.This role will Oversee, support and maintain the day to day activities of all T&E Expense functions including Travel & Expense Reimbursement, Expense Reporting, Corporate Cards, Query Management, Month-end processing, Reconciliations, Policy adherence for all entities and locations and future roll-out initiatives of the Travel & Expense system.Role and Responsibilities

• Managing risks in the process by implementing and reviewing relevant controls
• Exhibit confidence in communicating in a variety of forums, sessions, formal presentations, training sessions and town halls
• Building relationships with businesses at all levels within the corporation will be a key success factor for this position
• Participate in Firm wide platform changes relating to Employee Travel & Entertainment Expense
• Work with Global Technology, Divisional Finance teams and internal departments/divisions from a Travel & Entertainment Expense angle
• Act as liaison with SAP Concur and technical support. Advise and communicate all Service updates with new features and benefits of the product
• Develop and deliver training programs to the team and End-users
• Maintain user groups, audit rules, expense categories for each user group, and ensure alignment to policies & risk
• Handle business and management ad-hoc queries and requests, respond to business queries on a timely basis
• Corporate Card Feed management, maintaining applicable changes and payments & refunds
• Act as liaison with Corporate Credit Card provider for all credit card support and maintenance
• Design a process for handling and responding to end user issues with the system, leveraging services provided by SAP Concur wherever possible

Qualification and Skills

• ERP Knowledge, Implementation/Transformation experience on SAP CONCUR, or Expensify or Chrome River systems is highly preferred
• Hands on experience in end to end GL activities, month-end activities (Accruals, Sub-ledger / ledger posting and reconciliations)
• Corporate Card Feed management/operation and handling payments is an added advantage
• Comfortable with spreadsheets and excellent knowledge of Office products
• Strong analytical, organizational and interpersonal skills
• Should be able to effectively communicate and develop/sustain good working relationships with other teams and stakeholders
• Excellent partnership building skills and strong customer service perspective
• Effective organizational and time management skills
• Forward thinking with the ability to assert new ideas and follow them through.

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities and investment management services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. The firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major financial centers around the worldOptionsApplyApplyEmail a FriendEmail a Friend,

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client supporttime managementspend managementcustomer servicecorporate cardquery managementcost transparencytraining programsrisk managementledger postinguser groupsmanagement skillscorporate credit