Senior Lead Analyst

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.

Function Description

• Card & Merchant Accounting and Control (CMAC) team in Global Financial Operations, Controllership, manages the foundational accounting for Cardmember spend, Remittances and Merchant payments along with various other operational accounting processes that is core to a Credit Card domain. The team liaison with broader controllership, technology / product, and servicing teams to ensure financial integrity is embedded in the end-to-end process.

How will you make an impact in this role?

This B28 role will manage accounting and reconciliation of B/sheet accounts for merchant  process which includes spend and non-spend merchant transactions. In addition, this role will also be responsible to perform other critical activities like Month-on-Month trend analysis to identify any anomaly in general / sub ledgers, preparing journals, metrics analysis, manage queries from key stakeholders, and support ongoing/upcoming business and technology initiatives like Project ORBIT, Rainbow etc.

• Lead a team responsible for maintaing financial integrity of all merchant processes.
• Ability to drive self and team goals with continuous focus on process improvement.
• Demonstrated effective thought leadership skills and creativity, as well as strong analytical skills.
• Ensure operational resilience through knowledge retention and building back-ups in the team.
• Be able to proactively highlight, communicate and mitigate risks.
• Ability to communicate effectively with senior leaders across the organization and build relationships.
• Be able to contribute to the team strategy and long-term plans.
• Ability to manage multiple projects to support enterprise goals.
• Ensuring financial integrity by reviewing financial information and resolving for any aberration in the financials
• Effectively coordinate with technology for development / automation opportunities

Minimum Qualifications

• B.Com with 3-6 years or CA/MBA/post grad with 2-4 years of work experience
• US GAAP knowledge and Audit experience is a plus.

• Knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, BI and other data applications like Cornerstone, TM1, etc.

  Preferred Qualifications

• Well-developed analytical skills, ability to understand the linkages to processes.
• Demonstrated Accounting expertise.
• Ability to think innovatively and to pursue ideas with conviction.
• Excellent team player with strong Inter-Personal skills and communication skills
• Demonstrate leadership skills needed to create, develop and communicate with diverse work force.

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 work arrangements and schedules with hybrid and virtual options with Amex Flex 
• 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.