Business Expense Analyst

Position: Business Travel and Expense Analyst
The
** Business Travel and Expense Analyst
** drives the Travel and Expense Department’s efforts to optimize cost savings opportunities and delivers a world-class travel and expense experience for internal end users. Leads review of potential savings opportunities.

Collaborates with suppliers to ensure maximum savings opportunities for Travel and Expense.

Owns, creates and maintains reporting*.
* Assists and drives excellence in Travel and Expense savings objectives and initiatives through strategic thinking, process improvements, and data analysis.  Responsible for maintaining and supporting the travel and entertainment (T&E) business expense reporting program and corporate travel administration. Serves as a liaison between external vendors, General Accounting, Payroll and Information Systems staff to support systems. Ensures the implementation and adherence of business expense policy.
* Seeks to deliver a world-class user experience of the Concur Travel and Expense program.
* Collaborates with external and internal partners to drive cost savings initiatives
* Owns direct contact with suppliers
* Develops effective reporting to track and plan cost savings initiatives.
* Provides system support, maintenance and reporting for the T&E corporate business expense system.
* Manages, coordinates, negotiates the travel/hotel programs.
* Ongoing management of communication, training, education and skills development.
* Serves as liaison between external vendors, General Accounting, Payroll and Information Systems staff to support systems.
* Maintain, produce and distribute standard and custom reports/queries.
* Ensure compliance with company policies by auditing expense reports per established company guidelines.
* Responsible for accuracy, timeliness and completeness of journal entry feeds from system to General Ledger.
* Performs other duties as assigned.
* The ideal candidate will possess at least three years of professional business experience, with a minimum of two years dedicated to Travel and Expense administration. An Associate degree in Business or Accounting is required; however, we will consider candidates with two years of direct travel industry experience in lieu of a degree. A Bachelor’s degree is preferred.
* Must be detail oriented with a commitment to a high level of accuracy.
* Personifies a helpful, eager, malleable, and diligent spirit to serve all team members.
* Ability to communicate, collaborate, and learn from other departments to ensure continuity of work and project coordination.
* Demonstrates the ability to comprehend and improve business processes.
* Must have excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, and good organizational and problem solving skills.
* Must have the ability to multitask, prioritize and be able to work independently and within a team environment.
* Builds knowledge of industry trends and new advancements specific to Travel and Expense.
* Develops solutions to a variety of problems of large scope and complexity.  Refers to policies and practices for guidance.
* Knowledge of Corporate Business Expense and Travel Policies
* Proficient in financial analysis and reporting.
* Able to investigate and understand problems and processes.
* Excellent written, oral, organizational and communication skills.
* Must have excellent customer service, time management and organization skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously, as well as the ability to work independently.
* Able to adapt to and use various forms of technology.
* Strong presentation skills preferred
* Proficiency in spreadsheet, word processing, presentation software.
* Proficiency in email and internet applications.

For more than 125 years, Gordon Food Service has delivered uncompromised quality and heartfelt service. From a butter-and-egg delivery service, it has grown into the largest family-operated food service business in North America. Today, the company serves customers from restaurants, to healthcare and education, across the U.S. and Canada through its distribution network and more than 180 retail stores.
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