Senior Business Systems Analyst SQL Python GCP

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, youll 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.

Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

This is an exciting and dynamic position of Sr Business Systems Analyst in the MIS & Analytics Team. The MIS &
 Analytics Team is responsible for enabling the GSG processes to operate at the most efficient and effective levels by establishing best in class MIS and analytics tools.
This position will primarily support the GAPN (Global Payments, Billings and Card Issuance) processes.

In this role you will:
 

• Learn and understand the processes and systems used within the GAPN ecosystem
•  Investigate available data sources, provide recommendations for incremental data needs, and work with data owners on sourcing
• Define and build appropriate metrics to evaluate the performance of the GAPN processes as well as provide
   recommendations on appropriate targets based on the optimal methodology
• Define and build Executive and process level dashboards providing visibility to process performance
• Conduct insightful analysis that assists leadership on process enhancement opportunities
• Support in capabilities migration projects by mapping current sources in Cornerstone and validating data sources in LUMI
• Support in reporting upgrades as a result of capabilities migration form Cornerstone to LUMI by rewriting existing code and remapping connections to our data viz tools
  

• Strong Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills
• Comfort executing in a certain level of ambiguity
• Strong experience using current AMEX data tools (Cornerstone, Hive, Yellowbrick, LUMI, etc)
• Strong reporting experience creating dashboards (Tableau, PowerBI, Excel, etc)
• Ability to work independently as well as be a team player
• Ability to deconstruct processes and understand the data environment behind the process
• Strong written & verbal communication skills
• Ability to translate complex data concepts to non-technical audience
  

• Working knowledge of Billings, Payments and Cards Issuance requirements and processes
• Experience working with Billings, Payments and Cards Issuance data sources 
• Proficiency in Python
• Working knowledge of mainframe systems
  

• 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