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American Express Manager Financial Systems in Karnataka, India
Description
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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.
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Job Description
Finance Technology & Transformation (FT&T) is an integral part of the Finance organization with a mission to solve Finance's existing and evolving data needs by using Technology approved tools to build scalable, reliable, and flexible data structures. This position will have the primary responsibility to lead the end-to-end data analysis and documentation of process architecture in order to deliver value-added solutions for key stakeholders within the Finance organization at American Express. This role will assist FT&T product owners in determining the proper sources and processes for acquiring, enriching, and provisioning data required by Finance in the following major areas: Financial Reporting, Operational Reporting, Regulatory Reporting, Management Reporting and Advanced Analytics processes.
The job’s focus will include the following activities:
Analyze and document Finance process and system requirements
Define the functional design for data acquisition, enrichment, and provisioning
Partner with Finance stakeholders and Technology partners to design, build, test and deploy solutions to fulfill Finance process requirements
Test case and plan creation, execution, and coordination
Collaborate with product owners to implement data process controls and support ongoing process maintenance efforts
Lead the Team of Analysts and provide mentorship to the Team.
Responsibilities
- Finance process analysis
o Work with the Finance process owners and other teams to analyze and document their process requirements in terms of data, required transformations, and reporting/analytical output
o Work with product owners to prioritize features and user stories for ongoing sprints and to manage a prioritized list of data requirements
o Document processing requirements, including data and transaction volumes, scalability, security and performance requirements
- Solution Design
o Work with Technology, Finance partners, source system owners, and other stakeholders to locate the data required by Finance and ensure the data architecture design supports Finance’s reporting and analytics requirements
o Identify required reference data needs and design the processes for collecting and maintaining reference data
o Document future state Finance processes for data acquisition, enrichment, provisioning, and reporting
- Build/Deployment
o Work with Technology, Finance partners, source system owners, and other stakeholders to deploy solutions across the appropriate Finance user base
o Build, test and deploy solutions to acquire, enrich and provision the required data and ensure data integrity, accuracy and completeness
o Perform data validation as part of Finance user testing as needed
o Perform systems integration and pre-user acceptance testing
- Data Controls and Ongoing Production Support
o Work with product owners to design and build ongoing data process controls by collaborating with Technology and Data Governance as needed
o Investigate data anomalies and research ad-hoc data inquiries as part of ongoing production support
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Finance Technology, Information Management, Data Management, Engineering or similar field
Strong understanding of relational database concepts and experience working in a big data environment (Hadoop / Cornerstone) preferred
Knowledge of SQL and familiarity with query tools (Hive / Yellowbrick)
Basic understanding of Agile methodology and delivery concepts
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills as well as the ability to create impactful relationships with key stakeholders
Previous experience working closely with Technology teams to deploy systems to re-engineer processes and solve complex business problems
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Demonstrated organizational skills with the ability to meet critical deadlines and manage multiple projects simultaneously
Self-motivated, proactive, and dedicated to the delivery of high-quality service to consistently exceeds customers’ expectations
Positive attitude and demonstrated strength as a quick learner
- Previous work experience in various Finance disciplines such as Accounting, Financial Reporting, Regulatory Reporting, Management Reporting, Treasury, Tax or Banking is a plus
Compliance Language
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.
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-Karnataka-Bengaluru Urban
Schedule Full-time
Req ID: 24009381