Travel And Expense Team Leader For Spain

Ikea; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Modern office near public transport

Global exposure

Diversity and inclusion

Job summary

Airbus Portugal SA is seeking a Travel and Expense Team Leader for Spain to join the Travel & Expenses team in Lisbon. The role focuses on leading day-to-day operations, aligning processes, and ensuring compliance with local regulations.

The ideal candidate has at least 6 years of professional experience, including 2 years in Travel & Expense, and demonstrates strong leadership, communication, and SAP skills. Fluency in Spanish is mandatory.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years of professional experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of Travel & Expense experience.
• Leadership experience managing teams, preferably in a GBS or similar.
• Working knowledge of SAP.

Responsibilities

• Oversees all activities within the team and is responsible for its performance.
• Take decisions on how to approach tasks and develop a plan to accomplish them.
• Distributes daily volume of work and information to team members and stakeholders.
• Coaches team members and develops strengths and weaknesses.
• Identify team goals and evaluate team progress.
• Ensure strict compliance with Travel and Expense Policies, legal regulations and local tax laws.

Skills

Leadership experience

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Decision making

Integrity

Tools

SAP

Job description

Travel and Expense Team Leader for Spain

Airbus

Job Description

We are now recruiting a Travel and Expense Team Leader for Spain to join our Travel & Expenses team in Lisbon.

Responsibilities - your mission:

• Oversees all activities within the team and is responsible for its performance
• Take decisions on how to approach tasks and develop a plan to accomplish them
• Distributes daily volume of work
• Distributes information to team members and stakeholders
• Coaches team members
• Develops team strengths and improve weaknesses
• Identify team goals and evaluate team progress
• Resolve conflict within the team
• Manages escalations, including support to litigation topics
• Investigate and resolve blocking points in audit process
• Build and sustain a robust relationship with local teams, stakeholders and leadership
• Become a focal point for local employees
• Propose recommendations and supervise the implementation of T&E Policies and procedures
• Propose and implement process harmonization and standardization between the different countries and promote an end to end T&E process
• Ensure strict compliance with Travel and Expense Policies, legal regulations and local tax laws
• Supports and assists the Head of Travel & Expense on management tasks related with the team development, training, benefits, promotion, team building, etc

Responsibilities - your mission:

• Oversees all activities within the team and is responsible for its performance
• Take decisions on how to approach tasks and develop a plan to accomplish them
• Distributes daily volume of work
• Distributes information to team members and stakeholders
• Coaches team members
• Develops team strengths and improve weaknesses
• Identify team goals and evaluate team progress
• Resolve conflict within the team
• Manages escalations, including support to litigation topics
• Ensures query resolution on a timely basis
• Investigate and resolve blocking points in audit process
• Build and sustain a robust relationship with local teams, stakeholders and leadership
• Become a focal point for local employees
• Propose recommendations and supervise the implementation of T&E Policies and procedures
• Propose and implement process harmonization and standardization between the different countries and promote an end to end T&E process
• Propose Continuous Improvement initiatives
• Ensure strict compliance with Travel and Expense Policies, legal regulations and local tax laws
• Supports and assists the Head of Travel & Expense on management tasks related with the team development, training, benefits, promotion, team building, etc

Requirements - our ideal candidate will have

Work Experience

• Minimum of 6 years of professional experience
• Minimum of 2 years of effective Travel & Expense experience
• Leadership experience in managing teams, preferably in a GBS or similar
• Working knowledge of SAP

Requirements - our ideal candidate will have

• Minimum of 6 years of professional experience
• Minimum of 2 years of effective Travel & Expense experience
• Leadership experience in managing teams, preferably in a GBS or similar
• Working knowledge of SAP

Soft skills requirements

• Verbal and nonverbal communication skills
  • Must communicate in a way that is clear, effective and directive
  • Fluency in one of the four official languages of Airbus
• Organizational skills
  • Strong organizational skills are crucial to help monitor progress, keep team members motivated and KPI controlled at all times
  • Proven ability to work in a team and independently
• Ability to delegate
  • Team leader must be able to delegate tasks by trusting in the individual abilities of the team
• Integrity
  • Should lead by example, gain the respect and the appreciation of the team
• Confident work ethic
  • Should display confidence in the task and the team to instill confidence in others

Mandatory fluency in Spanish language

Benefits - what’s in it for you:

• Diverse career opportunities within Airbus European core countries or in other regions around the world.
• A hybrid working model, allowing you to combine onsite and offsite work.
• A modern office well connected to public transportation.
• A motivated and fun crew to grow and build and shape the GBS together.
• An intense and exciting onboarding experience.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company

Airbus Portugal SA

Employment Type

Permanent

Experience Level

Professional

Job Family

Accounting

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