Travel & Expense Specialist Intern (Summer)

Spectrum Brands' global enabling functions, including Finance, Legal, IT, Human Resources, Supply Chain, and Commercial Operations, provide enterprise-wide strategy, structure, and common processes to deliver the knowledge and expertise that helps our businesses grow. Enabling functions may operate as a center-led global team, providing a central strategy, structure, and standards; or as business partner teams, with resources embedded within the businesses to deliver business unit-specific results.

The Travel and Expense Specialist will be responsible for managing program goals, policies, and procedures while providing daily oversight and employee support for travel and expense. This position will interact directly with the employee base and external service providers to ensure compliance with our Travel and Expense (T&E) program. The Travel and Expense Specialist will also be responsible for all activity related to the Concur and Corporate Card banking platforms, as well as all general accounting activity under the supervision of the department supervisor.

Transactional (75%)

• Perform the full day-to-day administrative functions for applications supporting the Corporate Travel and T&E programs and policies.
  
  
  
  • This includes profile creation and maintaining all employee profiles in all program systems.
  • Perform all activities including policy/procedure implementations, enhancements, maintenance, journal entries, and reporting.
  
  
  
  
• Provide support to employees with online booking tools and corporate cards.
• Must be comfortable working with employees of all levels over the phone, in person, or via email.

Accounting (15%)

• Reconcile SAP Balance Sheets for Corporate cards. Includes researching and correcting any discrepancies and creating and posting journal entries as needed.
• Auditing and compliance of both corporate card programs.

Analytics (5%)

• Track and analyze program progress and create relevant reporting and dashboards for actionable decision-making by company leaders.
• Implement compliance of preferred vendors and management processes to measure travel policy compliance and recommend actions accordingly.

Other 5%

• Assist with Shared Services projects as needed.

• Associates Degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field, or
• 2+ years business related experience.
• A minimum of 1 year experience working with a corporate expense program or related field.
• 1 year of accounting knowledge.
• Travel experience a plus.
• Concur and/or SAP knowledge a plus.

• Strong priority management and attention to detail, including ability to prioritize multiple assignments and deadlines accurately under pressure.
• Desire to grow in responsibility as the Company grows.
• Project management skills
• Ability to provide excellent customer service skills and skillfully handle confrontation
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality
• Demonstrate strengths in the areas of service and team skills, including evidence of ability to work independently and in close conjunction with others.
• Proven people management and personnel development skills.
• Must think strategically; identify issues and find a reasonable solution.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, as well as interpersonal skills, to effectively build relationships with internal and external clients, present business recommendations.
• Experience dealing with a variety of constituents in a professional manner.
• Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Working conditions are normal for an office environment.