Assistant Manager/Senior Accountant

Assistant Manager/Senior Accountant

Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and – through their work – can make an impact on our industry. We're here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued.

What You'll Do

• Implement monthly close activities in a well-disciplined, consistent, timely and accurate manner with the goal of accelerating the overall close process through the close of the reconciliation process.
• Prepare/Review reconciliations and monitor the reconciliation process and policy adherence and work with the respective teams for ensuring timely completion of the reconciliations.
• Engage with the regional/local finance teams and shared services (internal – Payroll, GSR Finance, P2P, O2C and external – EXL/JTP).
• Supervise compliance with US GAAP accounting policies and implementation of relevant standard procedures.
• Oversight of the centralized accounting and reconciliation activities managed out of external EXL shared services to ensure service levels are maintained.
• Prepare journal entries, support monthly, quarterly, and annual processes under tight timeframes.
• Coordination of group audits and internal audit activities for the region as well as the group and monitoring and reporting the status of statutory audit for all North America entities and work with the Controllers for any audit support on key issues.
• Work closely with the regional leads for the other finance towers in Procure to Pay (P2P) and Order to Cash (O2C) to support the market finance teams.
• Perform quarterly variance analysis on Balance Sheet and P&L for reporting.
• Maintain adequate and current documentation in compliance with SOX and Internal Control reporting.

What We're Looking For

• 5 years of proven accounting and finance experience
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience with concentration in accounting or finance; US/Canada CPA (or reciprocal) is required.
• Strong understanding of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP)
• Demonstrated expertise in SOX compliance, including comprehensive understanding of internal controls, financial reporting requirements, and implementing effective risk management frameworks.
• Strong accounting and financial acumen with excellent communication skills
• Experience supporting Audits.
• Shown ability to map, analyze, and optimize complex accounting flows
• Experience utilizing accounting and finance software (NetSuite and Blackline, preferred but not required)
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently from leader.

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The #TeamGBT Experience

Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT.

• Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and wellbeing resources to support you and your immediate family.

• Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.

• Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.

• We strive to champion Inclusion in every aspect of our business at Amex GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global INclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.

• And much more

All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, gender (and characteristics related to sex and gender), pregnancy (and related medical conditions), race, color, citizenship, religion, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by law.

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What if I don't meet every requirement? If you're passionate about our mission and believe you'd be a phenomenal addition to our team, don't worry about "checking every box;" please apply anyway. You may be exactly the person we're looking for