Financial Analyst

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This Financial Analyst position in the Credit and Fraud Risk Controllership (C&FRC) organization will play a key role in achieving our goal to protect and assure the integrity of the American Express (AXP) financial statements and proactively eliminate controllable financial risk. As part of a world-class Controllership group, the C&FRC Controllership organization supports business on credit reserve modeling and provides decision support.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Play a key role in supporting AXP credit reserve analysis.
• Prepare key reports for analyzing write-off and credit reserves for Senior leaders in the company.
• Translate and present complex data into easily understood language.
• Building and developing relationships with the business unit finance teams
• Performing ad hoc analytics at the AXP level to better understand key trends and drivers.
• Identify opportunities for increased automation, enhanced controls, and increased efficiencies.
• Support preparation of externally disclosed footnotes to the financial statements and regulatory filings for Worldwide AR, Loans and related Reserves

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting preferred.
• 2+ years of relevant Finance/Accounting work experience
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to multitask while meeting all business deadlines.
• Proficiency in Excel (Pivot tables, index-match, charts, graphs), PowerPoint and SQL (Yellow brick/PostgreSQL) required; Knowledge of Oracle, Essbase is plus.
• Highly motivated individual with an ability to drive results and work with ambiguity.
• Self-starter with intellectual curiosity, and strong work ethic
• Strong interpersonal, relationship management and communication skills, and ability to partner and collaborate effectively across a matrix organization.

Salary Range: $55,000.00 to $105,000.00 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 work arrangements and schedules with hybrid and virtual options with Amex Flex
• 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.

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.

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.

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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