Analyst-Data Analytics

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Function Description:

Global Merchant and Network Services (GMNS) is the Merchant Acquirer, Processor and Marketing partner for millions of merchants around the world who accept American Express Cards. This position is a part of Global Analytical & Insights team.

As a successful candidate, you will be responsible for managing Partner analytics, partner data quality and building data capabilities.

This is an excellent opportunity to gain deep knowledge of the GMNS business by leading analytics / reporting processes and developing relationships with several GMNS stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Work in a dynamic, fast changing environment, with attention to detail, great communication skills and success driving results through multi-functional collaboration
  
• Support the reporting, measurement and analytical foundation for highly evolving acquiring models in payments space
  
• Support the automation and scaling of analytics using relevant data tools.
  
• Focus on Data quality by leveraging internal data systems.
  
• Support the conception and development of data tools / treatments that will drive merchant value and enable greater merchant engagement across channels.
  
• Understand how GMNS business strategy is enabled through existing analytical solutions and emerging data capabilities that can be built to address key business needs.
  
• Evaluate current reporting to identify opportunities that will drive automation, eliminate redundancies, and address reporting gaps. 
  

Critical Factors to Success:

• Solid ability to get results, self-starter.
  
• Good interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
  
• Ability to influence external partners, colleagues and senior leaders with clear thinking, robust analysis, and strong business intuition.
  

Business Outcome

·       Create solutions focusing on strategic priorities and driving business

·       Effective use of personalization capabilities to optimize business objectives

• Evaluate new advanced analytics techniques to build on existing solutions
  

Leadership Outcomes:

• Put enterprise thinking first, connect the role’s agenda to enterprise priorities and balance the needs of customers, partners, colleagues & shareholders.
  
• Lead with an external perspective, challenge status quo and bring continuous innovation to our existing offerings
  
• Demonstrate learning agility, make decisions quickly and with the highest level of integrity
  

Minimum Qualifications:

 To be considered for this position you must have/be:

• Strong analytical skills, ability to interpret data and understand complex processes with the goal to provide meaningful insights to inform business strategy.
  
• A highly motivated individual with excellent project management skills.
  
• An individual who is passionate, flexible, and has a positive attitude.
  
• Able to effectively adapt under changing conditions and prioritize initiatives in a fast-paced complex environment.
  
• Ability to work with unstructured data.
  
• Clear and concise with written and verbal communication.
  
• Strong presentation skills.
  
• An undergraduate degree; MBA or similar advanced degree preferred. 
  
• Programming expertise using SQL, Python and/or Hive; advanced Microsoft Excel skills essential; Cornerstone and Google Cloud platform knowledge essential.
• Experience in the merchant business is preferred

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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.

Depending on role and business needs, colleagues are required to work in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days).

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

Function Description:

Global Merchant and Network Services (GMNS) is the Merchant Acquirer, Processor and Marketing partner for millions of merchants around the world who accept American Express Cards. This position is a part of Global Analytical & Insights team.

As a successful candidate, you will be responsible for managing Partner analytics, partner data quality and building data capabilities.

This is an excellent opportunity to gain deep knowledge of the GMNS business by leading analytics / reporting processes and developing relationships with several GMNS stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Work in a dynamic, fast changing environment, with attention to detail, great communication skills and success driving results through multi-functional collaboration
  
• Support the reporting, measurement and analytical foundation for highly evolving acquiring models in payments space
  
• Support the automation and scaling of analytics using relevant data tools.
  
• Focus on Data quality by leveraging internal data systems.
  
• Support the conception and development of data tools / treatments that will drive merchant value and enable greater merchant engagement across channels.
  
• Understand how GMNS business strategy is enabled through existing analytical solutions and emerging data capabilities that can be built to address key business needs.
  
• Evaluate current reporting to identify opportunities that will drive automation, eliminate redundancies, and address reporting gaps. 
  

Critical Factors to Success:

• Solid ability to get results, self-starter.
  
• Good interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
  
• Ability to influence external partners, colleagues and senior leaders with clear thinking, robust analysis, and strong business intuition.
  

Business Outcome

·       Create solutions focusing on strategic priorities and driving business

·       Effective use of personalization capabilities to optimize business objectives

• Evaluate new advanced analytics techniques to build on existing solutions
  

Leadership Outcomes:

• Put enterprise thinking first, connect the role’s agenda to enterprise priorities and balance the needs of customers, partners, colleagues & shareholders.
  
• Lead with an external perspective, challenge status quo and bring continuous innovation to our existing offerings
  
• Demonstrate learning agility, make decisions quickly and with the highest level of integrity
  

Minimum Qualifications:

 To be considered for this position you must have/be:

• Strong analytical skills, ability to interpret data and understand complex processes with the goal to provide meaningful insights to inform business strategy.
  
• A highly motivated individual with excellent project management skills.
  
• An individual who is passionate, flexible, and has a positive attitude.
  
• Able to effectively adapt under changing conditions and prioritize initiatives in a fast-paced complex environment.
  
• Ability to work with unstructured data.
  
• Clear and concise with written and verbal communication.
  
• Strong presentation skills.
  
• An undergraduate degree; MBA or similar advanced degree preferred. 
  
• Programming expertise using SQL, Python and/or Hive; advanced Microsoft Excel skills essential; Cornerstone and Google Cloud platform knowledge essential.
•  Experience in the merchant business is preferred