Director-Treasury

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?

This position is a key leadership role in the Global Funding team, within the Global Treasury organization.  The key responsibilities of the role are to drive strategy and execution for several key Capital Markets funding programs, manage relationships with key bank partners and represent the company in communications to the fixed income investor community. 

The following are the more detailed key responsibilities of the role:

• Drive strategy, monitor the competitive landscape and maintain and enhance relationships with key internal and external partners for the company’s unsecured debt issuance program

• Lead preparation for and execution of Capital Markets transactions, including engaging external bank partners, coordinating with key internal partners and leading overall project management for all aspects of each transaction, including due diligence, rating agency interaction, terms negotiation, pricing, hedging, etc.Represent the company in communicating to the fixed income investor community and marketing AXP’s unsecured debt issuance program

• Work closely with the funding planning side of the team and with the liquidity risk management team to provide real-time market intelligence and optimize unsecured fund-raising strategies

• Formulate and execute the strategy for the company’s share repurchase program

• Lead quarterly SEC disclosure process for Treasury, covering key areas such as capital, funding and liquidity, and market risk

• Actively contribute and participate in Treasury-wide initiatives including rating agency presentations, board presentations, business unit reviews, funding meetings, and market risk discussions

Minimum Qualifications:

• Knowledge in fixed income and derivative instruments

• Solid understanding of key macroeconomic principles and their applications in analyzing current economic trends and events

• Passion for analyzing, negotiating, and executing financial transactions, including reviewing relevant legal documents and conducting financial analysis

   

• Excellent analytical skills, able to interpret and draw conclusions from financial data

• Highly motivated self-starter and quick learner who can develop creative, innovative solutions while dealing with ambiguous and/or changing conditions

• Very strong verbal and written communication skills, able to distill complex issues and clearly articulate the company’s value story to external parties (including investors)

• Proven track record in building strong relationships, preferably with both internal and external partners

• Bachelor's Degree 

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years of work experience in Finance or accounting

• Relevant capital markets experience preferred

• Excellent project manager and driver of results, comfortable leading a cross-functional project with multiple deliverables (e.g., executing capital markets transactions)

• Highly proficient in Excel and PowerPoint; knowledge of Bloomberg a plus

• A demonstrable track record in leadi