Sr Travel Analyst I

Foreflight; Województwo pomorskie; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Foreflight seeks a Sr Travel Analyst to own travel category performance, spend analytics, and supplier delivery for the AMER/EMEA/APAC regions. The role drives data-led insights, TMC and supplier management, and policy adherence within the GTSM framework.

You will produce spend visibility, maintain Tableau dashboards, and present quarterly reviews to regional leadership. Collaboration with IT on platform health and regional configuration is required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in corporate travel management or T&E operations.
• Experience with SAP Concur or Navan; proficient in Excel/Tableau/Cognos.
• Experience with corporate card compliance reviews, expense audits, and financial controls.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Primary operational contact for corporate travel and expense activities in the assigned region.
• Manage day-to-day operations: TMC oversight, OBT support, and escalation resolution.
• Produce spend visibility reports, supplier scorecards, and program utilization metrics.
• Own and maintain Tableau dashboards as the primary analytics resource for the region; conduct ad hoc spend modeling and trend forecasting to surface compliance gaps and program opportunities.
• Prepare and present quarterly business reviews (QBRs) to regional leadership, including spend benchmarking against prior periods and industry peers.
• Monitor T&E platform health (Navan, Concur, Ramp, Oracle ERP) — identify and escalation operational issues, configuration gaps, and integration failures to the T&E Program Manager and IT teams for resolution.
• Identify regional configuration needs (mileage rates, receipt thresholds, audit rules, user access) and submit change requests to the T&E Program Manager for implementation, testing, and sign-off.
• Support platform migrations, including Concur wind-down and Navan transition.
• Own regional travel category supplier relationships across air, hotel, ground transportation, and TMC partners; serve as the escalation point for TMC performance issues.
• Support RFP processes, contract negotiations, rate cap management, and SLA monitoring.

Skills

Corporate travel management

T&E operations

Strong communication

Tools

SAP Concur

Navan

Excel

Tableau

Cognos

Oracle ERP

Jira

Coupa

Job description

Sr. Travel Analyst / Sr. Travel Specialist

Department: Finance

Summary

Regional operator within the Global Travel & Spend Management (GTSM) team, deployed to a single region (AMER, EMEA, or APAC) as the primary point of accountability for travel category performance, spend analytics, and supplier delivery. This role drives program outcomes through data-led insights, TMC and travel supplier management, and employee engagement — operating within policy and system frameworks established by the T&E Program Manager.

Responsibilities

Regional Operations

• Primary operational contact for corporate travel and expense activities in the assigned region.
• Manage day-to-day operations: TMC oversight, OBT support, and escalation resolution.
• Resolve employee issues for travel, expense, and card inquiries via centralized case management.

Data Analytics & Reporting

• Produce spend visibility reports, supplier scorecards, and program utilization metrics.
• Own and maintain Tableau dashboards as the primary analytics resource for the region; conduct ad hoc spend modeling and trend forecasting to surface compliance gaps and program opportunities.
• Prepare and present quarterly business reviews (QBRs) to regional leadership, including spend benchmarking against prior periods and industry peers.
• Monitor T&E platform health (Navan, Concur, Ramp, Oracle ERP) — identify and escalation operational issues, configuration gaps, and integration failures to the T&E Program Manager and IT teams for resolution.
• Identify regional configuration needs (mileage rates, receipt thresholds, audit rules, user access) and submit change requests to the T&E Program Manager for implementation, testing, and sign-off.
• Support platform migrations, including Concur wind-down and Navan transition.
• Own regional travel category supplier relationships across air, hotel, ground transportation, and TMC partners; serve as the escalation point for TMC performance issues. Note: expense system and card platform vendor relationships (Concur, Citibank, Navan) are owned by the T&E Program Manager and are outside the scope of this role.
• Support RFP processes, contract negotiations, rate cap management, and SLA monitoring.

Audit & Compliance

• Conduct expense audits and quarterly compliance reviews across expense platforms; for corporate card programs, review spend data and compliance metrics only — card issuance, limit-setting, MCC management, and fraud escalation are owned by the T&E Program Manager.
• Identify and escalation policy violations, duplicate expenses, and anomalous transactions to the T&E Program Manager; apply established policy frameworks rather than developing or recommending policy changes.
• Reconcile aged transactions and manage GL codes with Finance and A/P.

Employee Engagement

• Provide responsive support for travel, expense, and card inquiries; deliver policy and platform training.
• Contribute to communications (email, Slack, intranet) and participate in regional listening sessions.

Focus Area

AMER (US)

EMEA (PL)

APAC (IN)

Analytics

Primary owner of dashboards and performance reporting

Regional reporting and leadership engagement

Data/technology monitoring; co-owns global audit processes

Technology

Lead for integration stability and Concur wind-down

OBT and expense platform support

Platform performance and regional configuration

Escalation management and tech stack alignment

Escalation and contract performance

Escalations, optimization, regional sourcing

Sourcing

Program optimization initiatives

Program improvement and adoption

Regional category sourcing and supplier engagement

Each deployment carries a distinct regional emphasis that shapes day-to-day priorities. While all regions share the core responsibilities above, the table below defines where each role leads versus supports. These regional distinctions are central to role design — candidates will be assessed on their fit for the specific region they are hired into.

Qualifications

Required

• 5+ years in corporate travel management or T&E operations.
• Experience with SAP Concur or Navan; proficiency in Excel, Tableau, or Cognos.
• Experience with corporate card compliance reviews, expense audits, and financial controls (card program administration is not required).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred

• Global or multi-regional T&E program experience.
• Familiarity with Oracle ERP, Jira, Coupa, or regional compliance requirements (EMEA VAT, APAC local tax).
• Background in platform migrations or supplier/category sourcing.