About this role
As part of the Finance Data Office (FDO) within Corporate Controllership, this role is responsible for bringing and managing data under governance for Finance.
Finance Data Office (FDO) team is leading the effort of defining the future roadmap for data governance within Finance and ensuring that trusted information is used for critical processes, decision making, and accounting across various finance processes.
As a FDO Analyst, you will be part of a growing team of data management professionals focused on providing world-class data management and data governance solutions. You will partner closely with Finance Technology Transformation, Enterprise Data Governance, Controllership, Risk, and other teams to drive data governance and data quality within Finance.
The FDO Analyst is a collaborator, a well-organized, action-oriented team player with strong time management skills, confident in presenting, facilitating, and building a network of strong relationships across our organization.
- Bachelor’s degree in information systems or equivalent experience.
- 1-3 years of experience in Finance
- Understanding of metadata practices such as data lineage, data dictionaries, business glossaries, Data Quality rules, source system inventories, etc.
- Strong technical and data analysis skills and prior experience with SQL
- Ability to collect business requirements and use them to guide implementation of a technical solution.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Self-motivated and proactive, ability to manage multiple assignments and projects concurrently.
- Strong excel and other technical skills.
- Strong relationship skills and communication is essential as this analyst will partner with multiple groups e.g., Business process owners, Technologies, and Enterprise Data Governance.
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.