Accounts Payable Coordinator 1 - Travel and Expense

Accounts Payable Coordinator I (T&E)

Syneos Health® is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities.  

Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring a wide range of talented experts together across a wide range of business-critical services that support our business. Every role within Corporate is vital to furthering our vision of Shortening the Distance from Lab to Life®.

Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know.

WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE

Why Syneos Health

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to our Total Self culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people. 
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives – we’re able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong. 

Job Responsibilities

The Expense Report Auditor will join a team who service the expense reporting needs of Syneos Health.  This position is responsible for applying Syneos Travel Policy, Client Travel Policies, and Business Conduct Standards while performing a variety of expense report and auditing functions. Most tasks will involve processing and auditing expense reports while promoting a customer service environment by responding effectively to employee inquiries in a prompt, accurate, and professional manner. Duties may include, but not limited to:

Job Responsibilities:

• Audit selected expense reports and related receipts in accordance Travel and Expense Policy and Business Conduct Standards and approve for payment. 
• Collect, analyze, and interpret information to assess and conclude on each assigned audit area. 
• Prepare clear and concise documentation to adequately support all audit area conclusions and findings. 
• Monitor and complete problematic expense reports that are in a pending status waiting for additional research and resolution. 
• Review previous audit annotations, reports, approvals, and additional on-file information. 
• Regularly monitor and respond to Expense Reporting voicemail and email. 
• Respond to a high volume of employee inquiries in a prompt, accurate, and professional manner. 
• Correctly answer employee questions regarding system issues, Travel Policy, and Business Conduct Standard reimbursement guidelines. 
• Assist in identifying improvement opportunities and shares best practices within department. 
• Assist in identifying potential partnerships between Expense Reporting and the various functional areas and business units throughout the Company. 
• Cross train to perform back up functions for higher-level accounting clerks as directed or assigned. 
• Produce required daily, weekly, and monthly reports relating to expense report auditing. 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required (Preferably in Commerce)
• Required 1-2 years of Travel & Expense process and Expense audit experience.
• Preferred to have experience on any expense tool like Concur / I-Expense/Workday etc.
• Expense audit experience is a preference
• Customer service experience
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Proficient at Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to perform day-to-day functions with limited supervision; ability to interact comfortably with individuals from various business units.
• Good analytical skills and a strong attention to detail.
• Impeccable organization skills, strong interpersonal skills and the flexibility to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong Customer Relation Skills.
• Strong Math Aptitude.
• Time Management Skills.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Problem solving ability.
• Flexible and able to adapt to shifting priorities and responsibilities in a dynamic and changing environment.

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.
 

http://www.syneoshealth.com

Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive.  The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above.   Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract.  Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees.  The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.