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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.

The VP/LFO, Rewards Finance will lead a team responsible for the planning, reporting, forecasting, modelling, governance, and analytics for one of the largest P&L items at American Express. This role will lead all planning and forecasting, decision support, predictive modelling and governance efforts pertaining to US Rewards and Global URR models, working closely with business partners and senior leaders across Finance and the business.

The ideal candidate will bring a unique balance of strong analytical, communication and people leadership skills and comfort with ambiguity. They must be able to build solid, trust-based relationships with business partners, technology, and controllership, as well as with governance and oversight agencies to deliver outstanding reward programs to our Card Members while maintaining robust levels of financial rigor.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team responsible for end-to-end ownership of the Rewards planning, forecasting, and results analysis processes, which include the annual plan, monthly R&Os, and Long-Range Plan.

• Ensure financial rigor and integrity each quarter for Rewards Expense, in partnership with Controllership.

• Build strong relationships with internal and external governance agencies, including internal audit, external auditors, and Model Risk Management teams, in addition to presenting to external oversight agencies, as needed, on model-related matters.

• Drive decision support activities across US market relating to all rewards constructs, including Membership Rewards and cash rebates [e.g., product construct / design, points, product accelerators and redemption patterns]

• Continue momentum to migrate rewards-related data into big data environment to harness the potential of next-generation modelling and analytics capabilities

• Oversee and manage team which owns the global Ultimate Redemption Rate models and governance processes

• Develop and present materials at quarterly Finance Rewards Committee, Membership Rewards Liability Committee, and Model Risk Aggregate Committee meetings

• Provide thought leadership and creativity in solving challenging business problems relating to decision support and/or URR modelling

• Lead and develop a team with strong analytical, technical, and financial skills

Minimum Qualifications:

• Highly motivated leader with an ability to drive results independently and solve complex problems

• Exceptional relationship and collaboration skills, including the ability to work in a highly matrixed environment across marketing, finance, technologies, and compliance

• Strong analytics skillset paired with exemplary communication skills with the ability to break down complex ideas into understandable/actionable messages and tailor messages to non-technical audiences

• Strong business acumen, strategic thinking, and a point of view on the evolution of Rewards

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple, disparate projects concurrently without sacrificing quality

• Track record of effectively coaching and developing colleagues

• Ability to make well-reasoned recommendations, from financial, academic, and strategic points of view

• Knowledge of data mining and analytics languages/techniques [e.g., SQL and / or SAS] preferred

• 10 years of relevant work experience

• Bachelor’s Degree required, advanced degree in relevant field preferred

Qualifications

Salary Range: $176,750.00 to $282,000.00 annually bonus equity (if applicable) 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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Job: Executive

Primary Location: US-New York-New York

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 26001686