British CouncilHiring for Team Lead Concur at Noida, Uttar Pradesh Full Time

Location: Noida, South Asia, IN

Company: British Council

The British Council builds connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and other countries through arts and culture, education and the English language.

We work in two ways – directly with individuals to transform their lives, and with governments and partners to make a bigger difference for the longer term, creating benefit for millions of people all over the world. We help young people to gain the skills, confidence and connections they are looking for to realise their potential and to participate in strong and inclusive communities. We support them to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications. Our work in arts and culture stimulates creative expression and exchange and nurtures creative enterprise. We connect the best of the UK with the world and the best of the world with the UK.

These connections lead to an understanding of each other’s strengths and of the challenges and values that we share. This builds trust between people in the UK and other nations which endures even when official relations may be strained. We work on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2019-20 we connected with 80 million people directly and with 791 million overall, including online and through our broadcasts and publications.

Job Title: Team Lead Concur

Purpose of job:
To support management of overall Travel and Expense Process and handling Concur rollout in all Regions. The resource will also be required to monitor the T&E compliance, manage stakeholders, day to day supervision of Concur team.

Role context:
British Council operates across the globe in 8 regions including the UK. Team Lead Concur will primarily be the key contact person between the region and the finance hub and will be

responsible to ensuring that all queries and service level requirements related to Concur process is met.

Main opportunities/challenges for this role

Accountabilities, responsibilities and main duties:
Maintaining the key service level requirements & KPI targets between SSC and Regions

Key contact between the region, Concur technical team, Banks and Finance hub

Provide oversight and direction to Shared Service Center Concur Team supporting the

accounting, T&E operations and projects.

Final reviewer of Concur Transaction and responsible for the monthly Concur close process.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities to improve and standardize process

Proactively track operational issues and coordinate with other functional owners to ensure timely resolution of identified issues.

Manage & streamline TEX/DPC/ Lodge card process rolled out for staff on Concur besides governing the TEX/DPC card expenditure of HSBC on SAP. The incumbent will be responsible for analysing of reports.

Completion of reconciliation between Concur, RBS, Sanatander and SAP systems.

Trouble shooting coding related issues with help of GSD for TEX/DPC / Lodge card transactions in timely manner

Help coding and approval of TEX/DPC card transactions in timely manner

Ensure proper follow ups on unassigned & unapproved transactions on Regional/Country level

Developing standard reporting for compliance, reconciliation and proper governance of the process.

Exception reporting to key Stake holders with regard to non-compliances of the agreed processes.

Resolving user queries with regard to TEX/DPC card transactions with the issuing bankers.

Establish highly collaborative relationships with key stakeholders including tax, treasury, IT, statutory reporting team, and SSC and other operational teams.

Ensuring support and compliance for all kinds of audit.

Initiating on process improvements there by improving the overall efficiency.

Role specific knowledge and experience

Intermediate experience in Finance Process handling, data analysis

Financial accounting skills including book-keeping.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

SAP system skills

Understanding of financial processes

Risk identification and management

Qualifications

Essential – Finance Graduate/Post Graduate in Commerce

Further Information

Pay Band – 6

Contract Type – Indefinite

Department/Country- GSS Finance (Finance Transactions)/ India – Noida

Closing Date (Time) – 18th Apr’22 (IST -23:59)

A connected and trusted UK in a more connected and trusted world.

Equality , Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Statement

The British Council is committed to policies and practices of equality, diversity and inclusion across everything we do. We support all staff to make sure their behaviour is consistent with this commitment. We want to address under representation and encourage applicants from under-represented groups, in particular, but not exclusively, on grounds of ethnicity and disability. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria are guaranteed an interview and we have Disability Confident Employer Status. We welcome discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation and engagement in our work and activities.

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We believe that all children and adults everywhere in the world deserve to live in safe environments and have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, maltreatment and exploitation as set out in article 19, UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) 1989.

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