Manager Finance

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.

Description:

Manager, Enterprise Financial Planning & Analysis is a member of the Enterprise Financial Planning & Analysis team within Corporate Planning. Our team is responsible for delivering information and insights that will help steer the Enterprise. We prepare financial presentations for the AXP Board of Directors, and drive critical strategic financial analysis for senior leadership, including the EVP Corporate Planning and AXP CFO.  In this role you will have frequent exposure to senior leaders across Corporate Planning, as well as the opportunity to build an extensive network through collaboration with various Finance teams including BU LFOs, BU FP&A, Treasury, Controllership, and Investor Relations.

 Responsibilities:

• Own the financial modeling for critical planning processes and scenarios for the EVP of Corporate Planning, AXP CFO and other senior stakeholders related to enterprise long-term planning
• Play a key role in developing the financial modelling of targets across the organization to ensure we meet our financial objectives
• Prepare Board of Director and Executive Committee (EC) review documents on the Long-Range Plan, AXP Annual Plan, and special Board meeting topics
• Enhance current planning function/process to improve predictive accuracy and ability to serve up decisions to senior leadership

 Key Requirements:

• Excellent modelling skills
• Ability to handle high pressure environment with aggressive deadlines; an agile mindset, positive, can-do attitude with flexibility to adapt is key
• Intellectual curiosity and takes initiative to learn and engage with a variety of aspects of the business model – across metrics, income statement and balance sheet.
• Comfortable with complex problem solving and dealing with ambiguity; ability to break down complex ideas into understandable and actionable messages
• Outstanding organizational skills that will help in a fast-paced environment with a high volume of deliverables
• Exceptional communication skills; ability to lead discussions with senior stakeholders

Minimum Qualifications:

• 2-3 years of finance related experience required
• Bachelor’s degree in finance or a related field (MBA preferred)

Qualifications:

• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills required
• Financial software (e.g. TM1) knowledge preferred

Salary Range: $80,000.00 to $155,000.00 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 sa