Senior Financial Analyst - Data Governance & Management

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.

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Our industry is rapidly evolving, and we need courageous, quick thinkers who can shape the strategic decisions that lead our business forward. Whether it’s negotiating with some of our largest global partners or creating next year’s financial plan, you can influence both our day-to-day P&L and the future direction of the company. As part of the team, you can have the opportunity to learn and use the latest data tools and technologies and explore a range of roles to grow your career. Find your place in finance on #TeamAmex.

Sr. Financial Analyst - Data Governance & Management

As part of the Finance Data Governance (FDG) within Corporate Controllership, this role is responsible for bringing and managing data under governance for Finance. FDG team is leading the effort of defining the future roadmap for data governance within Finance and ensuring that trusted information is used for critical processes, decision making, and accounting across various finance processes. 

As a FDG Sr. Financial Analyst, you will be part of a growing team of data management professionals focused on providing world class data management and data governance solutions. You will partner closely with Finance Technology Transformation, Enterprise Data Governance, Controllership, Risk, and other teams to drive data governance and data quality within Finance. The FDG analyst is a collaborator, a well-organized, action-oriented team player with strong time management skills, confident in presenting, facilitating, and building a network of strong relationships across our organization.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Ensure Finance Data Governance is in compliance with the Enterprise Data Governance Policy under the appropriate accountability model and processes for data asset management, metadata management, data quality, and issue.
• Implementing requirements of the Enterprise Data Governance Policy within various critical Finance systems/processes.
• Participate in all aspects of Data Governance specifically on data classification, Data Quality, data catalog and lineage, as well as compliance to data standards and privacy regulations.
• Support development, validation, and maintenance of business glossary, data integration, data lineage, and data management activities.
• Perform root-cause-analysis of data quality issues and assist in remediation of audit and regulatory feedback.
• Support strategic improvements to data assessment processes and make necessary enhancements to data quality and analytical tools.
• Continue to support current regulatory reporting needs via existing platforms working with upstream data providers, downstream business partners, as well as technology teams.

Minimum Qualifications: