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At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.

Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

Global Treasury Controllership (GTC) is seeking a Manager, ABS Controllership. This role will support the Director in ensuring effective and efficient management, by establishing robust control environment, of the end-to-end accounting, SEC/trustee/management reporting, and cash needs for two credit card securitization trusts (managing ~$30B in assets) and five securitization-related legal entities.

The Manager of Asset-backed Securitization (“ABS”) is a key position within Global Treasury Controllership. ABS provides one of the primary funding sources for American Express. American Express periodically securitizes Card Member receivables and loans arising from its card business through the transfer of those assets to securitization trusts. The trusts then issue securities to third-party investors, collateralized by the transferred assets.

In addition to leading the day-to-day responsibilities of the team, the individual is also required to demonstrate a strategic, transformational mindset, and will be expected to drive improvements to yield material process efficiencies and analytical insights to business partners. The role is the primary point of contact for the ABS Controllership team, and has significant engagement with internal Treasury, AENB, GCO, and Technology leaders, along with external trustee, external counsel, vendors, and PwC’s trust audit team.

Detailed Responsibilities include:

• Ensure strong operational control environment including PRSAs/ BCP / Documentation and Record Retention

• Support all Regulatory Reporting, Filing and compliance requirements for the Trusts. Responsible for ensuring adherence to SEC guidelines and Reg AB stipulations.

• Manage the relationship with PWC and Orrick in support of securitization activity.

• Be a trusted partner to Treasury and GCO, providing support and consultancy in all ABS related deals and activities.

• Develop a strong team with the expertise to support ABS and guide managers and analysts to reach their goals and career aspirations.

• Strong Collaboration with both internal and external partners to deliver against the evolving needs of American Express.

• Drive Transformation through both Technology and Process – develop a roadmap for the team that delivers against key strategic objectives.

• Support the ABS Controllership team delivering all daily, monthly, quarterly ABS related processes, including daily settlement activity and the monthly servicer reporting.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 7 years’ experience in accounting, reporting and financial analysis. Public accounting experience a plus.

• 3 years people leadership experience

• Strong understanding of Risk and Control Environment

• Strong technical accounting background (ASC 810) and experience in accounting, reporting & analysis, including understanding of compliance requirements

• Solid understanding of US GAAP and regulatory reporting requirements (10-K, 10-Q, Reg. AB, Reg. W, etc.)

• Must be a self-starter with ability to drive change and deliver results on multiple time sensitive projects

• Understanding of the American Express financial accounting and business processes

• Excellent communication & presentation skills to interact effectively with key stakeholders; ability to work across geographies in a matrix structure and deliver on customer expectations

Preferred Qualifications:

• Qualified accountant holding a CA, CPA or related degree

• Exposure in project management and systems deployment for AXP processes is preferred

Qualifications

Salary Range: $80,000.00 to $155,000.00 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.

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 .

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

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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Job: Finance

Primary Location: US-New York-New York City

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 25016839