Senior Analyst - Strategic Projects

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American Express Global Commercial Services (GCS) is the Global leader in the Commercial Payments Solutions space and subsequently continues to be an exciting and fast-growing segment. To maintain success, accelerating sales and driving profitable charge volume growth are critical for the organization. The Sales Enablement, Pricing and Transformation (SPT) team within the Commercial Business Enablement organization is instrumental in ensuring achievement of these objectives. Our team’s vision is focused on being essential architects of growth, profitability, and operating efficiency for GCS. SPT’s mission is to power GCS growth through the provision of informed pricing, sales enablement support and process transformation.

How will you make an impact in this role?

The Senior Analyst, Strategic Projects is an integral part of Commercial Strategic Delivery PMO within SPT organization and will support the delivery of business-critical strategic projects. The role is highly visible with great exposure to cross functional business teams and success is measured on driving delivery of expected outcomes.

The analyst will report to Director-Strategic Projects and work closely with senior leaders and stakeholders on the team to support the execution of strategic initiatives.

Core Responsibilities:

• Partnering with colleagues on the team to support the ideation and execution of GCS strategic projects
• Provide project support while working alongside senior leaders and effectively utilize project management techniques to organize, plan and execute initiatives while meeting or exceeding timelines
• Support stakeholders to develop and implement PMO standards & template e.g., project charter, project plan, RAID, project governance
• Partner with multiple stakeholders across the enterprise including, Product, Sales & AD, Marketing, Technologies, Operations Excellence, Finance, Operations to drive the execution of the strategic projects
• Use data to develop insights and produce opportunity assessments designed to identify, size and scope strategies for improving revenue and margins

Minimum Qualifications:

• You are a highly motivated self-starter, curiosity, a willingness to learn and a sense of ownership and accountability
• 2 to 3 years of combined experience in Consulting, and/ or Program Management/ Strategy
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office; working knowledge of program/project management software (MS Project etc.) is a strong advantage
• Strong communication and relationship management skills, both written and verbal, with ability to interact with partners across all management levels
• Excellent problem-solving ability
• Ability to analyze data and information to proficiently produce meaningful conclusions and recommendations
• Ability to build and leverage relationships with key business partners
• Bachelor's Degree required

Salary Range: $78,000.00 to $124,750.00 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.

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

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.

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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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