Regional Travel and Expense Administrator

As part of the Global Travel team, the Regional Travel & Expense Administrator's role is to provide support to the Global Travel Administrator, with a focus on the LATAM Region. Travel Program Scope includes, but is not limited to, global outsourced travel agency relationship, global third-party travel credit card program, and management of the global travel expense reimbursement system.  Specific responsibility for Global T&E Policy Compliance, Metric Reporting, LATAM Program & other day-to-day program management, and issue tracking/resolution as needed.

What you’ll do

• Responsible as the Lead for the LATAM T&E Program, interacting with local Finance Controllers, and Travel Suppliers to improve employee experience, increase engagement and deploy new technologies as needed 
• Responsible for Global Travel Program compliance governance, including email notifications, tracking, and reporting of key travel-related compliance metrics. 
• Responsible for Customer Service related inquiries from employees, including policy, expense reporting, and travel booking 
• Responsible to administer LATAM Corporate Card Program
• Responsible for creating purchase orders, payment of monthly travel-related invoices, reconciliation of travel department airfare card and hotel virtual card, maintaining contract repository, producing monthly reporting metrics 

What experience you need

• University bachelor's degree (must)
• 2+ years of experience in the Travel Industry
• English Proficiency (B2 minimum) 
• 2+ years of experience using or administering  automated expense reimbursement tools (Concur, Chrome River, Databases, etc.)
• 2+ years of experience using or administering Online Booking tools (Concur Travel, Get There, etc.)

What could set you apart

• Experience with Tableau, Oracle, Workday
• Portuguese Proficiency (B2)
• Negotiation Experience
• Accounting background
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel & Google Sheets

Primary Location:

CRI-Heredia

Function:

Function - Project, Program and Process Management

Schedule:

Full time