Senior Manager-Financial Systems

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At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.

Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

How will you make an impact in this role?

Job Description :

This position is part of a team that manages the data and business architecture for pan finance solutions within the Finance, Data, Technology & Transformation group. The primary responsibility for this role is to lead the end-to-end data and process architecture and delivery for projects for multiple line of businesses within Finance organization at American Express. This role will primarily be responsible for determining the proper sources and processes for acquiring, enriching, and provisioning data required by Finance processes in the following major areas : Financial Reporting, Operational Reporting, Regulatory Reporting, Management Reporting, and Advanced Analytics processes.

The job’s focus will also include - but not limited to :

Lead the analysis of Finance process and system requirements

Define the functional design for data acquisition, enrichment, and provisioning process

Partner with Finance stakeholders and Technology partners to design, build, test and deploy solutions to fulfill Finance process requirements

Test case and plan creation, execution, and coordination

The responsibilities of this role include :

Finance process analysis :

Work with the Finance process owners and other teams to understand and document their process requirements in terms of data and required transformations

Participate in development of plans and strategies, best practices, and standards related to data management processes, data products, data security and programs

Work with product team to prioritize features for ongoing sprints and managing a prioritized list of data requirements / user stories

Document processing requirements, including data and transaction volumes, scalability, security and performance requirements

Solution Design :

Work with Technology, Finance partners, source system owners, and other stakeholders to locate the data required by Finance and ensure the data architecture design supports Finance’s accounting, reporting and analytics requirements

Identify required reference data needs and design the processes for collecting and maintaining reference data

Design processes to acquire the required data and ensure data integrity, accuracy, and completeness

Design processes to enrich and provision data to the required Finance processes

Contribute to decisions about tools, methods and approaches

Identify opportunities to adopt innovative technologies

Build / Deployment :

Work with Technology, Finance partners, source system owners, and other stakeholders, to deploy solutions across the appropriate Finance user base

Build and deploy solutions to acquire, enrich and provision the required data and ensure data integrity, accuracy and completeness

Perform data validation as part of Finance user testing as needed.

Lead the creation and execution of systems integration and pre-user acceptance testing plans and test cases.

Minimum Qualifications :

Bachelor’s degree in finance, Information Management, Data Management or similar field preferred

Previous work experience in various Finance disciplines such as Accounting, Financial Reporting, Regulatory Reporting Management Reporting, Treasury, Tax, Banking, Data Management, or other data related projects helpful

Strong knowledge of relational database concepts and data management concepts; knowledge of SQL or other query languages

Basic understanding of Big Data environments (unstructured, structured) and related technologies (e.g., ELT, Machine Learning)

Basic understanding of Agile methodology and delivery concepts

Candidate must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills as well as strong relationship skills

Previous experience working closely with Technologies to deploy systems to re-engineer processes and solve complex business problems

Transformational approach to Process efficiency and effectiveness

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Demonstrated organizational skills with the ability to meet critical deadlines and manage multiple projects simultaneously

Self-motivated, proactive, and dedicated to the delivery of high-quality service to consistently exceeds customers’ expectations

Preferred Qualifications :

Previous work experience with American Express business processes and systems, such as Card Member receivables, Merchant processing and payables, Loyalty processes, Lending, and Banking is helpful

Salary Range : $123,000.00 to $215,250.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally :

Competitive base salaries

Bonus incentives

6% Company Match on retirement savings plan

Free financial coaching and financial well-being support

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits

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

20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy

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

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

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. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and / or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

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