Travel & Expense Manager

About the Role:
OSTTRA India The Role: Travel & Expense Manager
The Team: The OSTTRA Technology team is composed of Capital Markets Technology professionals, who build, support and protect the applications that operate our network. The technology landscape includes high-performance, high-volume applications as well as compute intensive applications, leveraging contemporary microservices, cloud-based architectures
The Impact: Together, we build, support, protect and manage high-performance, resilient platforms that process more than 100 million messages a day. Our services are vital to automated trade processing around the globe, managing peak volumes and working with our customers and regulators to ensure the efficient settlement of trades and effective operation of global capital markets
What’s in it for you: The OSTTRA travel and expense manager will play an essential role in handling and overseeing the corporate travel arrangements, ensuring all trips align with the company's policies and budgets, and addressing cost efficiency and
traveller satisfaction. The Travel Managers' influence requires them to contribute significantly to operational efficiencies through effective travel and expense management, system optimisation, and robust oversight of T&E card usage, all while optimising expenditure and supporting employee productivity within policy constraints. Given our global connectivity, seamlessly managing corporate travel is crucial in supporting and facilitating our international business operations. Your efforts, often behind the scenes, will ensure that business travel is safe, economical, and aligned with strategic business goals, supporting the enterprise's overall success. Role and responsibilities of a travel manager The Travel Manager is responsible for coordinating all aspects of travel and encompasses several duties, including but not limited to: Travel policy development and implementation: Create and maintain a travel policy that fits OSTTRA’s goals and culture, working with the CFO to set approved guidelines for expenses, travel methods, and accommodation.
Supplier management: Negotiate where necessary with suppliers such as airlines, hotels, and car rental companies, establishing preferred suppliers and securing the best rates and services.
Booking and itinerary management: Work with our Global Travel Partner to provide oversight to ensure that all travel arrangements meet employee needs and company policy.
Expense management: Perform travel and expense (T&E) spending reporting and analysis to optimise budgets, track travel expenses across the Company, and ensure compliance with expense policy.
Travel risk management: Work with OSTTRA Legal, Risk, and Compliance to ensure travellers' safety by staying current with global travel events and providing solutions for travel-related emergencies.
Sustainability: Develop appropriate practices that may reduce the environmental impact of business travel.
System Optimization: Serve as the subject matter expert for travel booking and expense management systems (e.g., SAP Concur, AMEX Global Travel), driving continuous improvement, system optimisation, and user adoption.
Corporate Card (T&E, p-cards) Management: Administer and manage T&E card programs, including issuance, reconciliation, remittance, and compliance monitoring.
Employee Management: Serve as employees' primary point of contact regarding travel and expense policies, procedures, and s ystem usage. Document frequently asked questions and contribute to the T&E knowledge base or self-service resources
To be successful in this role, the Travel Manager must possess a mix of negotiating skills, organisational ability, and foresight. They must be adept at: Communication: Clear and effective communication with both stakeholders and travellers, conveying policies and plans succinctly and persuasively.
Analytical skills: Analysing data to enhance decision-making processes and improve the cost-effectiveness of travel arrangements, identifying cost-saving opportunities, and improving travel schemes.
Budgetary: Working with the Finance team to ensure that all travel arrangements stay within budget and align with company policies.
Adaptability: The ability to adapt to changing travel conditions, economic fluctuations, and corporate shifts.
Problem-solving: Prompt resolution of issues arising with travel arrangements or disputes with service providers.
Technological proficiency: A subject matter expert on our travel booking solutions, data analysis tools, driving system optimisation, and user training.
Desired experience:
Experience in the travel industry, particularly in global corporate travel and expense management. Strong understanding of travel policies, procedures, and compliance requirements. Experience with expense management systems and travel booking tools, ideally SAP Concur and AMEX Global Travel platforms. Experience with vendor management and contract negotiation. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Project management skills to handle multiple priorities effectively. The Location: Gurgaon, India
About Company Statement:
OSTTRA is a market leader in derivatives post-trade processing, bringing innovation, expertise, processes and networks together to solve the post-trade challenges of global financial markets. OSTTRA operates cross-asset post-trade processing networks, providing a proven suite of Credit Risk, Trade Workflow and Optimisation services. Together these solutions streamline post-trade workflows, enabling firms to connect to counterparties and utilities, manage credit risk, reduce operational risk and optimise processing to drive post-trade efficiencies. OSTTRA was formed in 2021 through the combination of four businesses that have been at the heart of post trade evolution and innovation for the last 20+ years: MarkitServ, Traiana, TriOptima and Reset. These businesses have an exemplary track record of developing and supporting critical market infrastructure and bring together an established community of market participants comprising all trading relationships and paradigms, connected using powerful integration and transformation capabilities. About OSTTRA Candidates should note that OSTTRA is an independent firm, jointly owned by S&P Global and CME Group. As part of the joint venture, S&P Global provides recruitment services to OSTTRA - however, successful candidates will be interviewed and directly employed by OSTTRA, joining our global team of more than 1,200 post trade experts. OSTTRA was formed in 2021 through the combination of four businesses that have been at the heart of post trade evolution and innovation for the last 20+ years: MarkitServ, Traiana, TriOptima and Reset. OSTTRA is a joint venture, owned 50/50 by S&P Global and CME Group. With an outstanding track record of developing and supporting critical market infrastructure, our combined network connects thousands of market participants to streamline end to end workflows - from trade capture at the point of execution, through portfolio optimization, to clearing and settlement. Joining the OSTTRA team is a unique opportunity to help build a bold new business with an outstanding heritage in financial technology, playing a central role in supporting global financial markets. Learn more at www.osttra.com . What’s In It For You? Benefits:
We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global. Our benefits include:
Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.
Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.
For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries
Recruitment Fraud Alert:
If you receive an email from a spglobalind.com domain or any other regionally based domains, it is a scam and should be reported to reportfraud@spglobal.com . S&P Global never requires any candidate to pay money for job applications, interviews, offer letters, “pre-employment training” or for equipment/delivery of equipment. Stay informed and protect yourself from recruitment fraud by reviewing our guidelines, fraudulent domains, and how to report suspicious activity here . ----------------------------------------------------------- Equal Opportunity Employer S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment. If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person. US Candidates Only: The EEO is the Law Poster http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf describes discrimination protections under federal law. Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision - https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf
----------------------------------------------------------- 20 - Professional (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), BSMGMT203 - Entry Professional (EEO Job Group) Job ID: 317773
Posted On: 2025-07-07
Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India