Software Engineer 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.

Function Description: As part of Technology team, we create planning, forecasting & reporting solutions for the
organization. Our core solutions are implemented on Planning Analytics, Cognos BI, OBIEE & Tableau. We offer solutions
to wide range of customers such as corporate planning, investment optimization, risk finance teams.

Purpose of the Role: Develop & maintain solutions on IBM Planning Analytics toolset – TM1

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple financial processes including one or more elements of Reporting, Planning & Forecasting, Long Range
  Plan, Investment Optimization etc by leveraging IBM Cognos TM1 Planning Analytics platform and capabilities.
• Assist in Designing, building and implementation of new financial processes / enrichment or customization of existing processes by offering optimum solutions leveraging IBM Cognos TM1 platform and capabilities.
• Consistently improve current financial processes vide automation, enhanced controls etc by adopting best practices and
  new capabilities.
• Contribute to the assessment and improvement of impact of all processes to the platform / server.
• Consistently look for opportunities to drive value to customers by leveraging existing and new capabilities.
• Independently handle customers and their expectations around multiple aspects including on-going support,
  enhancement, new solutions.
• Training & Troubleshooting for both team members and business partners

Critical Factors to Success:
Business Outcomes:

• Manage multiple financial processes spanning across multiple Business Units including one or more elements of
  Reporting, Planning & Forecasting, Long Range Plan, Investment Optimization etc. by leveraging IBM Cognos TM1
  platform and capabilities.
• In capacity of an expert with proven credentials over a period of time, assist in end to end designing, building and implementation of new financial processes / enrichment or customization of existing processes by offering optimum solutions leveraging IBM Cognos TM1 platform and capabilities.
• End to end designing, building and implementation of cross functional projects of strategic importance.
• Consistently improve current financial processes vide automation, enhanced controls etc by adopting best practices and
  new capabilities.
• Contribute to the assessment and improvement of impact of all processes to the platform / server.
• Consistently look for opportunities to drive value to customers by leveraging existing and new capabilities.
• Handle customers and their expectations around multiple aspects including on-going support, enhancement, new
  solutions. Training & Troubleshooting for both team members and business partners

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
• Must be an independent self-starter who is able to perform at a high level under pressure, lead/coordinate activities of
  cross-organizational teams

Experience: 5-8 years of development experience on IBM Planning Analytics – TM1

Academic Background – BE/BTech

Technical Skills

• Project experience, of designing, building, managing technology solutions for finance processes particularly using IBM
  Cognos TM1 with emphasis on problem solving, data integrity and automation.
• Strong hands on experience working on TI processes, rules & websheets
• Experience in build & support of Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) reports & Dashboards
• Good Understanding of Planning Analytics for Excel (PAX) for creating excel based financial reports.
• Experience and understanding of Financial Reporting, Planning & Forecasting
• Exhibits ability to think short and long term to identify and manage processes and resources
• Exhibits ability at problem solving and has an eye to identify opportunities

Knowledge of Platforms
IBM Planning Analytics, IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW), Planning Analytics for excel (PAX)

Behavioral areas

• 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

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.