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Financial Analyst

American Express

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This role is within Corporate Controllership which:

  • Owns financial integrity and reporting across the enterprise 
  • Ensures balance sheet accuracy and reconciliation health 
  • Drives compliance with regulatory frameworks and internal policies (e.g., SOX, audits) 
  • Supports operational accounting and financial control processes 
  • Partners with multiple stakeholders (Finance, regulators, business units, auditors)

Responsibilities

    • Responsible for Review, Analysis and Reporting of AXP and Segment Balance Sheet.
    • Sustain enterprise-wide Balance Sheet health while remaining focused on efficiency and sustaining financial integrity for the company including ensuring timely research & clearance of BS reconciling items
    • Collaborate with key stakeholders - Account Owners, Regulators and Entity/Segment Controllers
    • Pursue continuous improvement in execution, lead intelligent automation and monitor compliance with management policies.
    • Responsible for improving control environment by ensuring satisfactory audit experience and enhancing internal controls
    • Ensure controls & compliance with prevailing policies & procedures such as SOX, Process Risk Self-Assessment and support Statutory/Internal audits
    • Continuously challenge the Status Quo and seek opportunity for redesign/automate
    • Lead team of accounting professionals, coaching them on tactical and strategic execution, as well as professional leadership and development

Qualifications

    • Should be a CA/ Graduate with 4-6 years of relevant work experience.
    • Well-developed analytical skills, ability to understand the linkages to processes.
    • Demonstrated Accounting expertise.
    • Ability to think innovatively and to pursue ideas with conviction.
    • Excellent team player with strong Inter-Personal skills and communication skills – both written and spoken.
    • The Incumbent should be Assertive, should be able to influence & corroborate without direct authority.
    • A self-starter with ability to operate under ambiguous circumstances.
    • Must have good Communication and Interpersonal skills and be able to interact with senior leadership, with Finance, multiple employee levels /Business Partners/Customers etc.,
    • Demonstrate leadership skills needed to create, develop, train, motivate and communicate with diverse work force.
    • Must have strong, proven People Management skills. handling cross functional and cross-cultural teams.