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You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.

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.

Our industry is rapidly evolving, and we need courageous, quick thinkers who can shape the strategic decisions that lead our business forward. Whether it’s negotiating with some of our largest global partners or creating next year’s financial plan, you can influence both our day-to-day P&L and the future direction of the company. As part of the team, you can have the opportunity to learn and use the latest data tools and technologies and explore a range of roles to grow your career. Find your place in finance on #TeamAmex.

As part of Controllership organization, the U.S. Regulatory Reporting team delivers Bank Holding Company regulatory reports in accordance with both U.S. Federal and State regulators for American Express Company and its underlying subsidiaries.

As American Express transitions to a higher bank category (Cat 3/2), it leads to an uptick in regulatory scrutiny and increased regulatory expectations. As a result, we are forming a centralized Exam and Review Preparedness team to meet those heightened standards. The scope will include both external exams (i.e. FRB, OCC) as well as internal reviews (i.e. Quality Assurance, 2LOD, Internal Audits). This role will be part of the new team.

How will you make an impact in this role?

Finance Technology Data & Transformation (FTD&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 to deliver value-added solutions for key stakeholders within the Finance organization at American Express. This role will assist FTD&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

Responsibilities

+ Finance process analysis

+ 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

+ Work with product owners to prioritize features and user stories for ongoing sprints and to manage a prioritized list of data requirements

+ Document processing requirements, including data and transaction volumes, scalability, security and performance requirements

+ Solution Design

+ 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

+ Identify required reference data needs and design the processes for collecting and maintaining reference data

+ Document future state Finance processes for data acquisition, enrichment, provisioning, and reporting

+ Build/Deployment

+ Work with Technology, Finance partners, source system owners, and other stakeholders to deploy solutions across the appropriate Finance user base

+ Build, test and deploy solutions to acquire, enrich and provision the required data and ensure data integrity, accuracy and completeness

+ Perform data validation as part of Finance user testing as needed

+ Perform systems integration and pre-user acceptance testing

+ Data Controls and Ongoing Production Support

+ Work with product owners to design and build ongoing data process controls by collaborating with Technology and Data Governance as needed

+ Investigate data anomalies and research ad-hoc data inquiries as part of ongoing production support

Mínimum Qualifications

+ Bachelor’s degree in Finance Technology, Information Management, Data Management, Engineering or similar field

+ Knowledge of SQL and familiarity with query tools (Hive / Lumi)

+ 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

Preferred Qualifications

+ 2 years of experience in similar positions.

+ Strong understanding of relational database concepts and experience working in a big data (Hadoop / Cornerstone) or Cloud (Lumi) environment.

+ Previous work experience in various Finance disciplines such as Accounting, Financial Reporting, Regulatory Reporting, Management Reporting, Treasury, Tax or Banking.

Qualifications

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 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. 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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**Job:** Finance

**Primary Location:** US-Arizona-Phoenix

**Schedule** Full-time

**Req ID:** 25007593