Travel and Expense Analyst

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Works in Snowflake Global Travel and Expense Team reports to Manager, Global Travel. Provides support for the Workday Expense Reimbursement platform & Corporate Travel and Procurement Card programs for North America, EMEA and APAC Lines of Business with global expansion to South America. Supports all levels of Snowflake employees & management regarding issues of compliance with the Global Travel & Expense and Purchase Card policies. Responsible for analyzing expense data and trends to identify deficiencies, monitoring program controls, online system administration, auditing compliance with policies & ongoing integrity of corporate card programs. Maintains relationship with vendor bank support team. Provides direction to employees on proper usage of Workday and Corporate Cards. Provides timely resolution of employee inquiries.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Policy & Compliance: Pre-Audit all Airfare and Hotel bookings of all Airfare, Hotel and car rental reservations on a daily basis and provide alternatives to non compliant bookings.
• Audit expense reports on a daily basis to make sure all expenses are in compliance with Snowflake Travel and Expense Policy.
• Run metrics and create reporting for management on the savings/lost savings on a monthly basis.
• Supports the Corporate Travel & Procurement Card Programs for North America - US & Canada
• Supports the Expense Reporting platform for the North America, Europe, Asia businesses and global expansions
• Supports employees across Snowflake with any questions on Travel and Expenses
• Maintain ticketing system to make sure all issues related to Travel and Expenses are resolved in a timely manner.
• Analyses corporate card account delinquencies and manages escalations to resolve
• Analyzes expense data & trends to identify deficiencies & opportunities
• Recovers funds owing Snowflake and corporate card providers for reporting exceptions
• Escalates policy concerns and violations to employees and management as necessary
• Participates in special projects as required
• Performs other related duties as assigned

REQUIREMENTS:
• Bachelor’s degree in Business preferred with 3-5 years related accounting/Travel and Expense experience.
• Knowledge of Pre-Travel compliance preferred.
• Strong knowledge of credit/debit card products, travel & expense processing or auditing operations
• Ability to work within deadlines, multi-tasking and under pressure
• Knowledge of ERP and Workday Expense/Financials Concur and/or AppZen.
• Strong knowledge in the use of Microsoft suite (e.g. Access, Excel (pivot tables), PowerPoint, Word)
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Analytical, problem solving and organizational skills.
• Highly accurate and detail oriented.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
• Team player and "plays to win"
• Contagious Enthusiasm
• Positive approach to problem solving and customer service (internal or external)
• Ability to influence people and processes without formal authority