T&E & Accounts Payable Analyst: Concur + SAP Expert

Syensqo SA; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 240,000 - 279,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Maternity/paternity leave

Training platform for all employees

Free well-being sessions

Job summary

Syensqo is seeking a Travel & Expense Analyst to ensure accurate, compliant end-to-end management of employee travel and expense processes, supporting Concur administration, SAP posting, and policy adherence. You will serve as a key interface between Finance, IT, GBS, and external partners.

Based in Moscavide, Lisbon, the role offers a competitive salary and opportunities to drive continuous improvement, KPI reporting, and system optimisations through tools like Power BI and JIRA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Management, or a related field.
• Solid experience in Travel & Expense processes within an international environment.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with SAP (FI/CO exposure strongly preferred; understanding of cost accounting structures is a plus).
• Strong Concur experience (user support + configuration/administration or power-user level).
• Good understanding of finance operations, internal controls, and compliance requirements.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail; able to interpret data and identify process issues.
• Clear communicator with strong stakeholder management skills across Finance, IT, GBS, and business users.
• Structured problem-solving mindset; comfortable working with escalations and ambiguity.
• Ability to document processes and train users effectively.
• Continuous improvement mindset (Lean/Kaizen exposure is a plus).
• Experience with corporate card programs (e.g., Amex) and travel agency management.
• Experience in T&E auditing, VAT/tax considerations for expenses, or multi-country policy environments.
• Experience with reporting tools (Power BI, Excel advanced) and Concur Intelligence/analytics (if applicable).
• Knowledge of ticketing/workflow tools (e.g., JIRA, ServiceNow)

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day support to employees and approvers on T&E topics (expense reports, approvals, audit requirements, reimbursements, corporate card issues).
• Ensure compliance with Syensqo T&E policies, internal controls, and applicable tax/VAT rules (where relevant).
• Support issue resolution and escalation management with GBS, travel agency, and card provider.
• Act as Concur Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Expense (and Travel, if applicable).
• Maintain and configure Concur settings: expense types, workflows/approvals, audit rules, payment types, cost objects, delegates, and user profiles.
• Support testing, release management, and change requests (enhancements, new features, integrations).
• Develop and maintain Concur guidance materials (job aids, FAQs) and deliver user training.
• Ensure accurate posting of T&E transactions to SAP (e.g., cost centers, internal orders, WBS elements, GL accounts).
• Monitor and troubleshoot integration issues between Concur and SAP (interface errors, master data mismatches, posting failures).
• Partner with Accounting/Controlling to support period-end close activities related to T&E (accruals where applicable, reconciliations, reporting).
• Governance, Controls & Reporting: support T&E compliance controls, analyze spend and provide insights, contribute to KPI reporting.
• Stakeholder Management & Continuous Improvement: coordinate with GBS and IT on process/system changes, participate in projects.

Skills

T&E processes

SAP FI/CO exposure

Concur experience

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Process documentation

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Business Administration

Tools

SAP

Concur

Power BI

Excel

JIRA

ServiceNow

Job description

Syensqo is seeking a Travel & Expense Analyst to ensure accurate, compliant end-to-end management of employee travel and expense processes, supporting Concur administration, SAP posting, and policy adherence. You will serve as a key interface between Finance, IT, GBS, and external partners.

Based in Moscavide, Lisbon, the role offers a competitive salary and opportunities to drive continuous improvement, KPI reporting, and system optimisations through tools like Power BI and JIRA.