Financial Systems Analyst I

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.

• Generating business insights using data analytics and information to answer business problems
• Developing business solutions to exploit Analytics in order to move towards data-driven innovation in alignment with business priorities and key targets
• Validate, interpret and present data findings to both an expert and non-expert audience.
• Work closely with the functional processes for conceptualization and PoC development
• Evaluate external ideas, solutions, products and technologies that could be used to expand Open Source capabilities
• Apply unique skills and interests to develop new opportunity domains. Deliver high quality and accurate results in a timely manner
• Performing feasibility study to validate the functional specification and translate them into technical specification & solution.
• Analyze the existing environment and derive opportunities, recommend alternative solutions to technical problems.
• Maintain Control Compliance environment, Review Audit Requirements & Driving Compliance to ensure work is completed to meet the Blue Box Professional, Legal and Regulatory Standards
• Ensure compliance to standard American policies
• Support Internal / regulatory audits by providing the detailed documentation specified by the audit team for their area of work.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of experience in Advance Analytics
• Bachelor s or Master s degree in computer science/engineering, math, statistics or any other computationally intense disciplines and possesses working experience in at least one of the following domains: Data & text mining, Machine learning & information visualization.
• An excellent problem solver with research oriented approach.
• Experience in at least one scripting languages such as Perl/Python/Ruby/Hive/ Tableau, Alteryx. Ability to work with SQL and relational databases.
• Experience on Spend Analytics in procurement domain
• Experience in various visualization platforms like Tableau, etc.
• Experience on ETL tools like Infomatica, Talend Open Studio, RapidMiner etc.
• Excellent oral, written and computer communication skills with strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team.
• Candidate should open to learn new open source technologies and languages
• Must be able to thrive in a fast paced, customer-focused, collaborative environment. Must be able to work hands-on with minimal supervision or assistance.

Behavioral Skills/Capabilities

• Should possess strong analytical and problem solving skills and a tremendous will to win
• Strong people relationship building, management and influencing skills
• Exceptional verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to drive innovation

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