Financial Systems Analyst I

Job Description

Work Location Options:

Hybrid

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared 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?

This position is part of a team that manages the data and business architecture for pan finance solutions within the Finance, 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 jobs focus will also include - but not limited to:

Analyze and document 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 analyze and document their process requirements in terms of data, required transformations, and reporting/analytical output

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 Finances accounting, reporting and analytics requirements
Identify required reference data needs and design the processes for collecting and maintaining reference data

Document future state processes Finance processes for data acquisition, enrichment, provisioning, and processing/reporting

Build/Deployment

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

Build, test 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.

Perform systems integration and pre-user acceptance testing

Qualifications

Bachelors degree in engineering, Information Management, Finance, Accounting, 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 and others., Data Management, and other data related projects

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

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.

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

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

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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