The American Express has invited applications for the post of Financial Analyst.
The position will report directly to Delivery Leader and will play an integral role in supporting and driving critical business initiatives / complex accounting & reporting issues relating to new M&A deals, legal entity structural changes, AEII Consol Audit, New Accounting standards, Issuance of new financial instruments, MRAs remediation and able to articulate upstream and downstream impacts from legal entity perspective.
Responsibilites:
- Spearhead key initiatives to strengthen legal entity purity and enhance existing governance framework by identifying ‘out of the box’ opportunities and add value to the company.
- Coordinate with multiple teams for variance analysis and governance structure.
- Drive results in complex specialized projects/transactions working with multiple parties under limited supervision, involving preparation and review of MFRs and other documentation, as required.
- Active participation in core process framework – Financial & close governance, audit/exam support, board support, other enterprise-wide exercises like resolution planning, LEG assessment.
- Support in preparation and review of US-GAAP financial statements (Income Statement, Balance Sheet & Cash Flow), roll-forwards / schedules, statutory/regulatory filings like Y11.
- Drive Balance Sheet governance exercise to ensure proactive clearances of unnatural, static, expired, and unreconciled balances and other alarming items.
- Identify improvement opportunities in existing processes (trending, variance analytics, and commentary), legacy system set-ups.
Qualifications:
- Professional Accounting degree CA/CPA
- 3-4 years of experience in Legal Entity Controllership, accounting, reporting, project management
- US GAAP knowledge and Audit experience is a plus.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities with excellent attention to detail, understanding of company business, segments.
- Able to challenge status quo & effectively communicate with leadership, auditors, regulators.
- Knowledge of US GAAP with ability to understand the changes resulting from upcoming GAAP modifications.
- Knowledge of Oracle, Essbase, HFM
Location: Gurgaon, India
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