Manager-Financial Systems Job in Bengaluru at American Express

American Express is hiring for the role of Manager-Financial Systems!

Responsibilities of the Candidate:

• Work with the Finance process owners and other teams to understand and document their process requirements in terms of data and required transformations
• Participate in the development of plans and strategies, best practices, and standards related to data management processes, data products, data security, and programs
• Work with the product team to prioritize features for ongoing sprints and manage a prioritized list of data requirements/user stories
• Document processing requirements, including data and transaction volumes, scalability, security, and performance requirements
• Work with Technology, Finance partners, source system owners, and other stakeholders to locate the data required by Finance and ensure the data architecture design supports Finance’s accounting, reporting, and analytics requirements
• Identify required reference data needs and design the processes for collecting and maintaining reference data
• Design processes to acquire the required data and ensure data integrity, accuracy, and completeness
• Design processes to enrich and provision data to the required Finance processes
• Contribute to decisions about tools, methods, and approaches
• Identify opportunities to adopt innovative technologies
• Work with Technology, Finance partners, source system owners, and other stakeholders, to deploy solutions across the appropriate Finance user base
• Build and deploy solutions to acquire, enrich, and provision the required data and ensure data integrity, accuracy, and completeness
• Perform data validation as part of Finance user testing as needed.
• Lead the creation and execution of systems integration and pre-user acceptance testing plans and test cases.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Information Management, Data Management or similar field preferred
• Previous work experience in various Finance disciplines such as Accounting, Financial Reporting, Regulatory Reporting, Management Reporting, Treasury, Tax, Banking, and others., Data Management, and other data-related projects
• Previous work experience with American Express business processes and systems, such as Card Member receivables, Merchant processing and payables, Loyalty processes, Lending, and Banking is helpful.
• Strong knowledge of relational database concepts and data management concepts; knowledge of SQL or other query languages.
• Basic understanding of Big Data environments (unstructured, structured) and related technologies (e.g., ELT, Machine Learning).
• Basic understanding of Agile methodology and delivery concepts
• Candidate must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills as well as strong relationship skills
• Previous experience working closely with Technologies to deploy systems to re-engineer processes and solve complex business problems.
• Transformational approach to Process efficiency and effectiveness.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated organizational skills with the ability to meet critical deadlines and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and dedicated to the delivery of high-quality service to consistently exceed customers’ expectations

Benefits:

• 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