Senior Financial Analyst
American Express
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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
The Mexico Global Card Services Group Financial Analyst is a critical role for our business, the biggest and most relevant LOB for the Market.
The successful candidate will have a strong business sense, strong analytical skills, and proficient technical capabilities in data mining and visualization. This role interacts with a broad range of internal customers and is a key enabler for business decision support, reporting, finance tracking and thorough financial analysis to drive business growth.
Key Responsibilities:
- Generate new data extractions from different DBs, that can drive better data analysis and insights
- Drive towards digital and increase insights through analytics
- Responsible of automating data collection from the OU’s
- Responsible for the quality, completeness, accuracy and timeliness of improved DBs and reporting
- Take initiative on refinement of query parameter setup in templates and data gathering or any other parameter set up
- P&L: Planning, Forecasting and Reporting
- Analysis of Global P&L development for month-end results, forecast and plan
- Develop and deliver profitability analysis, including spend margin, net credit margin, card fee margin and profitability contribution by product and card logo
- Perform Cost and Benefits Analysis (CBAs) for key projects, initiatives and product launches
Minimum Qualifications:
Academic Background:
An advanced degree in a quantitative field (Economics, Finance, Statistics, Actuarial Science, etc.).
Functional Skills/Capabilities:
Prior experience on customer data analysis
Experienced knowledge and ability to inform business strategy based on statistical findings
One year plus in data analytics, reporting, data science or business intelligence role
Technical Skills/Capabilities:
Hive, Python, SAS, SQL, Advanced Statistical Techniques, Data Mining Techniques applied to business insights generation
Knowledge of Platforms:
Modeling/trigger applications (PowerBI/Tableau, etc)
Behavioral Skills/Capabilities:
Enterprise Leadership Behaviors
- Set The Agenda: Define what Winning Looks Like, Put Enterprise Thinking First, Lead with an External Perspective.
- Bring Others With You: Build the Best Team, Seek & Provide Mentorship Feedback, Make Collaboration Essential
- Do It The Right Way: Communicate Frequently, Candidly & Clearly, Make Decisions Quickly & Effectively, Live the Blue Box Value
Career Area
Financial Planning & Analysis
Business Intelligence / Insights
We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:
- 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
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.