Financial Analyst

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Function Description:
Global Commercial Services (GCS) is the global leader in providing payments & financing solutions for Small, Medium and Large businesses.

The Strategy and Planning Team within Strategy M&A and Alliances (SMA) is charged with development of key strategic deliverables for GCS Leadership, leading investment planning, delivering OpEx transparency and aligning resources against strategic priorities.

Purpose of the Role:

This will be an individual contributor role and will support GCS partnership related processes, including expansion and management of current partners (including Amex Sync program), assisting the payment processing through Amex systems, generating expense reports for analysis and reporting.

Responsibilities:

• Support GCS partnership processes including creating opportunities from leads, data management, onboarding, providing assistance to partners, tracking the metrics/ volumes, uploading metrics on the system and performing reporting.
• Understand business drivers & contribute to continuous improvement by expanding on our reporting capabilities through automation, consolidation of metrics / parameters, incorporating intuitive analysis and recommendation or by creating new intuitive technologies etc. by leveraging information using different tools to create reporting solutions.
• Collaborate with multiple internal teams to drive optimal output and deliver efficient reporting capabilities through best in class Analytics and Reporting solutions
• Ensure that all deadlines are continually met and adequate controls are maintained over the processes to ensure integrity of the information
• Ensure controls & compliance with prevailing policies & procedures
• Stakeholder relationship management
• Ability to work across multiple time zones

Critical Factors to Success:

• Attention to details
• Self-driven
• Extremely Organized
• Demonstrate strong partnership, collaboration and people management skills

Past Experience:

• 2-4 years of past experience with,
• Knowledge of Fintech Industry is preferred
• Prior Knowledge of Cornerstone, Ariba, Concur, Oracle and Payments processes
• Preferred: Knowledge of card business model & economics, partnership processes

Academic Background:

• B.COM/BBA or MBA (Finance & IT)

Functional Skills/Capabilities:

• Understanding of the Expense management and accounting tools.
• Excellent communication skills with all levels of the organization verbal and written
• Must have strong analytical & decision-making skills.
• Knowledge of procurement management processes and tools a plus
• Project management

Technical Skills/Capabilities:

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to undertake cause effect analysis
• Technical bent of mind to drive automated solutions and process efficiency

Knowledge of Platforms:

• Advanced MS office suits such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint Preferred
• Ability to use platforms & tools such as Cornerstone, Oracle, OBIEE, Ariba, Concur, Tableau will be a plus

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

• Competitive base salaries
• Bonus incentives
• Support for financial-well-being and retirement
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
• Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
• Career development and training opportunities

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.