American Express

Director-Controller

Posted On

June 7, 2024

Location

Gurgaon, Haryana

Experience Level

Freshers/Experienced

Job Type

Permanent

Apply By

June 30, 2024

Job Description

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.

Responsibilities

Director FAS (Finance Application Support) COE managing

Application support for Oracle, IRIS, Datawatch, Blue Prism including
- User Enablement including Access management, Issue management etc
- Application Configuration covering all meta data configurations and set up including for strategic projects and product launches/enhancements impacting American Express Financials, automated job monitoring and optimization, release management
- Application Processing including results consolidations and allocations to create business segment results
- Close Governance including the late entry protocols, top sides and stakeholder communications
- Insight Enablement leveraging BI applications like OAS, Essbase/SmartView etc
Manage American Express Month / Quarter Close process both from an Oracle and Governance perspective.
Partner with AET and Product Owners on critical interventions related to above mentioned applications e.g. Upgrades, Fast Forward, Fusion, Disaster Recovery Testing, Platform modernization in terms of integration with Oracle etc.
Leadership to a Team of 60+ Colleagues with Fin Tech skill sets across Gurgaon and Bangalore

Required Skills

CA / CPA / MBA with a minimum of 10 year's experience.
Understanding of American Express business, financial accounting, reporting and results consolidation process.
Fin Tech skills with an understanding / aptitude for Technology architecture and Data flows in Accounting, Reconciliation, Automation, Reporting.
Project Management skills to lead GFO projects and contribute to Enterprise projects.
Understanding / Prior experience as a Product owner.
Understanding of Operational Risk, Control Mindset from both process and technology perspective.
Enterprise mindset with strong ability to collaborate across multiple stakeholders including Finance, AET etc.
Bring external perspective to understand / adopt evolving technology and best practices e.g. Cloud
Demonstrate courage that leadership demands in saying “No” when appropriate.
Strong people leader, self motivator, driven and enthusiastic with prior experience of leading large teams.

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

Support for financial-well-being and retirement.

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)

Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need.

Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)

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

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.

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.

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