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Financial Analyst (Audit)-March 2024
Haryana
Mar 18, 2025
ABOUT AMERICAN EXPRESS
American Express is a global services company, providing customers with exceptional access to products, insights, and experiences that enrich lives and build business success.
10,000+ employees
Consumer Goods & Services, Financial Services
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About Financial Analyst (Audit)

  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 :

  This position within the Operational Governance team will play a proactive role in supporting the Market Controllership teams for compliance/ internal controls testing, month/ quarter close governance and cost management activities.

  Responsibilities:

  The incumbent will be responsible to provide financial analytics as part of compliance/ internal controls testing, cost management and month/quarter close governance besides lead or support Projects. The incumbent will support in developing and maintaining strong relationships with multiple stakeholders, and work with them to strengthen financial integrity and control environment. Primary responsibilities include:

  Support compliance to Company’s Risk Management framework PRSA in respect to Legal Entity Reporting for International Markets. This requires extensive engagement with Market Controllership teams and different risk groups in the Company.

  Provide advisory and perform controls testing to support compliance with Company’s Integrated Control testing program mandated by UK Tax Regulator HMRC in respect toprocesses impacting legal entity financial integrity of UK legal entities. The findings are reported to UK Internal Controls Committee and to Senior Accounting Officer.

  Budget management and reporting with key insights and analytics Analysis for OPEX costs across International Markets. Monthly Reporting to International Controller. Conduct financial analysis to identify the drivers of variances against plan & support the market Controllership teams to manage their operating expenses, perform variance analysis and timely identification of risk & opportunities.

  Engage with Market Controllership teams across International markets and various other teams/stakeholders to support effective monthly US GAAP close. Facilitate regular connects across teams for issue collation, tracking in SAIL tool and follow up for resolution to ensure seamless and timely month close.

  Closely work with market controllership teams and other stakeholders to prepare and consolidate the quarterly regional deck for Controllership and PwC

  Critical factors to success (Outcome driven) :

  Business Outcomes :

  Be independent in testing all in-scope Financial processes within the agreed timelines and Identify observations/ suggest improvement opportunities to make the control environment stronger

  Collaborate with Market Controllership and Risk teams to ensure timely completion of PRSA activities as per the calendar defined in advance.

  Effective management of Month and quarter close issues and calls.

  Qualitative and timely preparation and consolidation of quarter close deck

  Pro-actively develop meaningful business & data insights/trends into operating expense to enable controllers to take timely decisions support to our customer’s/business partners for more effective planning & forecasting activities at an enterprise level

  Independent handling of queries and flag escalations timely

  Leadership Outcomes :

  Put enterprise thinking first, connect the role’s agenda to enterprise priorities and balance the needs of customers, partners, colleagues & shareholders

  Lead with an external perspective, challenge status quo and bring continuous innovation to our existing offerings

  Demonstrate learning agility, make decisions quickly and with the highest level of integrity

  Lead with a digital mindset and deliver the world’s best customer experiences every day

  Qualification/ Experience:

  CA/CPA/MBA with a 1 – 3 years of post qualification experience with a strong Audit, accounting and reporting knowledgeSkills/ Capabilities:

  Functional:

  Strong understanding of Financial statements and ability to analyze the financials for meaningful reporting, forecasting and planning

  Statutory or Internal Auditor

  Ability to challenge the status quo, problem solving and provide ideas to transform the processes with a view to automate

  Ability to collaborate within the team and across geographies to deliver in matrix structure.

  Flexible to work across multiple time zones

  Excellent written and verbal communication

  Ability to connect the dots and draw a big picture

  Technical:

  Strong Public Accounting, Internal Control & Audit, SOX or Operational risk experience

  Good understanding of controls testing – must be able to design, document and assess tests of financial processes

  Good knowledge of technical accounting

  Good level of proficiency in MS-Office applications, Ability to use analytical tools for financial systems such as Oracle, OBIEE, Essbase, Hyperion Financial Reporting (HFR), etc.

  Behavioral:

  Enterprise Leadership Behaviors

  Set The Agenda : Define What Winning Looks Like, Put Enterprise Thinking First, Lead with an External Perspective

  Bring Others With You : Build the Best Team, Seek & Provide Coaching Feedback, Make Collaboration Essential

  Do It The Right Way : Communicate Frequently, Candidly & Clearly, Make Decisions Quickly & Effectively, Live the Blue Box Values, Great Leadership Demands Courage

  Qualifications

  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.

  Job: Finance

  Primary Location: India-Haryana-Gurgaon

  Schedule Full-time

  Tags Please give to Prerna Yadav

  Req ID: 24000784

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