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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.
About the role
Provide people leadership to direct reports & assist Director- Financial Controller in ensuring governance over financial results, support accounting and reporting for both US GAAP and India GAAP, local statutory and regulatory reporting.
The position will play an integral role in achieving our goal to protect and assure the integrity of the financial statements, proactively eliminate controllable financial risk and exposure to the business, and regularly execute accurate and effective financial reports and controls. The position will play a key role in supporting critical business initiatives and providing accounting and reporting decision support as part of a world-class controllership organization. The role is also expected to help evolve the market controller role in areas of Financial Governance and Legal entity regulatory & operational risk management. This includes-
· Ensure accurate review of financial results & reporting of all unusual and issues in a timely manner and in accordance with internal policy and Local/US GAAP accounting rules
· Lead Legal Entity P&L / Balance sheet reviews for the India non-Banking legal entities
· Support global and market level initiatives providing governance oversight and contribute to decision-making processes.
· Lead preparation of Local Statutory Financials in line with Ministry of Corporate Affairs, ICAI and other reporting requirements.
· Supporting the annual external audit of the Statutory and US GAAP financial statement, including serving as point of contact and supporting audits/exams performed by auditors and regulators
· Provide analysis of financial data as required to support reporting requirements and audits including Board & management reporting
· Support regulatory compliance for Non-Banking India entities including review of submissions of key regulators like Income Tax, RBI and STPI.
· Coordinate with multiple functional areas to ensure end to end support for the legal entity statutory / internal / other audits and drive closure of audit observations.
· Contribute toward process improvements through ongoing review of processes / methods of data collection and report preparation to create efficiencies and eliminate non-value-added work.
· Ability to respond to changes in reporting requirements driven by Regulatory Environment
Critical Factors to Success
· A strong financial accounting / reporting background including understanding of regulatory requirements.
· Strong technical accounting background (US GAAP & India GAAP), including understanding of regulatory compliance requirements.
· Excellent strategic thought leadership skills and the ability to think creatively.
· Strong financial, analytical and problem-solving skills.
· High integrity and a control mindset
· Ability to transform ideas and concepts into clear and concise presentations
· A proactive team player with strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.
· Strong communication and relationship management skills.
· Must demonstrate personal accountability in ensuring all tasks and activities are carried out on time and in accordance with requirements.
Enterprise Leadership Behaviors
· Set The Agenda:Define What Winning Looks Like, Put Enterprise Thinking First, Lead with an External Perspective
· Bring Others With You: Build the Best Team, Seek & Provide Coaching Feedback, Make Collaboration Essential
· Do It The Right Way:Communicate Frequently, Candidly & Clearly, Make Decisions Quickly & Effectively, Live the Blue Box Values, Great Leadership Demands Courage
Qualifications
· Qualified Accountant CA / CPA with at least 6+ years post qualification experience.
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
American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.