Business Analyst - Procure to Pay Solutions

Job description

As corporations strive to gain efficiencies in their procurement and payables processes, and generate incremental value from supplier payments, American Express is on the front lines delivering innovative payment solutions and business strategy. This is an opportunity to join the fast growing Global Business Consulting & Solutions (GBC) organization supporting the Global Corporate Payments (GCP) business within American Express. This GBC team brings the talent, tools, and management consulting experience needed to develop a range of customer-centric procure to pay strategies while also providing global and multi-national clients innovative solutions and insights to optimize their Amex B2B payments programs. Among our offerings, we provide: P2P process optimization, supplier relationship management, strategy & policy, enhanced spend analytics, benchmarking and Amex B2B program optimization.

· Conduct analysis on client's transactional AP data, identify trends, and support development of recommendations for client's procure-to-pay (P2P) challenges

· Work collaboratively with project team members and clients to achieve project goals and complete deliverables on-time

· Create standardized and repeatable templates for P2P projects

· Support research and development of white papers on various procurement, Finance, AP and Treasury related topics

· Develop skill set as an expert in the area of Procure to Pay

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

Desired profile

• Excellent Excel skills at a minimum, including: Ability to create, quality check, and modify advanced formulas, Data merging, Pivot tables, Graphs, Vlookups, Visual Basic and Macros is a plus
• PowerPoint: Creating graphs & tables, Maintaining consistent formatting via use of the Master
• Comfortable working on multiple engagements with competing deadlines
• Proven ability to work with and analyze large data sets
• Strong analytical skills with ability to understand data and develop insights and recommendations
• Must be detail oriented, very organized, and a quick learner
• Strong collaborative/interpersonal skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Prior procure-to-pay experience is a plus
• MBA preferred

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