Travel & Expenses Specialist

Do you want to have an impact and join abusiness where you canmake the difference?Do you enjoy working as part of an enthusiastic, passionate,and collaborative team?Join our HR TeamThe Travel & Expenses Specialist role sits within the HR – Reward, Payroll & HR Services team, within a wider HR, Property & Facilities department. The HR – Reward, Payroll & HR Services team is responsible for providing first line employee support, administering the employee lifecycle, particularly through HR systems, ensuring a timely and accurate payroll and expenses service and providing a first-class benefits and perks offer.Success. The Softcat Way.Softcat is a major UK success story in technology solutions. We're a £1 billion+paturnover business with offices nationwide and a sterling industry reputation.We help customers to use technology to succeed, by putting our employees first.Our success is down to our people – and the platform we give them to prove their potential. Make change happen by joining a team that never stands stillAs the Travel & Expenses Specialist you will manage our travel and expenses expenditure in the most efficient way, whilst ensuring employees are empowered to perform their jobs to the best of their ability. You will be managing key external relationships whilst working closely with internal stakeholders such as HR Services, Finance, Fraud, Payroll, IT, Internal Communications and Internal Procurement.In this role you will be responsible for:Owning the relationship with our external expenses system (Concur) and travel management system / partner (CWT)Ensuring the best rates are available for accommodation and travel requirementsDriving adoption of preferred platforms, partners and processes across our employee baseReviewing trends in travel and claim reports and escalate any potential breaches in policy or employee conductPartnering with the Head of Internal Procurement on any external supplier tender processesWe'd love you to haveExtensive experience managing travel and expenses for a large corporate business, either in-house or in a third-party providerCustomer excellence mindset and knowledge of how to run a best-in-class business travel serviceAbility to deep dive into data and work confidently with numbers and reportsConfidence to challenge and present findingsWork in a way that works for youWe recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:Hybrid working – 1 / 2 days in the office and 3 / 4 days working from homeWorking flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the dayFlexibility around school pick up and drop offsWorking with usWherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives,and embraces every background.To become part of the success story, please apply now.As part of our commitment to supporting, attracting and retaining the best diverse talent, Softcat is proud to partner with organisations like WORK180, My G Work and Black Young Professionals. Work 180 endorse employers that demonstrate on-going support for women at work, including offering benefits and policies that best support female employees. My G Work support us in our aim of attracting more LGBTQ+ talent. The BYP network support us in diversifying our talent pool by tapping into the black professional community. Create an alert subscription based on this vacancy We offer a competitive salary and benefits package and will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefits include:PensionShare incentive planLife AssuranceHolidayTwo days extra holiday on top of your usual entitlement on your birthday and at ChristmasTripsOpportunity to qualify for Director hosted (often michelin star) lunches as well as half and full year icentive trips to places all over the worldVouchersTechnology vouchers, activity passes, restaurant discount cardPartner/family BenefitsOption to add your partner/family to some of the benefitsAccess to Perklife, our dedicated portal for all perks and flexible benefitsMaternity, Paternity and Adoption supportTwo days extra holiday on top of your usual entitlement on your birthday and at ChristmasTripsOpportunity to qualify for Director hosted (often michelin star) lunches as well as half and full year icentive trips to places all over the worldVouchersTechnology vouchers, activity passes, restaurant discount cardPartner/family BenefitsOption to add your partner/family to some of the benefitsAccess to Perklife, our dedicated portal for all perks and flexible benefitsMaternity, Paternity and Adoption supportTwo days extra holiday on top of your usual entitlement on your birthday and at ChristmasTripsOpportunity to qualify for Director hosted (often michelin star) lunches as well as half and full year icentive trips to places all over the worldVouchersTechnology vouchers, activity passes, restaurant discount cardPartner/family BenefitsOption to add your partner/family to some of the benefitsAccess to Perklife, our dedicated portal for all perks and flexible benefitsMaternity, Paternity and Adoption support
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