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Description

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.

How will you make an impact in this role?

Corporate Development executes strategically relevant and financially sound transactions for American Express, which enhance profitability, supplement business growth, and optimize the Company’s use of capital. The Corporate Development team is composed of American Express Ventures, the group that sources and executes strategic investments, the M&A team which is responsible for strategy development, negotiations and execution for inorganic transactions (acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures), and the Integration team responsible for integrating acquired assets and separating assets as part of strategic acquisitions and divestures.

The Director will be a leader in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group tasked with supporting American Express's growth and profitability through M&A transactions. This position presents opportunities to work in close consultation with the various American Express business units and functional teams.

Responsibilities:

• Work with business units to prioritize strategic objectives including development of strategic analyses to inform, support or enhance AXP’s inorganic growth strategy

• Assist in leading deal teams to evaluate potential transactions and business cases from strategic, operational and financial perspectives.

• Lead and oversee the development of key analyses (e.g., valuation, financial impact, etc.) with detailed financial models

• Support negotiations while working closely with internal and external partners to structure and execute transactions

• Ownership of specific pieces of transactions including day-to-day execution and managing cross-functional teams to ensure deliverables meet internal and external deadlines

• Ownership and preparation of specific transaction evaluation and review materials and responsibility to communicate recommendations to Senior Management

• Establish best practices, standardize processes and methodologies for approaching M&A and partnership transactions

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum 4-7 years previous experience. Investment banking, private equity, venture capital or corporate development experience preferred.

• Extremely strong financial, analytical and valuation skills, including the ability to read and interpret financial statements and build financial models. Full understanding of enterprise valuation techniques.

• High degree of strategic and analytical capability, including the ability to analyze industry trends in digital, payments and ecommerce.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Must possess strong business acumen, collaboration and influencing skills as well as ability to drive results.

• Excellent project management skills.

• In depth knowledge of AXP businesses a plus.

• MBA or CPA or similar direct business experience strongly preferred.

Qualifications

Salary Range: $123,000.00 to $215,250.00 annually bonus equity (if applicable) 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

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 25021550