Finance Director - USCS Personal Loans and Insurance

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.

The Director role, reporting to the VP/LFO for US Lending & Beyond the Card, is a high visibility, high exposure role that supports one of the most valuable parts of American Express. The role will provide strategic and financial analysis to profitably grow our share of lending in the marketplace and build on our momentum in the Insurance business. The Director will partner closely with the US Lending & Beyond the Card organization to drive growth and strategic outcomes for the business. The ideal candidate will have excellent analytical and organizational skills, strong quantitative and financial reasoning, clear and compelling communication, strong leadership, and comfort with ambiguity. The candidate must be able to build solid, trust-based relationships with business partners and senior leaders that encourage candor and direct communication.

How will you make an impact in this role?

• Lead a team responsible for the financial oversight of US Consumer Personal Loans and Insurance.
• Lead deep, data-driven analytical efforts to unlock insights into sources of value creation in the portfolios and the overall business P&L.
• Build strong, trusting relationships with key business partners and senior leaders that encourage open and direct communication and dialogue.
• Lead, coach, train and develop a team with strong technical, financial, and communication skills.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Exceptional relationship and collaboration skills, including the ability to work in a highly matrixed environment across product, marketing, and finance.  
•  7+ years of experience in Finance 

• Excellent quantitative reasoning – ability to think through and drive a conversation using “quick math” in the moment.

• Very strong data analytics experience and ability to lead a team of data analytics experts to unlock insights.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple, disparate workstreams concurrently without sacrificing quality.
• Leadership experience in a decision-support focused finance role.
• Bachelor’s Degree

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong strategic thinker – ability to integrate business strategy, financial thinking, competitive insight, consumer behavior and operational understanding.
• Exemplary communication skills with the ability to break down complex ideas into understandable / actionable messages and tailor messages to non-technical audiences and senior leaders.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills with an ability to turn around key deliverables on tight deadlines.
• Track record of effectively coaching and developing colleagues.
• Graduate Degree, preferred

Salary Range: $123,000.00 to $215,250.00 annually + bonus + equity (if applicable) + benefits

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