Financial Analyst (Global Reporting)

American Express Global Business Travel; Gurgaon; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement programs

Parental leave

Adoption assistance

Wellbeing resources

Travel perks

Learning platform access

Job summary

Amex GBT in Gurgaon, India seeks an experienced Analyst to provide a global consolidated view of financials and manage uplift fees for the centralized DOE team. You will collaborate with regional teams and travel partner networks to collect, classify, and analyze data for a standardized client report on a monthly basis.

The role requires 5–8 years of experience, excellent English communication, and strong Excel skills.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience, including 3 years in a similar role
• Excellent communication skills, written and oral
• Advanced Excel skills; analytical and process oriented

Responsibilities

• Global consolidation with single point of contact
• Liaise with regions (EMEIA/APAC/NORAM) on settlements and transactions
• Manage complex uplift reconciliation across systems
• Prepare quarterly client reviews and trend analyses
• Support data migration, reporting, and invoicing by country
• Provide ad-hoc client support and audit responsiveness
• Assist in cost reporting for the travel program and vendor terms

Skills

Communication skills

Excel

Analytical thinking

English fluency

Stakeholder management

Job description

Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and – through their work – can make an impact on our industry. We’re here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued.

The Analyst works with client management teams to provide a global consolidated view of financials and to manage the significant complexity of the required uplift fees and provide analysis and trends on how the uplift fees are tracking against client costs for the centralized DOE team. To this end, they collaborate with all proprietary countries, travel partner networks (TPNs) and joint ventures (JVs) to collect, classify, review and analyze different data sources to produce a standardized report for the client on the agreed basis of frequency e.g., monthly.

What You’ll do

• Global consolidation ensuring one single point of contact
• Consistency and expertise across multiple settlement systems
• Key contact liaising with all regions (EMEIA/APAC/NORAM)
• Managing complex transaction fee uplift reconciliation; includes data migration, reporting functionality, invoices per country
• Timely processing of the quarterly reconciliation by individual country
• Client facing support on a quarterly call to review the trends, anomalies, questions, adjustments
• Potential trending & visualization globally
• Fully support direct line to financial department avoiding “middleman” experience
• Act as primary point of contact for the assigned client portfolio whilst partnering with all key SMEs across multiple countries and regions.
• Prepare periodic reporting on overall cost of travel program.
• Partner with senior leadership to define the strategy for Billing and Settlements.
• Ensure contractual terms are adhered to, such as transaction fee charged is in line with contract.
• Ad-hoc support on client query and audit requirement.

What We're looking for

Graduate with experience of 5 – 8 years including 3 years’ experience in a similar role Excellent communication skills required, both written and oral as this role requires influencing and leveraging ability across multiple business units and stakeholders Advanced knowledge on Excel Analytical and process oriented, with the ability to think strategically about the business Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines Positive and motivated, ability to work independently but part of a global team Fluent in English (mandatory) Knowledge of travel industry and/or travel industry economics a bonus

Location

Gurgaon, India

The #TeamGBT Experience

Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT. Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do.

• health and welfare insurance plans
• retirement programs
• parental leave
• adoption assistance
• wellbeing resources to support you and your immediate family
• Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.
• Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.

We strive to champion Inclusion in every aspect of our business at Amex GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global INclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action. And much more!

All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, gender (and characteristics related to sex and gender), pregnancy (and related medical conditions), race, color, citizenship, religion, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by law.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

What if I don't meet every requirement? If you're passionate about our mission and believe you'd be a phenomenal addition to our team, don't worry about “checking every box;” please apply anyway. You may be exactly the person we’re looking for!