Job Description

:You Lead the Way. We\xe2\x80\x99ve Got Your Back.With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you\xe2\x80\x99ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that\xe2\x80\x99s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.At American Express, you\xe2\x80\x99ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact\xe2\x80\x94every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company\xe2\x80\x99s success. Together, we\xe2\x80\x99ll win as a team, striving to uphold our and powerful backing promise to provide the world\xe2\x80\x99s best customer experience every day. And we\xe2\x80\x99ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.Join Team Amex and let\'s lead the way together.As part of the APAC Global Network Services (GNS) Finance Team, the candidate will be a key finance reference for various local business teams across Japan, Korea, India and South-East Asia. GNS operates in all regions globally to drive scale and relevance for the American Express Brand and is responsible for managing a growing portfolio of 160+ bank partners across 98 countries and territories. These bank partners acquire merchants on behalf of American Express and/or issue personal and/or commercial cards to customers in that country.The SFA will play a critical role in data transformation, project-based decision support, partner deal analysis, strategic projects and financial planning. In this role, the SFA will focus their time on:

• Partnering closely with the APAC GNS organization: providing deep dive analytics on partner or product level to influence strategic decisions that drive efficient growth, optimizing deal economics, supporting investment discussions, and analyzing outcomes.
• Working across business functions to ideate on revenue and profit contribution initiatives, balancing short and long-term impacts, and driving strategic focus
• Supporting the recurring results-analytics process, leading efforts to deliver insightful commentary and decision-driving recommendations.
• Providing ongoing support for effective tracking and forecasting of financial performance, including P&L and trend analytics.

The successful candidate will actively engage business stakeholders, provide financial leadership while partnering to model deal economics and create insightful market specific analysis. Further, by leveraging her/his financial knowledge, will provide detailed profitability attribution, and develop recommendations on growth opportunities with a high degree of independence.Qualifications:

• Experience in Finance, data analytics, strategy, or consulting.
• Confidence to voice opinions, develop a point of view in meetings & discussions, and seek clarification with senior leaders.
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral; demonstrated ability to partner and collaborate with senior leaders and cross-functional teams and to understand key business issues and concerns from multiple perspectives.
• Capable of managing multiple tasks concurrently; effective at prioritizing multiple work-streams and meeting internal and external partner deadlines.
• Strong relationship building skills and capable of driving results across teams.
• Exceptional data analytics and modeling experience from data creation to construction and ownership of complex, scenario driven and dynamic financial models. Ability to organize and analyze large amounts of data.
• Experience with TM1, Oracle and Tableau.

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.

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