Senior Analyst, Travel and Expense - 4-Month Contract

Company Description

Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization

When you join CPP Investments, you are joining one of the world’s most admired and respected institutional investors. With more than $600 billion in assets under management, CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure it is financially sustainable for generations of working and retired Canadians.

CPP Investments invests across regions and asset classes to build a globally diversified portfolio. It holds assets in public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and fixed income, and the CPP Fund is projected to reach $3 trillion in assets by 2050. The organization is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo, and Sydney.

CPP Investments successfully attracts, selects, and retains talented individuals from top-tier institutions worldwide. Join our team for access to:

• Stimulating work in a fast-paced and intellectually challenging environment
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility
• Global career development opportunities
• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• A hybrid-flexible work environment with an emphasis on in-person collaboration
• A culture rooted in principles of integrity, partnership, and high performance
• An organization with an important social purpose that positively impacts lives

If you have a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach work with the highest integrity, invest your career here. 

Job Description

The Senior Analyst, Travel and Expense, is responsible for managing the global travel and expense reporting process, ensuring compliance with CPP Investment’s policies and standards, providing support to employee inquiries, administering the corporate credit card program, and managing key performance indicators relevant to the success of the Travel and Expense program.

This role requires a detail-oriented individual with strong analytical skills and the ability to work collaboratively across departments. This is a contract position.

Key Responsibilities

• Review all employee expense reports to ensure accuracy and compliance with company policies and standards.
• Maintain a strong controls environment and understand relevant risks to mitigate against fraud
• Provide first-level support for inquiries related to expense reports, addressing and resolving any issues promptly.
• Conduct user training sessions on expense reports processing to ensure all employees are well-versed in company procedures and policies.
• Perform monthly and quarterly expense compliance audits to identify and rectify any discrepancies or non-compliance issues related to employee travel expenses.
• Administer the activation and deactivation of corporate credit cards to maintain control over the company’s credit resources.
• Manage the relationship with corporate credit card service providers
• Deliver quarterly reporting on key performance indicators and relevant metrics
• Forecast year-end travel expense related accruals
• Provide ad hoc department level travel and expense reporting

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 3- 5 years of experience in travel and expense management roles.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Proficiency in expense management software and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience with Workday Expenses and Concur Travel would be considered an asset.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, able to liaise confidentially with internal and external stakeholders, including team members, management, global office managers, and external service providers
• Experience with Tableau would be considered an asset.
• Experience conducting end user training in individual and group settings.

Additional Information

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At CPP Investments, we are committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability.

We thank all applicants for their interest but will only contact candidates selected to advance in the hiring process.

Our Commitment to Inclusion and Diversity:

In addition to being dedicated to building a workforce that reflects diverse talent, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible experience. If you require an accommodation for any part of the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms, etc.), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Disclaimer:

CPP Investments does not accept resumes from employment placement agencies, head-hunters or recruitment suppliers that are not in a formal contractual arrangement with us. Our recruitment supplier arrangements are restricted to specific hiring needs and do not include this or other web-site job postings. Any resume or other information received from a supplier not approved by CPP Investments to provide resumes to this posting or web-site will be considered unsolicited and will not be considered. CPP Investments will not pay any referral, placement or other fee for the supply of such unsolicited resumes or information.