Travel & Expense Team – Regional Travel Manager Role - APAC

At Barclays, we don’t just adapt to the future – we shape it. Embark on a transformative journey as Travel & Expense Team – Regional Travel Manager Role - APAC, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our Travel team. We are seeking a highly experienced and detail-oriented APAC Corporate Travel Manager to ensure all Barclays travel in the region is delivered to a world leading, consistently excellent standard. Working closely alongside the appointed travel management company and online booking tool suppliers, to monitor and make improvements to the service delivery, including the development of KPI’s and SLA’s to accurately measure performance and extract additional value. Drive a program of continuous improvement, to enhance the colleague experience when making a booking or travelling on company business. You will work closely with senior leadership in the region, excellent communication, interpersonal and problem-solving skills are critical. You will be responsible for managing end-to-end travel and travel operations, including air travel, hotel accommodations, visa processes, and ground transportation, ensuring seamless operations and exceptional service delivery. In addition, supplier management, stakeholder engagement, technology oversight, and driving operational excellence while ensuring compliance with internal policies, GST reconciliation, and external regulations. In this highly strategic role, you will focus on optimizing costs, improving processes, enhancing traveler experiences, and managing Senior Management travel requirements with a high degree of confidentiality and accuracy. You will collaborate with the appointed travel management company (TMC) and online booking tool suppliers to monitor and improve service delivery by developing KPI and SLA frameworks.Given the complexities of APAC travel, including local regulations, tax implications (GST), and compliance requirements, this role demands a proactive and hands-on approach to delivering specialized oversight and operational excellence. 

Highly Valued Skills may include:

• Candidates with experience in Banking, Finance Global Capability Centre preferred.

• Good written & verbal communication skills.

• Team leading experience of at least 7-10 headcount, required.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. 

The location of the role is Mumbai, IN.

Purpose of the role

To manage operations within a business area and maintain processes, risk management initiatives and compliance with relevant regulators. 

Accountabilities

• Identification of trends and opportunities to improve areas and develop new process and procedures through the monitoring and analysis of operation data and performance metrices.
• Management of operations for a business area and promote efficient processes, risk management and compliance initiatives to support the bank's operations.
• Collaboration with internal stakeholders (including business leaders, project manager and SMEs) and external stakeholders (including vendors and service providers) to support business operations and promote alignment with the bank's objectives and SLAs.
• Management of operational professionals and provide guidance, coaching and support to improve colleagues' delivery quality.
• Management and development of KPIs to measure the effectiveness of operation functions, utilising data and technology to support the identification of areas that require improvement.
• Compliance with all regulatory requirements and internal policies related to customer experience.
• Creation of a safe environment for colleagues to speak up, actively and regularly encourage and solicit feedback to ensure people agenda remains focused on the right areas.
• Management of attrition by working closely with HR in implementing retention initiatives for work force.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others..
• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.