Controller

American Express; Grand Prairie (TX); On-site; USD 73,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

American Express Company in Grand Prairie, TX is seeking a Controller to own key finance initiatives and partner with department heads to track budgets. The role involves liquidity management handoffs, capital-expenditure approvals, investor reporting, and maintaining auditable fixed-asset records.

You will build the budget line of $73,000 - $113,000 and defend each assumption, with mentorship and a comprehensive benefits package to fit Grand Prairie living.

Qualifications

• Experience with budgeting and audits.
• Familiarity with liquidity management and Oracle NetSuite is a plus.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Track spending vs budgets with department heads
• Own liquidity management handoff to reporting systems
• Maintain capital-expenditure approvals and paper trail
• Support quarterly investor reporting and financial narratives
• Define and defend the $73k-$113k budget line
• Convert sprawling spreadsheets into controlled, auditable workbooks
• Keep fixed-asset registers current for Grand Prairie, TX assets

Skills

Audit Sampling

Revenue Recognition

Active listening

Questioning mindset

Large-scale workflows

Cross-cultural adaptability

Job description

Cost centers, capital plans, and cash positions all run through the Controller American Express is recruiting today. Backed by 3 years of finance experience, you'll own key initiatives, partner closely with the team, and earn $73,000 - $113,000.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with department heads to track spending against approved budgets
• Own the Liquidity Management-to-Oracle NetSuite handoff so reporting never stalls between teams
• Keep capital-expenditure approvals flowing without losing the paper trail
• Assist with quarterly investor reporting and slow-to-anger financial narratives
• Build the $73,000 - $113,000 budget line and defend each assumption behind it
• Turn a sprawling spreadsheet into a controlled, auditable workbook
• Keep the fixed-asset register current as equipment moves through Grand Prairie, TX

What You'll Bring

• Fluency across Audit Sampling and Revenue Recognition, with strong opinions on both
• The kind of listening that makes the other person feel heard
• The instinct to ask "what would change your mind?" before debating
• Familiarity with American Express-scale workflows, or the appetite to reach them
• Sound instincts for reading a room you've never been in before

American Express is a candor-rich company in Grand Prairie, TX that turns complex finance problems into simple, elegant solutions. Ownership at American Express means you fix the broken thing even when nobody assigned it to you.

We do not just dangle $73,000 - $113,000; we back it with mentorship, a real benefits suite, and schedules that bend around Grand Prairie, TX living.

Candidate outreach for this finance opening is happening as we speak.

Whether SAP or Mentoring is your strong suit, this Controller seat has room for both.