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The International Card Services (ICS) FP&A team leads the end-to-end forecasting and financial planning processes for the ICS segment, providing decision support to senior Finance leaders by producing P&L reports and analyses, bringing forward analytical insights, and carrying out thorough financial planning. Delivering on these key goals requires high levels of analytical rigor, financial thought leadership, knowledge of the P&L, strong collaboration across teams, and relationship-building skills. Lend has been a key area of focus through the year and will continue to be incredibly important in 2024 & beyond. The Finance Manager based in Gurgaon will lead the Lend Vertical with primary focus on big data analytics. This new role has been created to lead and develop insightful financial analyses and frameworks across the Lend Margin, improve forecasting and planning models, and prepare and present materials for ICS Finance & Business Leadership reviews. This is a high-visibility role with exposure to senior leaders across different Finance teams. As such, the ideal candidate must possess excellent analytical and modelling skills, strong communication and relationship-building skills, and the ability to collaborate seamlessly with colleagues across organization.

Responsibilities

• Utilize broad set of big data analytical tools and techniques to drive outcomes

• Independently work with partners to deliver on insightful and valuable performance analysis with actionable insights

• Deepen Cardmember Profitability analyses with a key focus on Lend

• Detailed review of the ICS P&L along with variance analysis and focusing on identifying key insights and risks/opportunities in the P&L

• Lead the Annual and Long-Range planning processes for the ICS Lend vertical

• Develop and improve financial forecasting models, all with a continuous analytical focus on influencing decisions at the appropriate level

• Partner with multiple stakeholders across BU FP&A, Market & Lead Financial Officer (LFO) teams, FDS, Risk Finance and Controllership and provide consultative and independent finance decision support to business partners on various initiatives

• Work across the organization, linking with key partners across ICS LFO teams to incorporate strategic insights and local knowledge into long term analytic processes

• Coach & develop the team and build a culture of learning and collaboration.

Functional Skills/Capabilities

• In-depth understanding of Amex businesses and of the P&L

• Demonstrated ability to develop sophisticated financial models and draw value-add insights from large amounts of financial data

• Knowledge of data mining and analytics languages / techniques [e.g., SQL , Python, SAS] preferred to extract data from Cornerstone for analytics

Technical skills

• Experience in modelling and/or ML techniques to support forecasting and predictive analytics is preferred

• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills

• Knowledge of accounting processes and systems (TM1, Oracle, etc.,)

Behavior Skills/Capabilities

• Strong communication skills, both written and oral; ability to interact with and build consensus across multiple levels of the organization

• Demonstrated ability to solve unstructured problem statements and handle ambiguity independently

• Ability to work in an agile environment , manage multiple stakeholders while dealing with rapid change

• Demonstrated ability to partner and collaborate with senior executives and cross-functional teams and understand key business issues and concerns from multiple perspectives

• Demonstrated ability to identify, groom, and manage talent to gain maximum efficiency and productivity. Nurture and enhance the teams data expertise and consulting skills

Qualifications

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

• 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

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.

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.

Job: Finance

Primary Location: India-Haryana-Gurgaon

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 24007987