Anslem Almeida

SAP Concur techno-functional consultant and implementation lead with 18+ years of Finance Operations, enterprise systems, and programme-delivery experience, including 10+ years of hands-on SAP Concur implementation, configuration, administration, integration support, testing, reporting, and production operations. Experienced across SAP Concur Expense, Travel, Request, and Invoice, with strong expertise in T&E policy governance, audit controls, workflow design, corporate cards, expense processing, stakeholder management, global rollouts, and financial-system integration. Proven delivery record includes leading the migration of 120,000 North American employees from a legacy T&E platform to SAP Concur without operational disruption, managing a global Expense Claim Project for 40,000+ employees, and leading SAP Concur Expense and Invoice implementation for 6,000 users.

Skilled in requirements analysis, functional solution design, fit-gap discussions, configuration documentation, UAT, release validation, hypercare, SAP ECC/SAP S/4HANA integration support, FI/CO-related data flows, Concur Intelligence (Cognos), spend reporting, compliance controls, and client-facing technical communication.

SAP Concur Consultant - Uni Integrations - Bangalore

(2026-02)

• Lead SAP Concur enhancements, change requests, configuration support, issue resolution, and continuous-improvement activities across Expense, Travel, Request, and Invoice processes.
• Analyse business requirements and translate them into functional solution designs, process flows, configuration documents, test scripts, user guides, release notes, and training materials.
• Support requirements workshops and fit-gap analysis by assessing current processes, identifying control or process gaps, and recommending scalable SAP Concur solutions.
• Configure and maintain expense types, Travel and Expense policies, approval workflows, audit rules, compliance controls, and exception-management processes.
• Investigate expense-report processing issues, policy exceptions, document-validation failures, workflow errors, integration defects, and reimbursement-impacting incidents.
• Support SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA integration activities, including FI/CO-related financial data flows, data validation, testing, issue analysis, and release readiness.
• Plan and execute unit, integration, regression, UAT, and release-validation testing; provide post-implementation support and hypercare within agreed SLAs.
• Coordinate with business stakeholders, system teams, and support resources to manage priorities, clarify requirements, resolve defects, and maintain service continuity.
• Deliver user training and knowledge-transfer sessions to support adoption, operational readiness, policy understanding, and sustainable administration.

Operations Manager – SAP Concur Implementation Lead - SouthSeas Distilleries - Mumbai

(2024-12)

• Led end-to-end SAP Concur Expense and Invoice implementation for 6,000 users, coordinating requirements, process design, policy controls, stakeholder readiness, testing, user adoption, reporting, and post-go-live support.
• Established and enforced Travel & Expense policies, approval controls, audit rules, and compliance practices to improve policy adherence, processing quality, and cost effectiveness.
• Managed T&E spend reporting and analysis to provide visibility into travel expenditure, policy compliance, budget monitoring, and operational performance.
• Coordinated cross-functional stakeholders to manage implementation activities, resolve issues, support decision-making, and deliver continuous improvement.
• Produced management reporting for pan-India marketing events and sales operations, providing data-driven insights for planning and performance tracking.

Manager – Operations, Travel Platform Administration - K12 Techno Pvt Services Limited - Mumbai

(2023-05 - 2024-04)

• Administered and supported the Spotnana Travel Management platform across multiple locations, ensuring accurate booking operations and travel and expense data flow.
• Designed and implemented expense-tracking tools to improve financial oversight, forecasting support, reporting accuracy, and operational visibility.
• Coordinated platform requirements, user support, data-quality issues, stakeholder communications, and operational process improvements.
• Directed customer success, admissions, property management, transport, and vendor-contract centralisation initiatives to improve operational efficiency.

Assistant General Manager – Travel & Expense Audit / Concur Implementation - Edu Front Technologies Pvt Limited

(2022-12 - 2023-04)

• Managed Travel & Expense audit activities and supported SAP Concur implementation, ensuring accurate policy application, audit readiness, compliance, and reporting.
• Administered and supported the Spotnana Travel Management platform and directed operational activities across West and South India.
• Supported process mapping, issue resolution, stakeholder coordination, operational reporting, and user adoption activities.
• Assisted with expense-review controls, exception handling, documentation, and continuous process improvement.

Program Coach / Lead - Eru Learning Solutions Limited

(2019-03 - 2022-06)

• Managed T&E operations and expense implementations while overseeing programme delivery across 15 partner institutions, including IITs and IIMs.
• Collaborated with senior leadership to establish operational structures, improve process consistency, and strengthen delivery standards.
• Coordinated stakeholders, resources, application processing, quality assurance, reporting, and service-level activities across multiple programmes.

Expense Analyst - General Mills India (P.) Ltd

(2017-02 - 2017-12)

• Managed the Global SAP Concur Expense Claim Project serving 40,000+ employees, supporting efficient expense processing, claims operations, and regulatory compliance.
• Administered corporate-card programmes, including Employee Cards, Purchasing Cards, Relocation Cards, and Travel Accounts, providing centralised accountability and operational support.
• Coordinated SAP Concur implementation and corporate-card workstreams during a merger involving three European legal entities, supporting integration, data, process, and stakeholder requirements.
• Maintained action trackers, project documentation, meeting records, issue status, and cross-functional communications to support delivery governance.

Team Leader – SAP Concur SME - JP Morgan Chase & Co.

(2007-08 - 2017-01)

• Served as SAP Concur subject-matter expert for Travel, PCard, Corporate Card, and T&E parameters, supporting implementation, administration, operations, and business stakeholders.
• Led the strategic migration of 120,000 North American employees from a legacy T&E platform to SAP Concur without operational disruption.
• Supported global T&E process design, platform administration, policy implementation, expense operations, card processes, issue resolution, and user support.
• Led the Firmwide Integrated Helpdesk dashboard for the WEM region, driving visibility of key issues, operational performance, resolution status, and improvement actions.
• Managed Accounts Payable and T&E Operations in Oracle for four years, ensuring timely invoice and expense processing, vendor coordination, reporting, and policy compliance.
• Partnered with the CFO on travel-policy development and implementation and managed relationships with airlines, hotels, car-rental providers, and global travel partners.
• Supported reporting, transition, and process-improvement initiatives involving EMEA/APAC operations, Oracle-to-SAP migration activities, global vendor expense analysis, and knowledge transfer during the Poland setup.

Master of Commerce & Accounts - Commerce & Accounts - K.B. Hinduja College (2006) Mumbai, India

Bachelor of Commerce & Accounts - Commerce & Accounts - Lala Lajpatrai College (2004) Mumbai, India