Analyst, U.S. Third Party Partners (TPP) Pricing

American Express; New York (NY); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

American Express is seeking an Analyst for U.S. Third Party Partners Pricing to support partnership strategies, pricing analyses, partner negotiations, and results reporting. You will deliver insights to drive growth among U.S.

Small Merchant partnerships and support broad pricing initiatives balancing discount rate with profitable expansion. The role requires a strong analytical background, ability to manage multiple deliverables and communicate effectively with senior leaders.

Qualifications

• Experience in analytics, financial modeling and problem-solving.
• Proven ability to manage multiple deliverables and attention to detail.
• Self-starter who can work both collaboratively and autonomously.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Professional experience interacting with business partners and senior leaders.
• Intellectual curiosity and interest in merchant and partnership experience.
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop pricing constructs, build business cases and generate ideas to differentiate AXP’s value while considering impact to P&L and external environment.
• Partner with the Partner Management Organization to develop pricing strategies and influence negotiations.
• Support analytics for pricing strategies, partner negotiations, and overall TPP growth strategies.
• Drive implementation, maintenance and reporting of pricing programs and strategies.
• Deliver thought leadership and subject matter expertise for Small Merchant pricing programs such as OptBlue.
• Collaborate with internal partners across Pricing, Business Development, Analytics, and Finance to drive growth for clients.
• Partner across the enterprise to strengthen risk management and streamline internal processes.

Skills

Analytics

Financial modeling

SQL

SAS

Communication

Autonomy

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA or advanced degree

Tools

SQL

SAS

Job description

Job Description

The Global Merchant & Network Services (GMNS) organization is responsible for managing relationships with millions of Merchants and Partners around the world that facilitate American Express acceptance and enabling the day-to-day operations of our company’s payment network. The GMNS Pricing team is responsible for the single largest source of American Express revenue, merchant discount revenue. Leveraging customer-centric pricing principles and innovative pricing solutions, the team delivers merchant pricing to encourage acceptance and grow coverage, to increase merchant satisfaction and to drive GMNS revenue and profit. The Analyst, U.S. Third Party Partners (TPP)Pricing, is responsible for supporting partnership strategies, pricing analyses, partner negotiations, and results reporting. This role supports decision-making for relationship management and sales teams by delivering insights that drive growth among U.S. Small Merchant partnerships. The Analyst is also responsible for supporting important broad-scale pricing initiatives aimed at preserving the discount rate while balancing the organization’s goal for growing profitable charge volume and merchant expansion; essential to the strength of our business. The U.S. TPP Pricing team seeks candidates with diverse analytical and interpersonal skill sets interested in learning many aspects of the American Express business.

Responsibilities

• Develop innovative pricing constructs, build business cases and generate ideas to differentiate AXP’s value while considering impact to our P&L and relative to the external environment.
• Partner closely with the Partner Management Organization to develop pricing strategies and to influence our negotiation strategies.
• Support analytics for pricing strategies, partner negotiations, and overall TPP growth strategies.
• Drive implementation, maintenance and reporting of pricing programs and strategies.
• Deliver thought leadership and subject matter expertise for Small Merchant pricing programs such as OptBlue
• Collaborate with internal partners across Pricing, Business Development, Analytics, and Finance to drive growth for our clients.
• Partner across the enterprise to continue to strengthen Risk management and streamline internal processes

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in analytics, financial modeling and problem-solving; SQL or SAS is a plus.
• Proven ability to manage multiple deliverables and exhibit attention to detail.
• Demonstrated experience as a self-starter who can work both collaboratively and autonomously.
• Proven ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrated professionalism and experience interacting with business partners and senior leaders.
• Intellectual curiosity and interest in gaining merchant and partnership experience.
• Bachelor’s degree is required; MBA or advanced degree is a plus

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.