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.
How will you make an impact in this role?
The primary purpose of this role requires Budget Management, Financial Accounting, Decision Support and MIS reporting for AXP wide Marketing & Promotion Annual Spend of $5.5Bn and ensuring strong controls & compliance in adherence to related GAAP 720-01 accounting guidance, policies, and procedures.
This is a people leadership role of effectively leading 18-20 colleagues and the incumbent will be closely collaborating with various stakeholders across Controllership, Business LFOs, Investment Optimization, Marketing and GSM teams with strong focus on generating efficiencies, accelerating accounting processes and ensuring overall governance.
Responsibilities
- Establish, maintain, and continually improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the assigned responsibilities.
- The incumbent shall ensure effective control and compliance environment meeting the applicable GAAP accounting guidance, policy/procedures and PRSA structure in addition to any contractual and regulatory requirements, as applicable.
- Challenge the status quo and drive innovation and automation to reduce risk and enhance efficiency in core areas of Financial Accounting and Analytics.
- Provide leadership support and guidance to immediate team and beyond.
- Assessment for any accounting impact and define process for any M&A transactions/ Product launch / Resegmentation and other Enterprise Initiatives.
- Leverage General Ledger and Business system data warehouse to generate insights in support of business goals.
- Participate and drive effectiveness in improvement initiatives, within the team and more broadly across partner teams.
- Ensure process standardization, qualitative analysis, value addition and controls through Audit support, internal reviews, support attestation of the process and meet requirements of Sarbanes Oxley Act
- The incumbent is required to have strong customer servicing orientation to maintain close contact with customers / business partners, Technologies, and other teams for superior delivery of core responsibilities.
- Should be resilient and have strong responsiveness and understanding to respond independently and quickly to requests and situations related to the process, customers, and unique colleague issues.
- Should have strong colleague interpersonal skills and maintain high level of esprit de corps in the team and with wider team on location
Critical Success Factors
- Timeliness, accuracy, and completeness of accounting responsibilities
- Ensuring control and compliance as required per GAAP guidance, PRSA, policies
- Pursuit of innovation and process innovation designed for efficiency and higher effectiveness
- Strong interpersonal skills, agility and ability to work with high degree of independence, speed across teams for achieving goals.
- Leadership guidance and effectively managing colleagues.
Academic Qualification
- The incumbent should either be a Chartered Accountant or M.B.A with minimum 8 years of relevant post qualification experience or a B.Com (or equivalent) with minimum 12 years of relevant experience
Functional Skills/Capabilities
- Strong accounting, analytical & control mindset
- Strong awareness AXP policies and related GAAP guidance
- Good knowledge of AXP core business, financial and reporting system
Knowledge of Platforms
- AXP Oracle General Ledger & Sub-Ledger, reporting and business applications knowledge
- Good knowledge of MS Office, Smart View, TM1
- Knowledge of Analytical Tools like Power Bi, Tableau will be a plus
Behavioral, Functional Skills/Capabilities
- Strong collaborative and relationship building skills AND proven ability to effectively influence senior finance and business partners
- Strategic thinker, good communicator in both written and oral form, with proven ability to lead global change initiatives
- Ability to manage time and effectively prioritize multiple tasks under defined timelines
- Attention to detail with a commitment to maintaining and improving a strong control environment
- Demonstrated leadership needed to create, develop, train a diversified colleague base and promote diversity in all respects.
- Strong skills in accounting, finance and finance system controls.
- Understanding of various AMEX finance policies and practice and relevant GAAP, IFRS guidance.
- High level of personal accountability with strong analytical skills to facilitate and focus on continuous improvement, innovation.
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.
