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American Express Senior Manager - Financial Systems in New York, New York
Description
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Our industry is rapidly evolving, and we need courageous, quick thinkers who can shape the strategic decisions that lead our business forward. Whether it’s negotiating with some of our largest global partners or creating next year’s financial plan, you can influence both our day-to-day P&L and the future direction of the company. As part of the team, you can have the opportunity to learn and use the latest data tools and technologies and explore a range of roles to grow your career. Find your place in finance on #TeamAmex.
How will you make an impact in this role?
The Data Sourcing Architect Manager is a critical role in Financial Reporting Quality Assurance Organization (FRQA) within Corporate Controllership, in support of the Regulatory Reporting Automation program. This role is responsible for driving the definition, gathering, exploration, and analysis of finance data and its data sources to deliver the end-to-end automation for our regulatory reporting platforms.
The Data Sourcing Architect team oversees the data mapping, profiling and source to target (S2T) analysis mapping for new data requirements of our regulatory reporting automation and systems, as well as leading the coordination / orchestration of the close partnership between Product Owners, Report / Business Owners, Technology and Data Testing teams to determine data / product features of the data solution are put into production with the highest degree of confidence of the data flow and data system requirements or the deactivation / decommission of data sets of financial data systems.
The Data Sourcing Senior Manager must be a highly analytical, well-organized, data-driven individual with leadership, time management and a high degree of technical skills confident in presenting highly complex data concepts and technicalities in simple terms and pragmatically to upper management and executive leadership, to drive critical enterprise decisions and lead & guide the data sourcing analysts.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Drive the Finance-Controllership Regulatory Reporting Automation data sourcing and data management strategy and lead the Data Ownership of the Regulatory Reporting Data Domain
Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand the data needs for regulatory reporting, Translate the business requirements into technical specifications for data solutions
Lead and guide the analysts to perform data analysis efforts to determine portfolios, data elements and grain of data required for designing processes to review data scenarios, providing clarification on how to report on these scenarios in alignment with regulatory guidance.
Partner with Falcon, FODL and Technology teams to implement data solutions for regulatory reporting, Monitor and optimize data systems for performance and efficiency
Strategic planning to migrate the existing reports Y9C, Y14, Basel and Call reports to RRDD - Regulatory Reporting Data Domain
Collaborate with data governance team to define standards and ensure data quality and consistency in RRDDData sourcing gap analysis and profiling of attributes for Fast Forward and regulatory reports automation
Strategic thinking and conduct data analysis on existing processes and datasets to understand and support Point of Arrival (POA) process designs including migration of RRDD tables from Cornerstone to Lumi - Big query
Manage data analysis efforts to determine portfolios, data elements and grain of data required for designing processes to review data scenarios, providing clarification on how to report on these scenarios in alignment with regulatory guidance.
Development of executable data querying algorithms using tools such as SQL, that enable validation data conformity and expected data system functionality, including replication of deterministic logic and filtering criteria for master and reference data to be used across operational and regulatory reporting processes.
Identification of business requirements and development of functional requirement documentation for new data sources and attributes, including design, prototyping, testing, and implementation of report owner and regulatory requirements.
Document and understand core components of solution architecture including data patterns, data-related capabilities, and standardization and conformance of disparate datasets.
Qualifications
6 plus years professional experience driving performance optimization through the application of advanced decision sciences.
6 years of work experience in Data Sourcing and Analytics.Hands-on expertise using statistical analysis and data manipulation software/tools (e.g. SQL and Big Data analytic techniques).
5 years of work experience in Banking / Regulatory / Financial / Technology Services.Product Management, data migration, data analytics working experience is a plus.
Experienced in Agile delivery concepts or other project management methodologies.
Experience in data analytics, data profiling, Source to Target (S2T) data mapping, analyzing the System of Record (SOR) data and its Data Quality (DQ) rules to identify data issues in SORs.
Strong SQL / NoSQL and data analysis experience, able to write / understand complex SQL, HiveQL, with hands-on Oracle SQL, DBeaver and Hive experience.
Experience with Python, Google Cloud, Big Query, Machine Learning and Data Automation / Visualization techniques.
Experience with Big Data frameworks; Spark, Hive, Hadoop, Flink, Operational Data Stores (ODS), amongst other foundational data warehousing and modeling principles.
Experience with of MS Excel, Power Query, and other analytical tools, e.g., Tableau.Critical thinking and complex problem-solving skills (data application).
Excellent written and verbal communications with ability to communicate highly complex concepts and processes in simple terms and pragmatically.
A self-starter, proactive team player with excellent relationship building and collaboration skills, facilitating a network of strong relationships across the organization.
Qualifications
Salary Range: $90,000.00 to $165,000.00 annually bonus benefits
The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.
We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:
Competitive base salaries
Bonus incentives
6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
20 weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
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
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Job: Finance
Primary Location: US-New York-New York
Other Locations: US-New York-New York
Schedule Full-time
Req ID: 24012161