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American Express

Financial Analyst

India

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Role family
Finance
Seniority
Mid level
Country
IN
Work mode
On-site / unstated
First seen by hirly
25 Sept 2026

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  • Description
  • Finance is a collaborative team, playing a key role in advising all areas of the business. We have a strategic seat at the table, and our unique insights are valued in a highly competitive marketplace and increasingly complex global regulatory environment. This team collaborates globally to deliver expert accounting, reporting & advisory services, and financial risk control & governance, while supporting business growth & protecting shareholder value Responsible for management & governance of monthly accounting for legal entities.

Responsibilities

Responsible for management & governance of monthly accounting for legal entities

Managing end-to-end responsibility of one of the non-banking legal entities

Monthly review of financials to provide critical inputs to entity controller on various cost analytics and services fee charge-out

Analysis of Legal Entity Results, identification of anomalies during close

Identify opportunities to standardize, improve and automate existing processes within/across teams.

Plan/coordinate with various stakeholders to execute process improvement opportunities.

Partners with various groups to identify and leverage best practices.

Manage & govern various regulatory filings and compliances.

Compliance with prevailing policies & procedures etc.

Monthly/Quarterly update to Legal Governance Committee / Board members and ensuring all regulatory compliances.

Ensure that all deadlines are continually met, and adequate controls are maintained over the processes to ensure integrity of the information.

Maintain close contact with customer / business partners and other interface groups to ensure a smooth service delivery

Provide end to end support for the legal entity statutory / internal / other audits including discussion with auditors and drive closure of Internal and External Audit of Local as well as US GAAP ledgers

Coordinate with GFO/GBS functions to provide external audit support, including Reconciliations, Accounting and Payment Operations, plus World Services Cashiers as appropriate

Responsibilities: Critical Factors to Success:

Business Outcomes:

Own & maintain financial/data integrity

Stay relevant to the business/functional requirements

Understand & leverage intelligent automation technologies to generate use cases within the team & create opportunities to support the automation team to get that implemented

Leadership Outcomes:

Put enterprise thinking first, connect the role’s agenda to enterprise priorities and balance the needs of customers, partners, colleagues & shareholders.

Lead with an external perspective, challenge status quo and bring continuous innovation to our existing offerings.

Demonstrate learning agility, make decisions quickly and with the highest level of integrity.

Lead with a digital mindset and deliver the world’s best customer experiences every day.

  • Qualifications
  • Past Experience:

CA/CPA with 1+years of experience or MBA with 3 + years of experience or M Com with 7 + years of experience.

Functional Skills/Capabilities:

  • Strong understanding of end-to-end accounting, basic understanding of reporting
  • Understanding of financial consolidation process
  • Ability to research and embed relevant best practices

Technical Skills/Capabilities:

  • Knowledge of financial systems – Oracle, OBI etc, Advanced MS office suits such as Excel, Word, Power-point
  • Strong IGAAP/IND AS knowledge and awareness of US GAAP (Accounting knowledge)
  • Analytical skills with the ability to undertake cause effect analysis
  • Working knowledge of automation tools like Tableau, Python, Natural Language Generation [NLG], Machine Learning Studio [MLS] etc. would be an added advantage

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 Coaching Feedback, Make Collaboration Essential
  • Do It The Right Way: Communicate Frequently, Candidly & Clearly, Make Decisions Quickly & Effectively, Live the Blue Box Values, Great Leadership Demands Courage
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