American Express—Financial Analyst

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Description: Finance is a collaborative team, playing a key role in advising all areas of the business. We have a strategic seat at the table, and our unique insights are valued in a highly competitive marketplace and increasingly complex global regulatory environment. This team collaborates globally to deliver expert accounting, reporting & advisory services, and financial risk control & governance, while supporting business growth & protecting shareholder value Responsible for management & governance of monthly accounting for legal entities. Requirements: Past Experience: - CA/CPA with 1+years of experience or MBA with 3 + years of experience or M Com with 7 + years of experience. Functional Skills/Capabilities: - Strong understanding of end-to-end accounting, basic understanding of reporting - Understanding of financial consolidation process - Ability to research and embed relevant best practices Technical Skills/Capabilities: - Knowledge of financial systems – Oracle, OBI etc, Advanced MS office suits such as Excel, Word, Power-point - Strong IGAAP/IND AS knowledge and awareness of US GAAP (Accounting knowledge) - Analytical skills with the ability to undertake cause effect analysis - Working knowledge of automation tools like Tableau, Python, Natural Language Generation [NLG], Machine Learning Studio [MLS] etc. would be an added advantage Behavioral Skills/Capabilities: Enterprise Leadership Behaviors - Set The Agenda: Define What Winning Looks Like, Put Enterprise Thinking First, Lead with an External Perspective - Bring Others With You: Build the Best Team, Seek & Provide Coaching Feedback, Make Collaboration Essential - Do It The Right Way: Communicate Frequently, Candidly & Clearly, Make Decisions Quickly & Effectively, Live the Blue Box Values, Great Leadership Demands Courage Responsibilities: - Responsible for management & governance of monthly accounting for legal entities - Managing end-to-end responsibility of one of the non-banking legal entities - Monthly review of financials to provide critical inputs to entity controller on various cost analytics and services fee charge-out - Analysis of Legal Entity Results, identification of anomalies during close - Identify opportunities to standardize, improve and automate existing processes within/across teams. - Plan/coordinate with various stakeholders to execute process improvement opportunities. - Partners with various groups to identify and leverage best practices. - Manage & govern various regulatory filings and compliances. - Compliance with prevailing policies & procedures etc. - Monthly/Quarterly update to Legal Governance Committee / Board members and ensuring all regulatory compliances. - Ensure that all deadlines are continually met, and adequate controls are maintained over the processes to ensure integrity of the information. - Maintain close contact with customer / business partners and other interface groups to ensure a smooth service delivery - Provide end to end support for the legal entity statutory / internal / other audits including discussion with auditors and drive closure of Internal and External Audit of Local as well as US GAAP ledgers - Coordinate with GFO/GBS functions to provide external audit support, including Reconciliations, Accounting and Payment Operations, plus World Services Cashiers as appropriate Responsibilities: Critical Factors to Success: Business Outcomes: - Own & maintain financial/data integrity - Stay relevant to the business/functional requirements - Understand & leverage intelligent automation technologies to generate use cases within the team & create opportunities to support the automation team to get that implemented Leadership Outcomes: - Put enterprise thinking first, connect the role’s agenda to enterprise priorities and balance the needs of customers, partners, colleagues & shareholders. - Lead with an external perspective, challenge status quo and bring continuous innovation to our existing offerings. - Demonstrate learning agility, make decisions quickly and with the highest level of integrity. - Lead with a digital mindset and deliver the world’s best customer experiences every day.