• The primary purpose of this role requires management of financial accounting process for Int’l Cobrand Partners and Card Member Benefits spread across multiple report lines, ensuring reconciliation and reporting of financials. The incumbent will be required to closely work with business partners across AXP. The role will require strong focus on generating efficiencies, accelerating accounting processes and ensuring overall governance.
  

Academic Background:

• Graduate / Post-Graduate in Commerce with 2-5 years of relevant experience in financial accounting. 
  

• End to end ownership of key enterprise financial processes like Cost of Card Member Services, Non Rewards accounting like Partner payments, Card fee accounting, etc.
  
• Ensure that all SLAs are timely & accurately met with adequate controls over the processes to ensure integrity of the information.
  
• Strong understanding of end-to-end AR/AP process flow, accounting & reconciliation.
  
• Awareness of US GAAP/Local GAAPs/IFRS (Accounting knowledge) & understanding of business products.
  
• Pro-actively develop meaningful data insights/trends to enable finance decision support to our customer’s/business partners for more effective planning & forecasting activities.
  
• Responsible for owning & maintaining financial/data integrity, compliance with internal service level agreements (SLA), guidelines, accounting policies and regulatory requirements as applicable.
  
• Ability to work across multiple time zones
  
• The incumbent will be required to have strong accounting & reconciliation knowledge, policy awareness & control mindset with ability to read, interpret various contractual terms/ arrangements and apply to function and activities.
  
• Strong communication, relationship management & collaboration skills while closely working with various stakeholders across Controllership, Business Finance, Audit and Control groups, etc.
  
• High proficiency in MS-Office applications, Oracle Applications, Essbase/TM1, etc.

• Analytical and problem-solving skills to identify and resolve queries with the ability to deal with large set of data.
  
• Excellent verbal & written communication with good presentation skills.
  
• Ability to challenge the status quo and drive continuous improvements.
  
• Quick learner, an eye for detail and ability to work during ambiguity.
  
• Ability to work across multiple time zones.
  
• Should be able to work independently with minimal supervision.
  

• Good understanding of general accounting principles and basic techno finance/automation knowhow will be an added advantage.
• SQL, Visual Basics, Tableau. 
  

• 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