Manager, Travel & Expense

ITT Inc.

  • Seneca Falls, NY
  • $103,600-154,800 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 29 days ago
About ITT::At ITT, we have a clear purpose as an organization – to provide our customers with cutting-edge solutions to help solve their most critical needs across key global end markets. Our continuous improvement mindset drives our commitment to evolving our capabilities as a multi-industrial technology, manufacturing and engineering leader. With a strong global footprint of more than 100 facilities, we are well positioned to solve critical challenges for our customers around the world. Our locations include manufacturing facilities and global service capabilities in 35 countries. Through these worldwide operations and building on our heritage of innovation, our approximately ~11,000 team members partner with our customers to deliver enduring solutions that make a lasting difference and help the world move forward. ITT is headquartered in Stamford, CT, with sales in approximately 125 countries. The company generated 2024 revenues of $3.6 billion.
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Position Summary:The Manager, Global Travel & Expense is responsible for overseeing ITT’s expense reimbursement process, including ownership and administration of our Concur Expense Management system, and reporting and compliance with ITT’s T&E Policies. Additionally, this role will partner closely with our TMC and corporate card provider. The Manager, Global Travel & Expense will lead our T&E team through day-to-day operations. This role will also ensure the execution of the T&E strategy and policy, implement tools, build processes, collaborate cross functionally, while maintaining an exceptional employee experience. The role will report directly to the Director of AP and T&E. Essential Responsibilities:
  • Lead and develop Travel, Expense, Corporate Cards operations in compliance with internal policies, controls, and procedures
  • Continuously benchmark and refine policies and procedures to align with business needs, best practices, industry regulations, standards, and trends
  • Ensure the proper application of ITT’s global and any local/regional expense and travel policies and procedures
  • Act as point of escalation to ensure timely remediation of issues related to Concur, corporate cards, and TMC
  • Execute on strategic plans to deliver value, scale, and efficiencies while improving sustainability and duty of care
  • Establish a trusted relationship with cross-functional partners, including HR, Internal Audit, Sourcing, IT, and Finance
  • Implement key reporting and metrics to monitor compliance, operational efficiency and quality of service; Provide detailed reporting and analysis to senior leadership
  • Manage, coordinate and support the integration and onboarding of additional business units into Concur, corporate cards and TMC, special projects, analysis and ad-hoc tasks as needed
  • Identify, propose and execute levers for optimizing processes, communication and savings linked to travel and expenses
  • Manage the day-to-day operations of the T&E team, ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures.
  • Responsible for managing Internal Audit Team requests and addressing audit observations as needed.
Position Requirements:
  • 8+ years of Travel & Expense experience with 3+ years of supervisory experience required
  • Deep understanding of Concur Expense and Travel Management
  • Experience with Travel & Expense tool implementation, enhancements, and SOX requirements
  • Ability to work with a global team in a matrix organization
  • Excellent oral and written communication with proven ability to influence up, down and across the organization
  • Comfortable enforcing company policies while maintaining employee satisfaction
  • Strong project management and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment
  • Detail oriented and results driven
  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, a related field or equivalent experience
Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies
  • Strong problem-solving, analytical, interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Able to excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, where small teams share a broad variety of duties.
  • Displays strong initiative and drive to accomplish goals and meet company objectives.
  • Takes ownership and responsibility for current and past work products.
  • Excellent organizational and time-management abilities.
Equal Pay Act Statement: We aim to pay our ‘ITT’ers’ fairly and competitively in the locations that they live and work. Pay-for-performance is a principle that we believe in, and employees are rewarded based not only on ‘what’ they accomplish, but also on ‘how’ they reflect ITT’s values. ITT offers a competitive salary and robust total rewards package, such as health insurance, 401(k), short and long-term disability, paid time off, growth and developmental opportunities, and other incentive compensation programs. Specific benefits are dependent upon whether or not the position is part of a collective-bargaining agreement. The salary offered to a candidate is based several factors such as candidate experience and qualifications, location, as well as market and business considerations. Equal Pay Act Range: Annual Salary Range $103,600 to $154,800 Plus Benefits and Incentive Plans

ITT Inc.