Manager-Controller

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 let's lead the way together.

About the role

Provide people leadership to direct reports & assist Director- Financial Controller in ensuring governance over financial results, support accounting and reporting for both US GAAP and India GAAP, local statutory and regulatory reporting.

The position will play an integral role in achieving our goal to protect and assure the integrity of the financial statements, proactively eliminate controllable financial risk and exposure to the business, and regularly execute accurate and effective financial reports and controls. The position will play a key role in supporting critical business initiatives and providing accounting and reporting decision support as part of a world-class controllership organization. The role is also expected to help evolve the market controller role in areas of Financial Governance and Legal entity regulatory & operational risk management. This includes-

Ensure accurate review of financial results & reporting of all unusual and issues in a timely manner and in accordance with internal policy and Local/US GAAP accounting rules

Lead Legal Entity P&L / Balance sheet reviews for the India non-Banking legal entities

Support global and market level initiatives providing governance oversight and contribute to decision-making processes.

Lead preparation of Local Statutory Financials in line with Ministry of Corporate Affairs, ICAI and other reporting requirements.

Supporting the annual external audit of the Statutory and US GAAP financial statement, including serving as point of contact and supporting audits/exams performed by auditors and regulators

Provide analysis of financial data as required to support reporting requirements and audits including Board & management reporting

Support regulatory compliance for Non-Banking India entities including review of submissions of key regulators like Income Tax, RBI and STPI.

Coordinate with multiple functional areas to ensure end to end support for the legal entity statutory / internal / other audits and drive closure of audit observations.

Contribute toward process improvements through ongoing review of processes / methods of data collection and report preparation to create efficiencies and eliminate non-value-added work.

Ability to respond to changes in reporting requirements driven by Regulatory Environment

Critical Factors to Success

A strong financial accounting / reporting background including understanding of regulatory requirements.

Strong technical accounting background (US GAAP & India GAAP), including understanding of regulatory compliance requirements.

Excellent strategic thought leadership skills and the ability to think creatively.

Strong financial, analytical and problem-solving skills.

High integrity and a control mindset

Ability to transform ideas and concepts into clear and concise presentations

A proactive team player with strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.

Strong communication and relationship management skills.

Must demonstrate personal accountability in ensuring all tasks and activities are carried out on time and in accordance with requirements.

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 Courage

Qualifications

Qualified Accountant CA / CPA with at least 6+ years post qualification experience.

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