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, 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.

Purpose of the Role:

The primary purpose of this role requires management of financial accounting process for Marketing & Promotion team and related activities like budget management, reconciliation and reporting of financials.

The incumbent will be required to closely work with various stakeholders across Business LFOs/IOs, Marketing and GSM teams. The role will require strong focus on generating efficiencies, accelerating accounting processes and ensuring overall governance.

Academic Background:

- Graduate / Post-Graduate in Commerce or MBA with 1-4 years of relevant experience in financial accounting domain.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare monthly reconciliations. Updating Forecast & Budget as and when requested by market
  
• Responding to the email queries from stakeholders
  
• Adherence to the compliance to policies & internal controls
  
• Monthly booking of accruals
  
• Supporting the audit & SOX requests
  

Functional Knowledge:

• Responsible for owning & maintaining financial/data integrity, compliance with internal service level agreements (SLA), guidelines, accounting policies and regulatory requirements as applicable.
  
• Ability to work across multiple time zones
  
• The incumbent will be required to have strong accounting & reconciliation knowledge, policy awareness & control mindset with ability to read, interpret various contractual terms/SOWs and apply to function and activities.
  
• Strong communication, relationship management & collaboration skills while closely working with various stakeholders across Marketing, Controllership, Business Finance, Audit and Control groups.
  
• High proficiency in MS-Office applications, Oracle Applications (General Ledger + Subledger), Essbase/TM1, etc.
  

Additional:

• Analytical and problem-solving skills to identify and resolve queries with the ability to deal with large set of data.
  
• Excellent verbal & written communication with good presentation skills.
  
• Quick learner, an eye for detail and ability to work during ambiguity.
  
• Should be able to work independently with minimal supervision.
  

Technical:

• Good understanding of general accounting principles and basic techno finance/automation knowhow will be an added advantage.
  

• 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