Overview
Manager Finance Jobs in Mexico City Metropolitan Area at American Express
Title: Manager Finance
Company: American Express
Location: Mexico City Metropolitan Area
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. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.
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.
How will you make an impact in this role?
The International Card Services (ICS) LFO – Finance Manager is a critical role for the value creation of our business, being one of the most important markets inside American Express.
We seek for collaborators with a taste for constant data and analytics challenges, strong communication, relationship building and time management skills; along with decision making and problem-solving competencies to offer the best solutions to our customers. Teamwork, as well as the ability to influence others are also essential for this role.
If you are passionate about Finances, have a strong business sense, strategic mindset, analytical skills and strong leadership skills then this opportunity is for you. This role interacts with a broad range of internal costumers and is a key enabler for business decision support, insight generation, reporting, and finance tracking to drive business growth.
Key responsibilities:
- Drive business strategy, lead monthly/annual forecasting and long-term planning, and own key growth and profitability projects, such as Cost and Benefits analysis for key project, initiatives and product launches)
- Impact and influence at a senior level to ensure value creation for the business
- Drive P&L Planning, Forecasting and Reporting process, with particular focus on Drivers, Revenues and PTI growth
- Drive towards the automatization and digitalization data base and reporting in order to increase insight generation through meaningful analytics
- Advise business teams on potential management strategies to optimize performance and address emerging opportunities or risks.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to align forecasting efforts with broader organizational objectives and priorities.
- Summarize key analytical findings to senior leadership in a clear and concise manner, highlighting relevant insights that influence our business partners decisions
- Drive the budgeting and forecasting process, with particular focus on Drivers, Revenues and PTI growth
Minimum Qualifications:
Technical Capabilities:
· University degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Actuarial Science, or Data Science
· Fluent English and Spanish
· Excellent analytical skills and financial acumen (5+ year experience in business insights/analytics roles)
· Experience handling stakeholders and business partners
· Strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly presentation skills.
· Advanced Excel skills.
· Use of macros and computer skills in programming, such as SAS, SQL, Tableau, and other big data analytics and capabilities is preferred
· Strong execution skills in a complex operational environment (anticipate problems & emphasize speed/prioritization)
· Working with multifunctional teams
· Strategic and analytical focus
Softer Skills and Competencies:
· Ability to collaborate and influence internally and externally
· Build positive business relationships and work collaboratively.
· Exceptional will to win and ability to drive and deliver results
· Interpersonal skills to build effective working relationships
· Maintain focus on control and compliance
· Willingness to take risk and challenge the status quo
· Passion, resilience & decisive strong sense of personal accountability
· Communication skills, both oral and written, formal and informal.
· Fast, independent learner, agile, flexible and proactive
· The ideal candidate will be assertive, resilient, energetic and one to make things happen.
We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:
- 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
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
