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The Director of Accounting will play a key role in supporting the Accertify business unit within Global Network Services (GNS). The Director of Accounting will be responsible for month-end close, including approving journal entries, and ensuring accuracy of results in partnership with Controllership. Additionally, this role will maintain appropriate financial controls, ensure remittance of tax reports, maintain linkages across financial systems, and lead a team responsible for billing, AR, and collections for our global clients. The position will report to the Lead Financial Officer for GNS and lead a four person team.

The successful candidate should embrace a continuous improvement mindset in looking for ways to improve productivity, reduce costs, and streamline processes. The Director of Accounting should also have the proven ability to drive change through effective collaboration, and strong organizational skills.

 Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a team focused on broad financial activities such as revenue recognition, invoicing and collections, booking journal entries, reviewing capitalizable activities, and business reporting

• Maintain subledger financial system and identify opportunities to automate processes, optimize system performance and free up teams capacity to drive strategic initiatives

• Partner with Amex Tax to ensure compliance with tax regulations and operationally execute any collection and report remittance

• Create and maintain financial controls to ensure an environment of control and compliance

• Build linkages across multiple financial disciplines to elevate team performance and drive financial results

• Provide leadership and coaching across a broad set of financial responsibilities

Qualifications:

• Accounting degree or business degree with strong accounting/controller experience, CPA preferred

• Proficiency in NetSuite a plus

• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages to a wide range of colleagues across band levels and organizational disciplines

• Continuous improvement mindset

• Strong attention to detail and quality control

• Track record of effectively coaching and developing colleagues

• Must be able to delegate and influence across the greater team

Salary Range: $130,000.00 to $205,000.00 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.

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.

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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