Sr. Manager, Expense Reimbursement and Corporate Card

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Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Sr. Manager, Expense Reimbursement and Corporate Card

What you will do:

The Senior Manager, Global Expense and Corporate Card Strategy is responsible for executing Amgen’s strategy for its Expense Reimbursement and Corporate Card Administration programs. In this role, the Senior Manager ensures alignment with enterprise priorities while maintaining effective governance, driving technology enablement, and fostering strong internal and external partnerships.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a person with these qualifications.

• Execute the strategy for the global expense reimbursement and corporate card administration programs, aligning operational outcomes with Amgen’s financial, operational, and compliance goals.
• Own the Global Expense Reimbursement and Corporate Card Policy, maintaining governance standards and driving policy evolution in response to business and regulatory changes.
• Serve as the business owner of the SAP Concur and Expense Audit platforms, directing the internal product team’s priorities and the product roadmap with a focus on automation, scalability, and end-user satisfaction.
• Oversee and develop a US-based team responsible for executive engagement, implementation of strategic initiatives, and administration of SAP Concur.
• Manage key vendor relationships, including SAP Concur, American Express, and Oversight Systems, ensuring strong performance, innovation, and timely resolution of escalations.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Finance, Information Systems, Compliance, Audit, and Human Resources, enhancing audit readiness and the timeliness of response to emerging disruptions, as well as program effectiveness.
• Leverage program data and vendor insights to recommend and implement process enhancements, automation opportunities, and improvements to user experience.
• Collaborate with the T&E Operations Lead to manage escalation of expense report audit findings, ensuring timely resolution and adherence to company policies.
• Support the development and implementation of system controls and process enhancements to strengthen compliance and reduce risk.
• Contribute to ongoing improvements in T&E systems, tools, and workflows to optimize performance and user experience.
• Engage regional/functional leadership related to the Global Program and the local T&E policies.
• Lead Concur new country implementation and configuration
• Support affiliates’ T&E audit corrective actions
• Support Corporate Audit in T&E data collection, policy applications, investigations, etc.
• The role requires approximately 10% travel within the United States and annual travel to India.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree and 2 years of relevant experience;
• Master’s degree and 4 years of relevant experience;
• Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of relevant experience;
• Associate’s degree and 10 years of relevant experience; OR
• High school diploma / GED and 12 years of relevant experience.

Preferred Experience:

• Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.
• Proven success leading a global service-delivery program, such as Travel & Expense, Accounts Payable, Payroll etc.
• Experience administering SAP Concur, Emburse Chrome River or another financial system, such as SAP Ariba, Workday Payroll, etc.
• Knowledge of risk and control frameworks, auditing standards, and compliance requirements.
• Experience owning a global policy, preferably financial in nature.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong project management skills and ability to drive cross-functional initiatives.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, global environment with shifting priorities.