Project Analyst I

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared 

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.

Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

Global Commercial Services

Purpose of the Role

Commercial Strategic Delivery Team

Responsibilities

• This individual must be comfortable with having a very “hands on” role managing dynamic and fast-paced projects. The ideal candidate will have excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills, while remaining flexible and easily adaptable to changing priorities.
  The candidate should also have a strong appetite for analyzing large sets of data and turning data into actionable insights.
• Support the strategic roadmap that will improve the competitiveness and quality of our corporate program offering in international market/s.


• Data pull & analysis, providing recommendations on best approach to follow based on data insights.
  
• Management of key program governance activities, such as status reports and action logs, to ensure effective management and oversight of the project. 


• Provide thought leadership by identifying emerging risk issues - proactively identify, raise and drive resolution. 


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  Collaborate closely with subject matter experts across the Enterprise (e.g. G&L Strategy & Transformation team, G&L CLM, Operational Excellence, Compliance, GCO, GCS Product) to drive delivery against key workstreams. 
   
    

  Minimum Qualifications:

Academic Background

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business, Risk Management, or an equivalent field.
  

Functional Skills/Capabilities

• Strong Analytical skills.
  

• Strong attention to detail with a relentless focus on accuracy, efficiency, and high quality
  
• Effective written and oral communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills
  
• Ability to multi-task with high precision & deliver with quality and on time
  
• Strong critical thinker with the ability to analyze complex data set/sources for useful inferences/ in depth analysis - Proven trouble-shooting and problem-solving skills in a data related role.
  
• Experience in working across a global organization/multiple Markets in a fast paced environment and appreciating and working through its diversities.
  

Technical Skills/Capabilities

• Strong experience and working knowledge in MS Office and collaboration tools (Confluence, Jira, Rally , powerBI , presentation , excel , visio etc) understanding of various data tools , Lumi , Customer360 etc.
  

Desired Qualifications:

• Tableau , SQL , other analytic tools knowledge are preferred
  
• Deep understanding of Corporate Business/Servicing/Products.
  

• 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