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American Express Senior Financial Analyst – Finance Data Science & Analytics in New York, New York
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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.
Senior Financial Analyst – Finance Data Science & Analytics
The Finance Data Science & Analytics (DS&A) team at American Express helps drive sustainable, long-term growth for the enterprise by empowering smarter, profitable, real-time investment decisions. We reinvent forecasting, tracking, and analytical processes, leveraging the latest tools and setting the standard for advanced analytics. The team leads the strategic decisions of billions of dollars of investments at the Enterprise level. Our team’s goal is to help the organization use data to drive decisions around investments and deep dive on investment results.
This is an excellent opportunity for an individual to work with the leadership team, gain a deeper understanding of the AXP business and build key business relationships. This position will help drive critical decision support to senior executives across both the business units and finance, including the EVP and Head of Corporate Planning and the AXP CFO. The ideal candidate must possess outstanding analytical skills as well as excellent communication skills.
As a Sr Financial Analyst in DS&A, you will:
Assist with the FP&A process for Enterprise investments, including the Annual Plan, Plan Refresh, Long Range Plan, and monthly outlooks in coordination with business unit investment and FP&A teams
Build, maintain and make enhancements to Enterprise dashboards that provide Finance leadership with the latest insights into cardmember acquisition performance
Support analytical projects within the investments space with strategic thinking to optimize investments at an enterprise level and ensure long-term goals are achieved
Prepare ad-hoc and decision support materials for Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Investor Relations and other senior management forums
Collaborate closely with Corporate Planning and LFO teams to appropriately reflect business strategies in planning and forecasts, manage investment P&L lines and deep dive on investment results
Skills and Qualifications:
Hands-on experience managing/leading projects using large amounts of data
Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with good attention to detail
Ability to communicate with and influence people across all levels of the organization
Be data-driven, outcome-focused and a fast learner
Desire to work on ambiguous projects, with the ability to break down and execute on complex ideas
Exposure to Power BI, Python [knowledge of Pandas, PySpark]
Preferred:
Eagerness to continuously improve, optimize and automate processes
Experience with visualization dashboard tools (Power BI or Tableau) strongly preferred
Exposure to SQL, Machine Learning Studio
Qualifications
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 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 .
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.
Depending on factors such as business unit requirements, the nature of the position, cost and applicable laws, American Express may provide visa sponsorship for certain positions.
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
Schedule Full-time
Req ID: 24018118