Sr. Manager, Accounting (Travel and Expenses)

Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Finance & Accounting Group, Finance & Accounting Group > Global Accounting Ops Center

General Summary:

As a Travel and Expense (T&E) Senior Manager, you will be responsible for setting the strategic direction and roadmap for the travel and expense function on a global scale. Your role involves driving enhancements and ensuring compliance with all T&E processes across the company. This encompasses the establishment of globally standardized T&E processes, both regionally and globally.  It also involves responsibility to drive execution excellence within the Travel and Expense team, focused on meeting or exceeding defined success metrics and quality standards for deliverables and business outcomes.

This leader must demonstrate strong communication with key members of Qualcomm’s Global Accounting Organization and relevant Global Process Owners (GPOs) to deliver best-in-class execution and build a continuous improvement mindset into the organization. Additionally, you will oversee the management and development of staff, cultivate key relationships with end users and external vendors, ensure Sox compliance, and spearhead efforts to enhance departmental efficiencies and automation. The ideal candidate should also have a strong understanding and inclination towards automation possibilities in the T&E space, which includes, but is not restricted to, AI, any other form of efficiency in the said space
 

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage all Travel and Expense activities, ensuring accurate, reliable, timely deliverables that meet or exceed quality standards, including but not limited to:

• Actively monitor and manage:
  • Travel and expense management.
  • Periodic review of process metrics to ensure compliance to policies and global process.
  • Proactive communication with global stakeholders and businesses, to ensure compliance and reinforce the same to employees.
  • Regular escalations and training for Noncompliance to policies.
  • Period review of polices and process with the Global Process Owner and Operations Process Owner (OPO) to ensure consistency with market.
  • External benchmarking of policies and procedures to review and enhance best practices and implement efficient processes.
• Drive achievement of metric targets and develop timely action plans to address any results that are out of compliance with established expectations.
• Prepare audit documentation and perform analysis in support of the Company’s various internal and external audit activities.
• Manage relationships with our external partners and ensure their performance is in line with expectations.

Lead an organization with a strong focus on Compliance, accuracy and timeliness while seeking continuous improvements in the T&E process through:

• Partnering with GPOs and Operations Process Owner (OPO) to recommend and implement innovative approaches that will provide a future road map for the T&E process with efficiency and compliance in mind.
• Partnering with Regional and other stakeholders like HR & Legal to build a process around Non-Compliance.
• Consistently provide guidance, mentorship and coaching to managers, Staff, and senior accountants in the T&E team, including drafting and conducting performance reviews and delivering real-time feedback throughout the year with a focus on employee development and career/organizational planning
• Proactively identify and provide solutions for problems that arise, communicate such to OPO
• Proactively identify situations and areas where to insert self into situations to resolve open issues or avoid escalations
• Lead business initiatives and projects

Essential Knowledge & Experience:

• 14+ years of applicable experience in Travel and Expense domain with additional experience in implementation of Concur.
• Experience in implementation of AI based tools and Dashboards in the Travel and expense domain would be preferred.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of overall accounting operations.
• Strong PC skills with required proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong verbal, written and negotiation skills.
• High degree of professionalism - able to interact verbally and in writing with all levels of the organization and with internal and external stakeholders (e.g. suppliers). Strong negotiation skills.
• Prior experience working for a large multinational corporation, preferably one headquartered in the United States
• Prior experience working in a Shared Service environment.
• Extensive experience in a Supervisory role. (Managed greater than 10-member team)
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Oracle and SAP experience a plus

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree.
• 2+ years of Finance, Accounting, or related work experience.

*Completed advanced degrees in a relevant field may be substituted for up to two years (Master’s = one year, Doctorate = two years) of work experience.

Applicants: If you need an accommodation, during the application/hiring process, you may request an accommodation by sending email to 

Although this role has some expected minor physical activity, this should not deter otherwise qualified applicants from applying. If you are an individual with a physical or mental disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, please call Qualcomm’s toll-free number found

for assistance. Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, to support individuals with disabilities as part of our ongoing efforts to create an accessible workplace.

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.

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