Engineer II

You Lead the Way. We ve Got Your Back.

At American Express, you ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company s success. Together, we ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world s best customer experience every day. And we ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join Team Amex and lets lead the way together.

• Function Description : As part of Technology team, we create planning, forecasting & reporting solutions for the organization. Our core solutions are implemented on Planning Analytics, Cognos BI, OBIEE & Tableau. We offer solutions to wide range of customers such as corporate planning, investment optimization, risk finance teams.

  Purpose of the Role : Develop & maintain solutions on IBM Planning Analytics toolset TM1

  KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  Manage multiple financial processes including one or more elements of Reporting, Planning & Forecasting, Long Range Plan, Investment Optimization etc by leveraging IBM Cognos TM1 Planning Analytics platform and capabilities.

  Assist in

  Designing, building and implementation of new financial processes / enrichment or customization of existing processes by offering optimum solutions leveraging IBM Cognos TM1 platform and capabilities.

  Consistently improve current financial processes vide automation, enhanced controls etc by adopting best practices and new capabilities.

  Contribute to the assessment and improvement of impact of all processes to the platform / server.

  Consistently look for opportunities to drive value to customers by leveraging existing and new capabilities.

  Independently handle customers and their expectations around multiple aspects including on-going support, enhancement, new solutions.

  Training & Troubleshooting for both team members and business partners

  Critical Factors to Success:

  Business Outcomes :

  Manage multiple financial processes spanning across multiple Business Units including one or more elements of Reporting, Planning & Forecasting, Long Range Plan, Investment Optimization etc. by leveraging IBM Cognos TM1 platform and capabilities.

  In capacity of an expert with proven credentials over a period of time, assist in

  End to end designing, building and implementation of new financial processes / enrichment or customization of existing processes by offering optimum solutions leveraging IBM Cognos TM1 platform and capabilities.

  End to end designing, building and implementation of cross functional projects of strategic importance.

  Consistently improve current financial processes vide automation, enhanced controls etc by adopting best practices and new capabilities.

  Contribute to the assessment and improvement of impact of all processes to the platform / server.

  Consistently look for opportunities to drive value to customers by leveraging existing and new capabilities.

  Handle customers and their expectations around multiple aspects including on-going support, enhancement, new solutions.

  Training & Troubleshooting for both team members and business partners

  Leadership Outcomes :

  Put enterprise thinking first, connect the role s agenda to enterprise priorities and balance the needs of customers, partners, colleagues & shareholders.

  Lead with an external perspective, challenge status quo and bring continuous innovation to our existing offerings

  Demonstrate learning agility, make decisions quickly and with the highest level of integrity

  Lead with a digital mindset and deliver the world s best customer experiences every day

  Must be an independent self-starter who is able to perform at a high level under pressure, lead/coordinate activities of cross-organizational teams

  Experience : 5-8 years of development experience on IBM Planning Analytics TM1

  Academic Background BE/BTech

  Functional Skills :

  Finance knowledge preferred

  Technical Skills

  Project experience, of designing, building, managing technology solutions for finance processes particularly using IBM Cognos TM1 with emphasis on problem solving, data integrity and automation.

  Strong hands on experience working on TI processes, rules & websheets

  Experience in build & support of Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) reports & Dashboards

  Good Understanding of Planning Analytics for Excel (PAX) for creating excel based financial reports.

  Experience and understanding of Financial Reporting, Planning & Forecasting

  Exhibits ability to think short and long term to identify and manage processes and resources

  Exhibits ability at problem solving and has an eye to identify opportunities

  Knowledge of Platforms

  IBM Planning Analytics, IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW), Planning Analytics for excel (PAX)

  Behavioral areas

  Enterprise Leadership Behaviors

  Set The Agenda: Define What Winning Looks Like, Put Enterprise Thinking First, Lead with an External Perspective

  Bring Others with You: Build the Best Team, Seek & Provide Coaching Feedback, Make Collaboration Essential

  Do It The Right Way: Communicate Frequently, Candidly &Clearly, Make Decisions Quickly & Effectively, Live the Blue Box Values, Great Leadership Demands Courag

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