American Express Hiring for Financial Analyst at Haryana, India Full Time

Description

You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.

With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

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.

Purpose of the Role:

The primary purpose of this role requires management of financial accounting process for M&P team and related activities like budget management, reconciliation, decision support and MIS reporting.

This is a people leadership role, and the incumbent will be required to closely work with various stakeholders across Business LFOs/IOs, Marketing and GSM teams.

The role will require strong focus on generating efficiencies, accelerating accounting processes and ensuring overall governance.

Academic Background:

• The incumbent should be a qualified accountant (CA, CMA) or MBA Finance with at least 4 years of post-qualification experience or 6 to 10 years of post-qualification experience with B Com/ M Com / CA Intermediate.

Functional:

• People leadership role with direct supervision of 2-3 colleagues.

• Accounting and Reporting for M&P expense and budget management along with year-end support to various marketing teams. Total AXP M&P budget of $5.0Bn.

• Responsible for owning & maintaining financial/data integrity, compliance with internal service level agreements (SLA), guidelines, accounting policies and regulatory requirements as applicable.

• The incumbent will be required to have strong accounting & reconciliation knowledge, policy awareness & control mindset.

• Strong communication, relationship management & collaboration skills while closely working with various stakeholders across Controllership, Business Finance, Audit and Control groups, etc.

• High proficiency in MS-Office applications, Oracle Applications, Essbase/TM1, etc.

Additional:

• Analytical and problem-solving skills to identify and resolve queries with the ability to deal with large set of data, perform trend & variance analysis and creating meaningful insights.

• Self-starter with excellent verbal & written communication, presentation skills.

• Ability to challenge the status quo and drive continuous improvements.

• Quick learner, an eye for detail and ability to work during ambiguity.

• Shift Timing – 3:30 – 11:30 PM

Technical:

• Good understanding of US GAAP (Revenue Recognition/M&BD) and basic techno finance/automation skill/knowhow will be an added advantage.

Qualifications

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.

Job: Finance

Primary Location: India-Haryana-Gurgaon

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 22029518