Analyst, Travel & Meetings

Description The Global Travel, Meetings & Payment Analyst plays a critical role in the operational, analytical, and coordination support to a global travel and expense organization. Reporting to the Director, this role supports an established team across travel, payments, expense, and oversight functions by enabling execution, reinforcing governance, and preparing leadership‑ready insights. The analyst supports travel program design, expense governance, audit management, and corporate card program oversight, ensuring the organization operates a best‑in‑class travel & payment program with strong operational controls, data‑driven insights, and a seamless traveler experience. The role collaborates closely with Global Travel leadership, Finance, Procurement, HR, Audit, and regional partners to drive performance, compliance, and efficiencies across all markets. Global Travel Program Support & Execution Support the development and refinement of the global travel strategy, including program framework, workflows, supplier model, technology roadmap, and traveler experience improvements. Prepare executive summaries, dashboards, briefing materials, and presentations for Director and leadership review. Partner with Global Teams in coordinating activities across global travel, payments, and expense to support efficiencies and digital transformation. Act as a central point of coordination for cross‑functional inputs, deliverables, timelines, and follow‑ups. Ensure initiatives and operational activities align with established governance, priorities and operating models. Optimize global travel processes (air, hotel, ground, meetings) to ensure alignment across regions and scalability for future growth. Influence global policy direction by identifying program gaps, emerging risks, and opportunities for simplification or automation. Assist with operational issue tracking, escalation, and resolution related to travel management companies (TMCs) and booking platforms. Maintain documentation, standard operating procedures, and reference materials to support consistency across regions. Reporting Insights & Analytics Support global travel & payment reporting suite, delivering actionable insights to business leaders. Consolidate data across Concur, agency systems, card platforms, and audit tools to provide meaningful analytics on traveler behavior, spend trends, and policy compliance. Support the development of executive dashboards, KPIs, and strategic recommendations to drive traveler behavior. Analyze leakage, booking patterns, KPIs, and cost‑avoidance opportunities. Collaborate with regional teams to identify trends, support root‑cause analysis, and recommend corrective actions. Expense Governance, Compliance & Audit Management Support audit compliance processes, including anomaly detection, personal expense recovery, late fee oversight, and delinquency reduction. Review and adjust expense categories, audit logic, workflows, and system validity rules. Support policy training, communication, and escalations for employees and managers. Global Corporate Card Program Management Support the Global program (Corporate, Meeting, P‑Card, B2B, BTA), ensuring policy alignment, operational efficiency, and strong controls across all regions. Support cardholder onboarding, policy eligibility, card cancellation, delinquency workflows, and regional exceptions. Help ensure alignment between travel booking tools, payment methods, and expense platforms. Qualifications 5+ years of experience in supporting corporate travel, expense management, payments, or related fields. Deep experience with expense, audit tools, corporate card programs, and TMC infrastructure. Advanced analytical skills; ability to turn complex data into clear insights. Proven ability to drive cross‑functional projects and influence senior stakeholders. Proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, lookups, data analysis). Supplier management experience with airlines, hotels, TMCs, or payment partners. Ability to work effectively in a matrixed, global environment supporting multiple functional owners. Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and disciplined follow‑through. Pay Range The anticipated base salary range for this position is $66,000.00 to $90,000.00. Exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget. Salary range may vary based on geographic location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with the possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results. Benefits The Estée Lauder Companies offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees, including health insurance coverage, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education‑related programs, paid holidays and vacation time, and many others. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company. Equal Opportunity Employer It is the Company's policy not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. The Company will endeavor to provide a reasonable accommodation consistent with the law to otherwise qualified employees and prospective employees with a disability and to employees and prospective employees with needs related to their religious observance or practices. 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