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Our industry is rapidly evolving, and we need courageous, quick thinkers who can shape the strategic decisions that lead our business forward. Whether it’s negotiating with some of our largest global partners or creating next year’s financial plan, you can influence both our day-to-day P&L and the future direction of the company. As part of the team, you can have the opportunity to learn and use the latest data tools and technologies and explore a range of roles to grow your career. Find your place in finance on #TeamAmex.
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Global Commercial Services (GCS) provides a range of card programs and expense management tools to help large, medium, and small businesses around the world manage almost all the facets of their business spending. The GCS Lead Financial Officer (LFO) team is responsible for providing financial management, decision support, and planning & results analysis to the Chief Commercial Officer and her direct reports to help achieve BU and AXP financial targets. The team works closely with GCS business partners and multiple Finance teams to drive insights which have a meaningful impact on GCS business strategy.
This position is on the US Small Business Charge Product Finance team, which provides decision support for products including, but not limited to, Business Platinum, Gold, Green, Plum, and Centurion cards as well as the Pay Over Time feature. To be successful, the candidate will need to collaborate with business partners to determine the financial and customer impact of strategies by providing data-driven insights and modeling. The candidate will be expected to communicate with business partners, make recommendations, and influence future product investments.
How will you make an impact in this role?
Build relationships and collaborate with product managers and finance colleagues
Create business cases for product launches, new benefits, and other strategic product initiatives with a focus on profitability and customer impact
Develop detailed data-driven analytics at the portfolio, product, and customer levels to inform business decisions
Provide financial consultation on a variety of strategic product initiatives and investment ideas
Develop and produce post-launch tracking of initiatives for business partners and senior Finance leaders
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree required
Strong communication skills and ability to develop relationships within the Finance and Product organizations
Strong analytical and modeling skills with the ability to create data-driven frameworks on which to base recommendations and business cases
Team player that can work closely with finance colleagues and adapt to changing needs and priorities
Strong work ethic and demonstrated ability to work through complex projects independently
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
Knowledge of SQL preferred, otherwise, strong desire to learn SQL and work with customer-level data
Qualifications
Salary Range: $80,000.00 to $155,000.00 annually bonus benefits
The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.
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
6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
20 weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
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
For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site .
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We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.
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Job: Finance
Primary Location: US-New York-New York
Other Locations: US-New York
Schedule Full-time
Req ID: 24000682