EXTERNAL POSTING - ASSISTANT MANAGER-TRAVEL EXPENSE, TRAVEL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT

THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM, INVESTMENTS & AVIATION

Invite applications for the position of

ASSISTANT MANAGER – TRAVEL EXPENSE, TRAVEL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT

What is the opportunity?

The Assistant Manager, Travel Expense will play a key role in overseeing the entire expense reporting process, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with policy requirements. This role performs detailed review, validation, and audit of expense reports.

In close collaboration with the Travel, Cash Advance and Accounts Teams, this position ensures compliance with policy and leads efforts to improve the process, resolve exceptions, and identify opportunities to streamline operations and strengthen internal controls.

The Assistant Manager leads and mentors the expense team, resolves complex and escalated expense issues, supports internal and external audits, and partners with leadership to enhance cost visibility and efficiency and to identify emerging spending trends.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage and administer the company’s expense reporting system and policies (manually/digitally)
  • Perform advanced reviews and processing of high-value or complex expense reports
  • Ensure compliance with the Ministry’s Travel Policies
  • Lead team to identify cost-saving opportunities, ensuring it is always ethical and supports accuracy
  • Perform quality reviews to improve processes and implementation of system enhancements
  • Assist the Audit Team with special projects and assignments
  • Review, approve, and audit expense reports to ensure compliance and accuracy
  • Use analytical tools to identify trends, exceptions, and areas for improvement
  • Ensure timely submission and review of expense reports and related discrepancies
  • Coordinate with Management on issues that require resolution, clarification, and corrective action
  • Recommend policy updates and best practices across departments
  • Prepare accurate financial and operational expense reporting
  • Support leadership and other teams in identifying opportunities to strengthen controls
  • Perform other duties as assigned by General Manager
  • Responsible for the timely submission of travel expense reports

What You Will Need to Succeed:

  • Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field with a minimum of five (5) years of experience.

Key Competences:

  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience in policy interpretation and compliance
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Experience with expense management process
  • Teamwork, interpersonal, management, time management and detail-oriented skills, with dependability to follow-up.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365

Interested candidates should submit their resumes to the Human Resources Department resumes@bahamas.com no later than Friday, March 13, 2026.