Future Opportunities: Finance Manager / Senior Manager - Forecasting, Planning & Analysis

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With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you'll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that's unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

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.

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

American Express invites you to share your resume so you can be considered for future Manager/Senior Manager-level opportunities in the New York Metro/Tri-State Global organization:

Job Responsibilities:

• Create forecast for merchant discount rate (American Express' largest revenue driver) and track monthly performance against forecast and identify drivers of variance.

• Perform data analysis to evaluate discount rate trends and uncover insights.

• Create merchant discount rate scorecards for the regions.

• Drive standardization and process improvement among the different regional teams for all reporting and forecasting related activities.

• Support external audits including researching issues found, contacting the regional business teams that manage the merchant relationship to discuss issues and working through resolution.

Qualifications

• 4+ years' experience in financial services, payments industry, or other finance related roles is desired.

• Bachelor's degree in required; Finance/Accounting/Business desired.

• MBA/Graduate degree is a plus.

• High proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint is required.

• Strong attention to detail is required.

• Strong aptitude for analytics; demonstrated ability to develop sophisticated financial models and draw value-added insights from large amounts of financial data.

• Strong relationship management and collaboration skills with the ability to influence others in situations where there may be different goals.

• Excellent communication skills - both written and oral - with experience leading discussions with senior leaders where decisions need to be made based on the facts presented.

• Strong work ethic with an intense will-to-win, ability to excel in a fast-paced, dynamic team environment, which places a premium on driving results.

• Creative thinker who is willing to question traditional ways of doing things and develop new approaches to old challenges.

• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple requests and prioritize accordingly.

• Capacity to remain calm and flexible under pressure.

Salary Range: $80,000.00 to $155,000.00 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.

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these 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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