Sandip Waghmode
Assistant Manager Global Travel and Expenses
Pune
Summary
Finance professional with over 8 years of experience managing travel and expense (T&E) processes and financial audit functions. Adept at leading global teams, ensuring compliance with policies, and implementing continuous improvement strategies. Strong expertise in managing operations within Service Level Agreements (SLAs), driving cost effectiveness, and ensuring regulatory adherence. Experienced in managing systems such as Concur, SAP, and other ERP platforms. Proven success in fostering cross-functional collaboration and managing diverse, global teams to deliver business objectives.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Business Analyst - Global Travel
AkzoNobel India Ltd
1 2023 - Current
- Managed and monitored BTA, CTA, P-Card, and T&E card programs, ensuring accurate booking and accounting in Concur.
- Conducted analyses for P-Card spending, T&E, CTA, and P-Card reconciliation across Concur and SAP.
- Collaborated with local People Service and Payments teams to reduce card delinquency.
- Successfully managed P-Card reduction program with coordination of cross-functional teams, resulting in a 14 MEUR cost reduction and elimination of 147 excess P-Cards globally.
- Successfully established and managed the Travel and Expense Wallet program, reducing costs from 119 MEUR to 59 MEUR without compromising quality.
- Implemented policies to enhance traveler experience and minimize errors.
- Provided weekly operational updates, including Travel Spent Analysis, Travel Summary KPIs, and HFM Spend Analysis for CFO and Executive Community Members.
- Oversaw budgeting, forecasting, and monitoring of travel spend at individual, function, and BU levels.
- Managed interface files (HR data, Card Transactions from Citi, AP/GL extracts) for Concur payments.
- Ensured accurate organization details in the ZCONCUR table within Concur.
- Collaborated with the Compliance team on fraud investigations and resolution of T&E-related issues.
- Organized training for internal stakeholders and supported Travel project deployments and initiatives, including global communication via the travel newsletter.
Sr. Process Analyst.
SKF INDIA LTD.
03.2021 - 01.2023
- System administrator, perform system runs and tests, monitor system updates and performing process- and system documentation
- Concur - Expense processor, Reporting and Expense Administrator Support implementation of new Travel Policy
- Co-operate with other process specialists and process leads to ensure a consistency cross function such as Finance, HR, Sourcing but also externally
- Maintenance and improvement of the process
- Verify Monthly Discretionary budget before process the claims received by Finance
- Preparing and give lectures, workshops and training for employees, assistants, and managers
- Internal training for the Travel and expense and supporting in the support tool.
P2P Analyst
SYNGENTA INDIA LTD.
04.2019 - 06.2020
Sr. Associate Account Payable (P2P)
INFOSYS BPM LTD
03.2016 - 03.2019
Education
MBA - Business Analytics
Symbiosis University
Pune 04.2001 -
B.com -
YCMOU
06.2012 - 05.2015
HSC - undefined
N.D.Patil Collage of Arts and Commerce
06.2009 - 05.2010
SSC - undefined
Deshbhakt R.P. Patil Highschool, Kupwad Sangli
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Skills
T&E processing Expert
SAP ERP Experienced
Concur and Cognos Analytics Expert
Power BI, Power Query, Microsoft Excel Experienced
Dispute Negotiation / Mediation / Resolution
Data Management / Analytics
Time Management
Project Management
Detailed Orientated
Empathy / Inspirational Leadership
Automation/ ERP / Enabling Enterprise Technologies
Leadership
End to End Process Expertise
Continuous Improvement
Timeline
Sr. Process Analyst.
SKF INDIA LTD.
03.2021 - 01.2023
P2P Analyst
SYNGENTA INDIA LTD.
04.2019 - 06.2020
Sr. Associate Account Payable (P2P)
INFOSYS BPM LTD
03.2016 - 03.2019
B.com -
YCMOU
06.2012 - 05.2015
HSC - undefined
N.D.Patil Collage of Arts and Commerce
06.2009 - 05.2010
MBA - Business Analytics
Symbiosis University
04.2001 -
Business Analyst - Global Travel
AkzoNobel India Ltd
1 2023 - Current
SSC - undefined
Deshbhakt R.P. Patil Highschool, Kupwad Sangli