Alcoa Corporation is a global industry leader in the production of bauxite, alumina and aluminum, enhanced by a strong portfolio of value-added cast and rolled products and substantial energy assets. Alcoa Corporation draws on the innovation culture, customer relationships and strong brand of it's former parent, Alcoa Inc. Previously known as the Aluminum Company of America, Alcoa Inc. pioneered the aluminum industry 128 years ago with the discovery of the first commercial process for the affordable production of aluminum. Since the discovery, Alcoa aluminum was used in the Wright brothers’ first flight (1903), Alcoa Inc. helped produce the first aluminum-sheathed skyscraper (1952), the first all-aluminum vehicle frame (1994) and the first aluminum beer bottle (2004).

Today, Alcoa Corporation extends this heritage of product and process innovation as it strives to continuously redefine world-class operational performance at its locations, while partnering with its customers across its range of global products. We believe that the lightweight capabilities and enhanced performance attributes that aluminum offers across a number of end markets are in increasingly high demand and underpin strong growth prospects for Alcoa Corporation.

Alcoa Corporation’s operations encompass all major production processes in the primary aluminum industry value chain, which we believe provides Alcoa Corporation with a strong platform from which to serve our customers in each critical segment.

We are seeking a Travel and Expense (T&E) Global Process Owner (GPO) who will lead the global T&E team to handle the core responsibilities for Alcoa Corp. Leading a team, the leader should know T&E and finance principles and the full process end-to-end, including the definition, governance, and on-going improvements to the global T&E processes. Every day is a new challenge, and the GPO will continually be looking for ways for the team to improve at what Alcoa do, in the most efficient way possible. A team player at heart, the GPO collaborate with our Global Shared Service Finance team and other stakeholders, advocate best practices and are ready to assist other team members when necessary. This role moves fast while working with the global T&E team, keeping attention to details, standardize processes and procedures, achieve operating efficiencies, reduce costs to location customers, and you use your problem-solving skills to support Alcoa’s business objectives.

Main Activities

• Provide strategic and operational direction while communicating a clear vision for the global T&E organization. Develop and translate strategy into objectives, operational goals, and process framework;
• Work across Alcoa’s five regional centers to develop common standard procedures following best practices where this makes sense. Drive global deployment with regional and local requirements as required;
• Drive process transformation and make key decisions related to the T&E while reducing process costs and maximizing investment returns;
• Maintain close connection and collaborate with global shared service financial accounting managers, business units, executive administration, divisional buyers, finance, T&E team, and other business functions and leverage cross process synergies;
• Stay current on process trends and benchmark various companies to ensure best practices for Alcoa;
• The Global Process Owner will ensure continuous improvement of the T&E process including standardizing or automating process steps, harmonizing data for consistent processing and reporting, identify and implementing new tools to improve accuracy and efficiency, etc;
• Identify transactional tasks appropriate for Robotics Process Automation and work with Systems Solutions team to drive RPA technology, allowing T&E team to focus on value-add tasks for stakeholders;
• Prepare and review with customers the appropriate Service Level Agreements which define services, accountabilities, costs and performance metrics that measure performance;
• Lead the Global T&E ASAT and propose changes to promote improved controls and/or testing efficiency in accordance with Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) requirements.

• Manage priorities while working with regional and cross-functional teams;

• 7 years of related experience;
• Bachelor’s Degree in: Accounting, Finance or, related discipline;
• Strong critical thinking and strategic planning skills
• Microsoft Excel and data management skills to an advanced level, as well as direct experience developing executive level presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint

• Experience with Oracle ERP and Hyperion systems;
• CPA, MBA or related certification;
• Lean or Six Sigma Certification;
• Experience with Concur and AMEX;
• Leadership skills, proven ability to work in a cross-functional, fast-paced environment and lead and drive complex initiatives.
• All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.