Manager, Travel and Expense

at  TPI Composites

DESCRIPTION:

This position will work closely with TPI’s global finance teams as well as internal and external auditors. The T&E Manager is responsible for supporting TPI in managing the corporate card program, expense program and travel program. Day-to-day responsibilities include: finance level review and approval of expense reports, responding to internal and external audit requests, managing and resolving change requests to travel and expense tools, resolution of any unassigned travel data and credit card transactions in the expense tool, auditing associate reports against policy, and reporting for finance team.

Who we are looking for:

• 5+ years of Travel & Expense experience, Concur preferred.
• The ideal candidate possesses excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to persuade and influence.
• Experience reviewing/approving expense reports.
• Ability to interact at the executive level.
• Ability to develop strong relationships with various external vendors.
• Ability to hold associates accountable to TPI’s policies and procedures.
• Excellent judgment skills regarding people and information.
• Effective interpersonal skills.
• Ability to relate to and work cross-functionally with a wide variety of professionals across different cultures.
• Highly organized, deliberate and sequential in approach. Attentive to detail and precision
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in a business-related field is preferred, not required

• Manages the expense tool (Concur). This includes managing the external vendor, handling any change requests, updating coding as the chart of accounts change, auditing expense reports, creating and running reports for the finance team, assist with implementation to global sites and managing unassigned travel data and credit card transactions.
• Manages the travel tool (AmexGBT). This includes managing the external vendor, handling any change requests, updating coding as the chart of accounts change, creating and running reports for the finance team, managing unused tickets, assist with implementation to global sites, negotiating and loading rates for TPI preferred hotels.
• Managing the TPI Global Travel & Expense Policy. This includes making sure the policy is updated regularly, handling inquiries regarding interpretation of policy and suggesting changes to Executive Management Team as the need arises.
• Manages the TPI corporate card and purchasing card program. This includes maintaining the corresponding policies, and ensuring policy is being followed.
• Managing external vendors.

Who we are looking for:

• 5+ years of Travel & Expense experience, Concur preferred.
• The ideal candidate possesses excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to persuade and influence.
• Experience reviewing/approving expense reports.
• Ability to interact at the executive level.
• Ability to develop strong relationships with various external vendors.
• Ability to hold associates accountable to TPI’s policies and procedures.
• Excellent judgment skills regarding people and information.
• Effective interpersonal skills.
• Ability to relate to and work cross-functionally with a wide variety of professionals across different cultures.
• Highly organized, deliberate and sequential in approach. Attentive to detail and precision
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in a business-related field is preferred, not required.