Bilingual Senior Accounting Analyst

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?

Responsible for contacting clients with overdue accounts to secure the settlement of the account. Also they do preventive work to avoid future overdues with accounts that have a high exposure.· Assist the preparation of the financial trending analysis, highlighting trends, outliers, and variances to be presented during the month close review meetings according with IFRS Standard.

• Assist the preparation and completion of financial variance commentary for distribution to senior management.

• Ensure compliance with local financial guidelines, company policies and relevant regulations.

• Support Manager in the completion of ongoing projects and deliverables as required.

• Knowledge of USGAAP and local GAAPs, IFRS accounting standard is a plus.

Prepare MJE for approval as a normal process.

• Own the month-end process for the ICS Opex and collaborate with LFO partners to understand market and product financial performance drivers.

• Tax accounting following.

• Annual tax accounting annexes filling (Dictamen Fiscal).

Minimum Qualifications· Accouting designation preferred (CA / CPA / CGA).

• At least 2-3 years accounting experience.

Advanced English.

• Good technical accounting background and experience in accounting and reporting.

• IFRS & US GAAP knowledge and experience.

• Proficiency in MS-Office applications (Advance Excell skills) and Essbase/analytical software (Hive, Yellowbrick, Phyton). Working knowledge of Data Analytics.

• Sound understanding of financial systems and processes as well as control environment.

• Strong written and verbal English & Spanish communication skills - a must.

• Ability to collaborate across geographies in a matrix structure and deliver on customer expectations.

• Demonstrated integrity, innovation, teamwork, and excellence.

• Excellent storytelling and visualization skills; and Good technical accounting background and experience in accounting and reporting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Capability to work and solve problems independently.
• Ability to manage multiple time sensitive deliverables at month / quarter close.
• Timely identification and escalation of issues.
• Ability to quickly develop sound understanding of accounting and reporting processes.

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
• Support for financial-well-being and retirement
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
• Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
• 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

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.