American Express is currently seeking a qualified candidate for the position of Financial Systems Analyst I in Bengaluru. The ideal candidate for this role should possess a Bachelor’s degree in Finance Technology, Information Management, Data Management, Engineering, or a related field. This opportunity is open to fresh graduates, offering an entry point for individuals looking to embark on a career in financial systems analysis. As a Financial Systems Analyst I at American Express, the selected candidate will play a crucial role in managing and analyzing financial data, contributing to the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the company’s financial systems.
Company Name: American Express
Job Role: Financial Systems Analyst I
Education Required: Bachelor’s degree in Finance Technology, Information Management, Data Management, Engineering or similar field
Experience Required: Freshers
Job Location: Bengaluru
Role and Responsibilities:
- Work with the Finance process owners and other teams to analyze and document their process requirements in terms of data, required transformations, and reporting/analytical output.
- Work with product owners to prioritize features and user stories for ongoing sprints and to manage a prioritized list of data requirements.
- Document processing requirements, including data and transaction volumes, scalability, security and performance requirements.
- Solution Design.
- Work with Technology, Finance partners, source system owners, and other stakeholders to locate the data required by Finance and ensure the data architecture design supports Finance’s reporting and analytics requirements.
- Identify required reference data needs and design the processes for collecting and maintaining reference data.
- Document future state Finance processes for data acquisition, enrichment, provisioning, and reporting.
- Build/Deployment.
- Work with Technology, Finance partners, source system owners, and other stakeholders to deploy solutions across the appropriate Finance user base.
- Build, test and deploy solutions to acquire, enrich and provision the required data and ensure data integrity, accuracy and completeness.
- Perform data validation as part of Finance user testing as needed.
- Perform systems integration and pre-user acceptance testing.
- Data Controls and Ongoing Production Support.
- Work with product owners to design and build ongoing data process controls by collaborating with Technology and Data Governance as needed.
- Investigate data anomalies and research ad-hoc data inquiries as part of ongoing production support.
Required Skills and Qualification:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance Technology, Information Management, Data Management, Engineering or similar field.
- Strong understanding of relational database concepts and experience working in a big data environment (Hadoop / Cornerstone) preferred.
- Knowledge of SQL and familiarity with query tools (Hive / Yellowbrick).
- Basic understanding of Agile methodology and delivery concepts.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills as well as the ability to create impactful relationships with key stakeholders.
- Previous experience working closely with Technology teams to deploy systems to re-engineer processes and solve complex business problems.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated organizational skills with the ability to meet critical deadlines and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Self-motivated, proactive, and dedicated to the delivery of high-quality service to consistently exceeds customers’ expectations.
- Positive attitude and demonstrated strength as a quick learner.
