Sr. Program Specialist - Expense Management & Cost Optimization Job
Thomson Reuters
Date: May 12, 2013
Location: Manila, PH
Title:Sr. Program Specialist - Expense Management & Cost Optimization
ID:ACC00006300
Description
The Sr. Program Specialist - Expense Management and Cost Optimization supports cost optimization initiatives, manages the centralized purchasing function for the Manila Operational Centre and ensures efficient documentation of transactions for regulatory requirements and internal compliance.
- Assists in the development and implementation of site-wide processes for expense administration and cost control.
- Participates in the development and implementation of cost optimization programs.
- Oversees the day to day processing of centralized expense management operations covering invoicing, payment requests, disbursement and cross-allocation/charging.
- Processes site/employee engagement expenses.
- Ensures that supporting documents to avail of tax incentives are compiled for compliance purposes.
- Ensures the timely and efficient processing of expenses and cross allocation to business units where applicable.
- Liases with vendors, sourcing and requestor to resolve payment and delivery issues.
- Coordinates with Compliance and Payables to generate regular monthly reports.
- Manages / centralizes check releases for Manila Opns Centre and Reuters Ltd., and prepares regular reports to ensure VAT compliance.
We are the leading source of intelligent information for the world's businesses and professionals, providing customers with competitive advantage. Intelligent information is a unique synthesis of human intelligence, industry expertise and innovative technology that provides decision-makers with the knowledge to act, enabling them to make better decisions faster. We deliver this must-have insight to the financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, intellectual property and science and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accountancy or Finance
- At least 4-8 years related experience in accounting or finance in a supervisory or specialist level
- Preferably CPA
- Experience in project management, financial management and reporting
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, high level of initiative, dynamism and drive; proven analytical skills
- Highly Proficiency in MS Excel
At Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one - collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With over 60,000 employees in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Making this happen is a dynamic, evolving process, and we count on each employee to be a catalyst in driving our performance - and their own.
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
Intrigued by a challenge as large and fascinating as the world itself? Come join us.
To learn more about what we offer, please visit careers.thomsonreuters.com.
More information about Thomson Reuters can be found on thomsonreuters.com.
Job: Accounting & Finance
Primary Location: Manila, PH
Other Locations:
Organization: GGO Ops Centre Site Manila
Schedule: Full-time
Education Level:
Job Type: Standard
Shift:
Travel: No
ID:ACC00006300
Description
The Sr. Program Specialist - Expense Management and Cost Optimization supports cost optimization initiatives, manages the centralized purchasing function for the Manila Operational Centre and ensures efficient documentation of transactions for regulatory requirements and internal compliance.
- Assists in the development and implementation of site-wide processes for expense administration and cost control.
- Participates in the development and implementation of cost optimization programs.
- Oversees the day to day processing of centralized expense management operations covering invoicing, payment requests, disbursement and cross-allocation/charging.
- Processes site/employee engagement expenses.
- Ensures that supporting documents to avail of tax incentives are compiled for compliance purposes.
- Ensures the timely and efficient processing of expenses and cross allocation to business units where applicable.
- Liases with vendors, sourcing and requestor to resolve payment and delivery issues.
- Coordinates with Compliance and Payables to generate regular monthly reports.
- Manages / centralizes check releases for Manila Opns Centre and Reuters Ltd., and prepares regular reports to ensure VAT compliance.
We are the leading source of intelligent information for the world's businesses and professionals, providing customers with competitive advantage. Intelligent information is a unique synthesis of human intelligence, industry expertise and innovative technology that provides decision-makers with the knowledge to act, enabling them to make better decisions faster. We deliver this must-have insight to the financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, intellectual property and science and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accountancy or Finance
- At least 4-8 years related experience in accounting or finance in a supervisory or specialist level
- Preferably CPA
- Experience in project management, financial management and reporting
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, high level of initiative, dynamism and drive; proven analytical skills
- Highly Proficiency in MS Excel
At Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one - collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With over 60,000 employees in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Making this happen is a dynamic, evolving process, and we count on each employee to be a catalyst in driving our performance - and their own.
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
Intrigued by a challenge as large and fascinating as the world itself? Come join us.
To learn more about what we offer, please visit careers.thomsonreuters.com.
More information about Thomson Reuters can be found on thomsonreuters.com.
Job: Accounting & Finance
Primary Location: Manila, PH
Other Locations:
Organization: GGO Ops Centre Site Manila
Schedule: Full-time
Education Level:
Job Type: Standard
Shift:
Travel: No
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