Financial Analyst

American Express is hiring for the role of Financial Analyst!

Responsibilities of the Candidate:

• Responsible for managing Balance sheet Reconciliation – Research & Clearance and Analytics
• Sustain enterprise-wide Balance Sheet health while remaining focused on efficiency and sustaining financial integrity for the company including ensuring timely research & clearance of BS reconciling items.
• Responsible for performing Operational Accounting
• Collaborate with key stakeholders - Account Owners, Regulators and Entity/Segment Controllers
• Pursue continuous improvement in execution, lead intelligent automation and monitor compliance with management policies.
• Responsible for improving control environment by ensuring satisfactory audit experience and enhancing internal controls.
• Ensure controls & compliance with prevailing policies & procedures such as SOX, Process Risk Self-Assessment and support Statutory/Internal audits.
• Continuously challenge the Status Quo and seek opportunity for redesign/automate

Requirements:

• Should be a Graduate or Postgraduate with 1-2 years of relevant work experience.
• Well-developed analytical skills, ability to understand the linkages to processes.
• Demonstrated Accounting expertise.
• Ability to think innovatively and to pursue ideas with conviction.
• Excellent team player with strong Inter-Personal skills and communication skills – both written and spoken.
• The Incumbent should be Assertive, should be able to influence & corroborate without direct authority.
• A self-starter with ability to operate under ambiguous circumstances.
• Must have good Communication and Interpersonal skills and be able to interact with senior leadership, with Finance, multiple employee levels /Business Partners/Customers etc.,
• Demonstrate leadership skills needed to create, develop, train, motivate and communicate with diverse work force