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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 Analyst – Executive Reporting, LIF Planning & Forecasting plays a critical role within the Global Strategy, Operations & Performance (GSOP) team, supporting Global Merchant & Network Services (GMNS). GSOP enables operational excellence, delivers exceptional merchant and partner experiences, and drives performance management to support GMNS in achieving its long-term strategic objectives.

This role sits at the intersection of strategy, performance management, and executive engagement. The ideal candidate combines strong analytical rigor with business acumen and storytelling capabilities to translate complex data into actionable insights for senior leadership.

The successful candidate will lead executive reporting, oversee target consolidation and long-range planning processes, and support forecast reviews for senior stakeholders across regions.

Key Responsibilities

• Executive Reporting Leadership
• Lead the development and delivery of monthly executive KPI reporting for senior leadership, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and strategic relevance.
• Planning & Target Consolidation
• Partner closely with regional stakeholders to consolidate targets, short-term forecasts, and long-range plans (LRP), ensuring alignment with strategic priorities.
• Executive-Level Communications
• Develop high-impact presentations tailored for senior audiences, with a strong emphasis on structured thinking, clarity, and visual storytelling.
• Performance Insights & Analytics
• Translate complex datasets into clear, compelling narratives that inform executive decision-making and drive business outcomes.
• Scorecard & KPI Governance
• Support the design, enhancement, and ongoing management of performance scorecards, ensuring data integrity, consistency, and timeliness.
• Stakeholder & Process Management
  Manage timelines, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder expectations across a matrixed global environment.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in strategy, financial planning & analysis (FP&A), performance management, consulting or a related analytical role.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and structured problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience in financial modeling, forecasting, long-range planning, and scenario analysis.
• Ability to synthesize large datasets into actionable strategic insights and recommendations.
• Solid understanding of KPI governance, performance management frameworks, and planning processes.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and Tableau.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in both Spanish and English.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate with senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed organization.
• High attention to detail, strong ownership mindset, and results orientation.
• Excellent executive presentation and storytelling skills.
• Bachelor's degree

Salary Range: $65,500.00 to $102,500.00 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 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
• 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

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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