American Express India | Senior Lead Analyst

Responsibilities

• The team liaison with broader controllership, technology / product, and servicing teams to ensure financial integrity is embedded in the end-to-end process.
• In addition, this role will also be responsible to perform other critical activities like Month-on-Month trend analysis to identify any anomaly in general ledgers, preparing journals, metrics analysis, managing queries from key stakeholders, and support ongoing/upcoming business and technology initiatives including any enterprise-wide project.
• This Band 28 role will manage research and clearance-based accounting and reconciliation of B/sheet accounts for merchant payment related processes which includes spend and non-spend merchant transactions.
• Part of the team is responsible for maintaining financial integrity of all merchant processes.
• Ensure operational resilience through knowledge retention and building back-ups in the team.
• Be able to proactively highlight, communicate and mitigate risks.
• Be able to contribute to the team strategy and long-term plans.
• Ensuring financial integrity by reviewing financial information and resolving for any aberration in the financials.

Requirements

• Ability to drive self and team goals with continuous focus on process improvement.
• Ability to communicate effectively with senior leaders across the organization and build relationships.
• Ability to manage multiple projects to support enterprise goals.
• Effectively coordinate with technology for development / automation opportunities.
• US GAAP knowledge and Audit experience is a plus.
• Knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI and other data applications like Cornerstone, TM1 will be preferred.
• Well-developed analytical skills, ability to understand the linkages to processes.
• Ability to think innovatively and to pursue ideas with conviction.
• Excellent team player with strong Inter-Personal skills and communication skills.
• Demonstrate leadership skills needed to create, develop and communicate with diverse workforce.

American Express

American Express is a global payments company known for its card products, merchant network and travel services. It was founded in New York in 1850.

Its Indian teams work on finance, risk, analytics, operations and technology for markets around the world. Chartered accountants typically join financial analysis, controllership and reporting teams.

• Industry: Payments and financial services
• Headquarters: New York, USA
• In India: Large teams in Gurugram and Bengaluru