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Our open, creative, and collaborative culture is a big part of why we regularly win best workplace awards all over the world. So, if you’re ready to take on a challenge and make an impact, you owe it to yourself to launch or grow your career here.
Global Commercial Services (GCS) provides a range of card programs and expense management tools to help large, medium and small businesses around the world manage almost all the facets of their business spending. The GCS Lead Financial Office (LFO) team is responsible for providing financial management, decision support, and planning & results analysis to the Chief Commercial Officer and her direct reports to help achieve BU and AXP financial targets. The team works closely with GCS business partners and multiple Finance teams to drive insights which have a meaningful impact on GCS business strategy .
The P&L Management and Business Analytics team is responsible for performing analyses that span the GCS business in support of the President of GCS. The team’s responsibilities fall into three main areas: financial analysis in support of the GCS P&L and strategy, independent analysis and stress test of GCS long range financial plans, and leading financial presentations for executive-level audiences on a range of topics.
Job Responsibilities
- Lead HQ analyses on key performance trends, insights into long-term P&L dynamics, margin, and profitability
- Lead and develop analyses and presentation materials shared in meetings with AXP and GCS senior leadership teams
- Partner with various teams supporting GCS including Decision Science and FP&A teams to provide qualitative/business insights into results and incorporate trend analysis into Outlook/Plan/Long Range Plan
- Leverage analyses to influence changes which appropriately balance growth with profitability
Qualifications
- Self-starter, proactive person in a finance role with solid business acumen, strategic thinking skills, and a broad vision of long-term growth of the business
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to share complex messages and actionable ideas to executive-level audiences
- Proven track record of being highly collaborative in managing / navigating matrixed set of stakeholders
- Strong thought leadership skills including demonstrated ability to generate new ideas and challenge the status quo
- Ability to work under time pressure and meet deadlines
- Willingness to explore new data capabilities for the team
- Card issuer experience preferred
- Experience with company financial systems (TM1, etc.) a plus
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