Director-financial Systems - Phoenix, United States - Amex

Amex

Verified Company

Phoenix, United States

4 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

You Lead the Way. We've 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, you'll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that's unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, you'll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company's success.

Together, we'll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world's best customer experience every day.

And we'll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join Team Amex and let's 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 it's negotiating with some of our largest global partners or creating next year's financial plan, you can influence both our day-to-day 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.

As part of the Financial Reporting Quality Assurance (FRQA) Organization within Corporate Controllership, this role is responsible for enabling and promoting financial integrity across American Express's systems for the Finance organization.

Global Financial Initiatives and Integrity (GFII) team plays a critical role supporting Business and Finance driven initiatives by ensuring the ongoing integrity of the Company's accounting and financial reporting (as required by AEMP 16, American Express's internal management policy that defines a consistent standard for control and financial reporting requirements that must be established during any technology change).

GFII team is organized under the following key pillars:

Global Loyalty & Benefits, Network, & Banking; Global AR, Merchant, & Enterprise Transformation; and Strategy & GFII Program Management Office (PMO).

How will you make an impact in this role?

This role, Director, GFII Global Loyalty MR & Benefits Modernization, will join the Global Loyalty & Benefits, Network, & Banking pillar in GFII and lead and develop a global team of professionals responsible for representing Finance's accounting and reporting requirements in the Company's technology modernization activities, high priority business initiatives, and new product launches.

The GFII Director is highly collaborative, detail oriented, with exceptional leadership, communication, and relationship building skills.

Responsibilities:

Lead and develop strong team with diverse skills sets and experiences, creating an inclusive culture and that understands other's viewpoints and empowers colleagues to ensure the team is successful
Lead delivery of Finance requirements through the Agile lifecycle across Global Loyalty and Benefits, Network, Banking, and Disputes portfolios and/or other business processes
Provide strategic and thought leadership to support modernization of Membership Rewards and Benefits
Drive AEMP16 through consistent approach to defining Finance and control requirements, producing robust project documentation, and ensuring appropriate communication with stakeholders and leadership
Develop and maintain strong relationships across Finance, Business, and Technology partners to drive positive outcomes for Finance and early engagement in 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 strategy, 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 (master's 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 t