Director GFII Submissions Enterprise Transformation
Director GFII Submissions Enterprise Transformation
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$ 130000 - 205000
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You Lead the Way. Weve 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 youll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey thats unique and meaningful to you with benefits programs and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.
At American Express youll be recognized for your contributions leadership and impactevery colleague has the opportunity to share in the companys success. Together well win as a team striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the worlds best customer experience every day. And well do it with the utmost integrity and in an environment where everyone is seen heard and feels like they belong.
Join Team Amex and lets lead the way together.
Our industry is rapidly evolving and we need courageous quick thinkers who can shape the strategic decisions that lead our business forward. Whether its negotiating with some of our largest global partners or creating next years financial plan you can influence both our daytoday 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.
Global Financial Initiatives & Integrity (GFII) within Corporate Controllership plays a critical role supporting Business and Finance driven initiatives by ensuring the ongoing integrity of the Companys accounting and financial reporting (as required by AEMP 16 American Express internal management policy that defines a consistent standard for control and financial reporting requirements that must be established during any technology change). GFII is organized under the following three pillars: 1. Global Loyalty & Benefits Network & Banking; 2. Global AR Merchant & Enterprise Transformation; and 3. Strategy & GFII Program Management Office (PMO).
How will you make an impact in this role
This role Director GFII Submissions & Enterprise Transformation will form part of the Global AR Merchant & Enterprise Transformation pillar in GFII and lead/develop a global team of professionals responsible for representing Finances accounting and financial reporting requirements in the Companys technology modernization activities high priority business initiatives and new product launches.
The GFII Director is highly collaborative and detail oriented with exceptional leadership communication and relationship building skills.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and develop a global team with diverse skill sets and experiences create an inclusive culture by understanding others viewpoints and empower colleagues to ensure the achievement of shared team goals/priorities
- Lead delivery of Finance requirements through the Agile lifecycle across Global AR Merchant & Enterprise Transformation portfolios and/or other business processes (i.e. Remittances Merchant submissions Finance Cloud migration etc.
- Provide strategic thought leadership to support modernization of global AR and Merchant platforms
- Drive compliance with AEMP 16 through consistent approach to defining Finance and control requirements producing robust project documentation and ensuring appropriate communication with key stakeholders and leadership
- Develop and maintain strong relationships across Finance Business Product and Technology partners to drive positive outcomes for Finance and early engagement on initiatives
- Understand endtoend Finance processes and products and partner with Business Technology and Finance teams to drive prioritization and delivery of Finance requirements that enable transformation of Finance processes through increased automation
- Manage the creation of testing strategies test cases test results prioritization of defects and enhancements for initiatives
- Enable Finance Modernization through strong partnership with Finance Product Owners
- Execute strong project governance through effective change management delivery of regular status updates to stakeholders and leaders and proactive identification and communication of project and operational risks to leadership and key partners to remediate
Qualifications
- Degree in Finance/Accounting and/or Information Technologies (masters preferred)
- 8 years of work experience in Banking/Financial Services
- Experienced in Agile delivery concepts or other project management methodologies
- Understanding of US GAAP requirements and financial control principles and practices
- Excellent people leadership skills with strong ability to model Amex leadership behaviors and build a diverse inclusive team
- Model collaboration and communication skills across peers leaders and stakeholders
- Superior relationship building and conflict resolution skills
- Strong fintech skills with experience defining system requirements and designing and implementing Finance systems
- Knowledge of testing approaches and application of controls in a technology environment
- Demonstrated critical thinking complex problem solving skills and transformation mindset
- Ability to convert strategic vision into clear project outcomes including skills to analyze highly complex processes data volume and translate into project steps
- Strong data analytics and system controls skills with ability to understand how these impact accounting and financial reporting processes
- Ability to be flexible prioritize multiple demands and strategically influence in a matrixed organization
- Support work/life balance initiatives
Salary Range: $130000.00 to $205000.00 annually bonus equity (if applicable) benefits
The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately in determining your pay well consider your location experience and other jobrelated factors.
We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic wellbeing. That means we prioritize their physical financial and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:
- Competitive base salaries
- Bonus incentives
- 6 Company Match on retirement savings plan
- Free financial coaching and financial wellbeing support
- Comprehensive medical dental vision life insurance and disability benefits
- Flexible working model with hybrid onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
- 20 weeks paid parental leave for all parents regardless of gender offered for pregnancy adoption or surrogacy
- Free access to global onsite 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
For a full list of Team Amex benefits visit our Colleague Benefits Site.
American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin veteran status disability status age or any other status protected by law. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants including those with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws including but not limited to the California Fair Chance Act the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.
We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive professionally and personally. Thats why we have Amex Flex our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique inperson culture. Depending on role and business needs colleagues will either work onsite in a hybrid model (combination of inoffice and virtual days) or fully virtually.
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Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
