Senior Financial Analyst - Global Merchant & Network Services

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, you'll 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.

Global Merchant & Network Services (GMNS) brings together American Express' merchant-and network-related businesses. GMNS manages the relationships with the millions of merchants around the world that accept American Express. It serves as an acquirer, processor and marketing partner for merchants of all sizes, including small, regional and global businesses.

This position serves as a critical member of the LFO team providing support for financial business analysis, consultative decision support and P&L Management for the Global Client Group (GCG) in GMNS. This position will be responsible for P&L management, investments, and volume analytics for the GCG organization. The role interfaces with GMNS LFO teams, FP&A, and multiple business teams.

This is an excellent opportunity for an individual to gain deep knowledge of the Merchant & Network Services business, as well as exposure to and insight from senior leadership.

Key Responsibilities
• Supporting monthly GCG volume tracking at segment and merchant level, understanding variance drivers, and changes in growth trends. Creating volume forecasts aligned with enterprise planning trends, ensuring alignment
• Providing value-add consultative and analytical support to senior leadership as part of P&L management support, including evaluating financial performance and identifying Opex improvement opportunities
• Lead monthly financial reviews with business partners including results trends and risks & opportunities.
• Closely partner with FP&A team on financial planning processes (monthly R&Os, Plan, LRP)
• Develop and regularly present analytics, PMO updates and results to senior leaders and interface with business partners

Qualifications
• Analytical & Strategic Thinking: Strong aptitude for analytics. Demonstrated ability to develop financial models and draw value-add insights from large amounts of financial data. Solid ability to adopt a broad perspective and link business strategies to specific initiatives. Knowledge of coding/SQL/Lumi preferred, willingness to learn required.
• Results Driven: Ability to work under pressure, navigate through ambiguity and balance multiple priorities.
• Communication: Superior ability to communicate with and influence at all levels of the organization. Capable of translating complex information into digestible takeaways.
• Relationship building: Ability to build strong working relationships to maximize collaboration, problem solving and generate solutions to deliver results.
• Strong work ethic: Demonstrated will-to-win and personal excellence.

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

Salary Range: $55,000.00 to $105,000.00 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 you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:
• 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. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

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

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