Travel & Expenses Specialist

Verisure (kown in Portugal as Securitas Direct) is seeking a talented, innovative, hands-on, and passionate **Travel & Expenses Specialist **to join our Shared Service Center, with colleagues in, UK, Ireland, and other locations. This exciting and amazing opportunity role will be based in Lisbon, reporting to the SSC Manager. In this role you will have the chance to be part of an international project and be in close contact with our country travel & expenses owners in different locations.

In this role, your main responsibilities wil be 1) to make all the travel-related arrangements needed for employees going on business trips, using Egencia platform, and 2) to audit employee expenses and ensure that they comply with company policies.

**The company’s success depends on its people and it invests in them every day. Working with Verisure is being part of an industry leading world-class company that has a strong entrepreneurial spirit.**

**Strategic context and value proposition**:
Over the past years, Verisure has experienced an exceptional and resilient financial performance with a very long track record of double-digit growth - Thanks to continuous drive for Innovation, our very sophisticated Go-To-Market approach and replicable business model for expansion into new countries. Our strong and visionary Management Team is now supporting the business’ next phase of growth with a robust business plan for value creation.

On the back of the extraordinary growth we have enjoyed in the past years, the company is now** building its own Shared Service Center**, in line with the strategic decision to further centralise the finance function in Lisbon. This travel & expenses specialist will be a key member of this team and play a critical role to achieve this goal.

Responsibilities will include, among others:

- Preparing cost allocation journal for travel and expenses claims
- Checking and processing expenses claims for the business units in scope
- Personal Expenses query management
- Liaising with providers and making travel arrangements on a regular basis: Booking trains, hotels, flights, and ferries
- Ensuring that all business expenses submitted and approved are compliant with company policies
- Managing Ad hoc tasks related to travel and expenses
- Other task as required

**Experience and Qualifications**:
**We see this role as **critical for the achievement of Verisure’s growth and organizational transformation goals while our Shared Service aims for efficiency, centralization and standardization of processes with a keen focus on quality of service.**
- High school graduate or higher, preferably with a technical degree related to the corporate world.
- Fluent in written and spoken English.
- 1+ years of relevant experience (expenses management and/or other administrative tasks)
- Previous experience with ERP systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP, PHC) and travel management tools (e.g., Egencia) is valued

**Competencies**:

- Ability to work in a fast-paced international environment
- Strong Microsoft skills including Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Organized, detail-oriented and abie to establish priorities and meeting deadlines
- Customer and solution-oriented mindset with good analytical skills
- Humble, comfortable and effective in a hands-on, team-oriented environment
- Good communication and interpersonal skills in, ability to navigate in a multicultural environment and develop positive working relationships across the organization
- Ability to demonstrate commitment and ownership, eagerness to continuously improve processes and procedures
- An enthusiastic and high energy individual with a strong drive to create a positive work environment
- Strong work ethic, with high personal and professional standards
- A Strong fit with our Company DNA

**Strong fit with our Company DNA**:

- Passionate in Everything We Do: Our people have a sense of energy that is unmistakable, one that drives us to delight our customers and focus on creating impact quickly.
- Committed to Making a Difference: When we say we will do something; we deliver with excellence. We are accountable, focused and operate with discipline.
- Always Innovating: We believe that Innovation can be big or small; it’s a continuous state of mind that inspires us to think differently and always make things better. We are risk takers and we learn continuously.
- Winning as a Team: Our people know that by leveraging one another’s strengths, investing in and developing our team’s capability and by collaborating well, we will win.
- With Trust & Responsibility: Operating with integrity is core to our success. We are humble, honest and value deep mastery and expertise. We do the right thing, always.

Alvará 138C - MAI