American Express

Senior Lead Analyst

Posted On

Dec. 26, 2024

Location

Gurgaon, Haryana

Experience Level

Freshers/Experienced

Job Type

Permanent

Apply By

Jan. 12, 2025

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 #TeamAmex and let's lead the way together.

Function Description

Card & Merchant Accounting and Control (CMAC) team in Global Financial Operations, Controllership, manages the foundational accounting for Cardmember spend, Remittances and Merchant payments along with various other operational accounting processes that is core to a Credit Card domain. The team liaison with broader controllership, technology / product, and servicing teams to ensure financial integrity is embedded in the end-to-end process.

How will you make an impact in this role?

This B28 role will manage accounting and reconciliation of B/sheet accounts for merchant bank process which includes activities pertaining to merchant payments, Debit balance and Gross pay. In addition, this role will also be responsible to perform other critical activities like Daily balancing, cash correction, Month on Month trend analysis to identify any anomaly in general ledgers, manage queries from key stakeholders, and support ongoing/upcoming business and technology initiatives like FALCON, Project ORBIT, etc.

Lead a team responsible for maintaining financial integrity of all merchant processes.
Ability to drive self and team goals with continuous focus on process improvement.
Demonstrated effective thought leadership skills and creativity, as well as strong analytical skills.
Ensure operational resilience through knowledge retention and building back-ups in the team.
Be able to proactively highlight, communicate and mitigate risks.
Ability to communicate effectively with senior leaders across the organization and build relationships.
Be able to contribute to the team strategy and long-term plans.
Ability to manage multiple projects to support enterprise goals.
Ensuring financial integrity by reviewing financial information and resolving for any aberration in the financials
Effectively coordinate with technology for development / automation opportunities

Minimum Qualifications

B.com with 2-5 years or CA/MBA/post grad with 1-3 years of work experience
US GAAP knowledge and Audit experience is a plus.
Knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, BI and other data applications like Cornerstone, TM1, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

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
Demonstrate leadership skills needed to create, develop and communicate with diverse work force.

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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