Manager-Finance

American Express•New York, NY

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

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. Manager – Finance, Segment & Marketing Analytics Global Commercial Services (GCS) provides a range of card programs and expense management tools to help large, medium and small businesses around the world manage almost all the facets of their business spending. The GCS Lead Financial Office (LFO) team is responsible for providing financial management, decision support, and planning & results analysis to the Chief Commercial Officer and her direct reports to help achieve BU and AXP financial targets. This position represents an exciting opportunity to partner with both the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) organization (representing a significant proportion of all AXP Billed Business), and the Global Commercial Marketing organization, working directly with business leadership. The Manager will focus on these main activities:

Requirements

Confidence in developing financial insights and being able to present them to leadership, stakeholders, and partners by means of comprehensive reporting, executive level decks, and presentations
Strong relationship building skills and capable of partnering across teams
Demonstrated ability to identify and implement analytical insights
Advanced Excel skills required
Experience in SQL/SAS/Python enhances any application, desire to learn is a requirement for success in the role
Self-starter who thrives in fast paced environment
5+ years experience in Finance, data analytics, strategy, or consulting
Bachelors Degree required

Nice To Haves

MBA preferred

Responsibilities

Support business initiatives to help identify growth opportunities and areas of risk in the SME portfolio, leveraging big-data sources and profitability metrics to influence business leadership and drive key priorities
Help drive efforts to expand utilization of lifetime-value measurement across the portfolio while focusing on whole customer returns.
Support the implementation & enhancement of intra-cycle Prospect Marketing decision-making toolsets, identifying synergies across teams and datasets, connecting outcomes to investment processes

Benefits

Competitive base salaries
Bonus incentives
6%25 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