Business Analyst II

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.

Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

How will you make an impact in this role?

The role requires a self-motivated individual who will thrive on the challenge of ambiguity, cross collaboration and creation of strategic communication materials help drive projects/process and create visibility/ awareness.

The person shall be responsible for managing Invoice Processing for US region.

·      Manage the invoice processing area as and when required. Keeping track of regular & urgent invoices for on time payments and support the business in manual payments if required

·      Support day to day liaison around operational requirements with different stakeholders and customers like rush requests from SVP+ offices.

·      The person will be expected to gain detailed understanding of the end to end process, inherent controls & risk, and Metrics of the process area.

·      The person will be responsible for operational delivery for the team across all 3 constituencies of Customer, Shareholder and Employee.

·      Proactive anticipation of potential issues and control deficiencies, and work with stakeholders to develop and implement appropriate mitigating action plan.

·      Drives results cross functionally, cross business units and across the Blue Box that have a major impact on driving process efficiencies across the P2P Operations domain.

·      Is able and has the gravitas to interact at all levels of management to support resolution of complex business issues

·      Support Internal / regulatory audits by providing the detailed documentation specified by the audit team for their area of work

·      Manage critical business relationship & engage stakeholders including Compliance, Global Sanctions, Tax, Controllership, Capabilities, B2B etc

·      Maintain and promote the Blue Box Values by ensuring that work is completed to the highest professional and regulatory standards.

·      Lead/Support various automation initiatives / projects with a single focus to bring efficiency in the process thereby reducing manual touchpoints.

·      Ensure process health through metrics-based governance – maintaining integrity of the financial statements

·      Highly accountable with a strategic mind-set, demonstrating end to end ownership.

Minimum Qualifications

·      Graduation/post-graduation in accounting with minimum 4-5 years of post-qualification experience in handling Accounts payable process. 

·      Experience of leading a diverse team of 10 team members is required.

·      Proficient with MS Excel and PowerPoint, Familiar with procure to pay process flow.

·      Ability to prioritize and to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

·      Able to meet deadlines, Excellent oral and written communication skills, Eye for detail, organizational and analytical skills.

·      Proven People leadership skills and the ability to assess, develop, retain and nurture talent.

·      Ability to drive team cohesiveness, collaboration and cooperation within team and cross functionally in a multi-cultural environment.

·      Excellent oral and written communication skills, eye for detail, excellent organizational and analytical skills.

·      The incumbent should be able to maintain high accuracy, productivity standards and should have high willingness to learn.

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• 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
  

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.  

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.