Strategic Financial Expert

3 weeks ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada American Express Full time

Financial Excellence at American Express



At American Express, we empower our colleagues to drive business success through strategic financial expertise. As a Senior Financial Analyst, you will play a key role in shaping our financial landscape by analyzing complex financial data, identifying trends, and developing actionable insights.



About the Role



This position requires a strong understanding of USGAAP and IFRS accounting standards, as well as expertise in financial analysis, data extraction, and transformation. You will work closely with our finance team to query financial data repositories, develop financial reporting packages, and advise on financial accounting and reporting requirements.



Key Responsibilities




  • Prepare periodic financial reporting packages for senior management and quarterly financial updates for external auditors
  • Analyze new product constructs and create financial accounting and reporting requirements under USGAAP/IFRS
  • Build data queries to source information from data repositories to support legal entity financial results and explain trending in financial statements
  • Support external audits, including reviewing external audit requests with process owners, participating in meetings, and working with process areas to frame responses to auditors
  • Maintain inventory of spreadsheets used by Market Controllership and perform testing to ensure compliance with American Express spreadsheet control policy
  • Perform internal control self-assessment by testing and reporting for processes owned by market controllership
  • Complete and report on quarterly accounting governance and financial control dashboards
  • Support in completing the annual Regulatory Compliance Management Review and Attestation for Controls owned by Market Controller to satisfy regulatory compliance requirements
  • Identify opportunities for process improvement and create efficiencies in monitoring integrity and completeness of financial statements


Requirements




  • Accounting designation (CA/CPA/CGA)
  • At least 3-5 years finance experience
  • Strong knowledge of USGAAP and IFRS accounting standards and financial control principles and practices
  • Hands-on experience extracting and transforming data from various systems and formats (SQL/Career Cornerstone/Yellowbrick/Lumi/Tableau, etc.) and interacting with internal and external IT resources to understand data structures and underlying logic
  • Proficiency in MS-Office applications (Advance Excel skills) and Essbase/analytical software with ability to craft compelling graphs, tables, etc. in formats suitable for stakeholder presentations (in PowerPoint)
  • Must be a self-starter who can prioritize tasks and manage deadlines
  • Strong data analytics and system controls skills with ability to interpret how these impact accounting and financial reporting processes
  • Must be well-organized, resourceful, curious, dependable, and detail-oriented
  • Demonstrated critical thinking, complex problem-solving skills, and transformation mindset
  • Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
  • Ability to collaborate across geographies in a matrix structure and deliver on customer expectations


About American Express



We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:




  • 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


We're committed to providing an inclusive and accessible work environment in which all people who apply for positions or who work for or on behalf of Amex are treated with dignity and respect and are provided with equal treatment with respect to employment, regardless of that person's age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, race, colour, ancestry, ethnic or national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, family status, pregnancy, disability, record of offences, social condition, or origin, political beliefs, association, or activity or other factors prohibited under applicable Human Rights legislation.



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

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