Senior Lead Analyst

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Description:

As part of the GFO Organization within Corporate Controllership, this role is responsible for driving transformational use cases across financial processes impacting accounting, reporting and reconciliation.

GFO Transformation team plays a critical role supporting GFO processes in driving transformational use cases by leveraging modernized applications and ensuring process re-design by elevating controls, simplification and automation.

This role, Senior Lead Analyst, will join GFO transformation team in IC & OPEX COE and will support Project Manager. The role will focus on providing support to project managers in analysis and inputs on project initiatives, define Finance requirements, develop user stories, and advise system controls to be in place to ensure financial integrity of accounting and reporting.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Support the Project manager in driving GFO transformational initiatives requiring technology development with financial accounting, reporting, or control impacts.
• Assist in defining end-to-end process requirements for initiatives impacting GFO processes
• Support Project Managers in creating accounting requirements in consultation with GFO process owners.
• Support and execute user acceptance testing of process requirements.
• Collaborate with process owners and provide post implementation support.
• Create project documentation including process, system, and accounting flows.
• Take initiative to continually develop and learn new processes and methods; quick to adapt to ongoing changes in the enterprise.
• Support automation of core IC & OPEX COE processes

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Computer Science, Information Systems or similar field
• Good understanding of Finance and/or business systems
• Preferably has some exposure in defining system development requirements across business and technologies
• Preferably has some exposure in defining and validating system development and financial test cases
• Basic understanding of project management and system implementation background is preferred
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills as well as the ability to create impactful relationships with key stakeholders
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated organizational skills with the ability to meet critical deadlines and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Pro-active and creative approach to solving problems
• Being self-motivated, enthusiastic, and able to manage time effectively.
• Positive attitude and demonstrated strength as a quick learner
• Previous work experience in various Finance disciplines such as Accounting, Financial Reporting, Regulatory Reporting, Management Reporting, Treasury, Tax or Banking is a plus

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.