**Description**

**You Lead the Way. Weve Got Your Back.**

With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, youll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey thats unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, youll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impactevery colleague has the opportunity to share in the companys success. Together, well win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the worlds best customer experience every day. And well do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

The Global Merchant Services (GMS) Pricing team is responsible for the single largest source of American Express revenue: Merchant discount revenue. The Pricing team works closely with multiple business partners to determine the ideal pricing structure to encourage merchant acceptance of American Express, while striving to improve coverage and merchant satisfaction. Ultimately, we drive merchant revenue and profit growth through customer-centric pricing principles, more flexible pricing architecture and innovative pricing solutions.

The Director of Global Planning and Forecasting is responsible for leading the Discount Rate (DR) planning, forecasting, reporting and analysis across the globe and providing data-driven analytical insights into the DR. The successful candidate will report to the Vice President of Global Pricing Infrastructure & Insights and will have considerable exposure to senior leaders in GMS, Finance and across the Blue Box.

Job Responsibilities

Lead global and regional discount rate performance analysis and reporting, partnering and collaborating with regional pricing teams and Finance

Drive all global discount rate planning and forecasting processes, including Annual Plan and Long Range Plan

Provide insights into historical DR performance to inform Pricing strategies

Enhance globally aligned processes, policies and reporting for planning & analysis; build a flexible yet sustainable infrastructure to drive efficiencies

Manage reporting for Business Unit Scorecard and SOX certifications

Lead a team of three Managers and one Analyst

Qualifications

5 years experience in finance/pricing related roles; planning & forecasting experience required

Strong aptitude for analytics; demonstrated ability to develop sophisticated financial models and draw value-added insights from large amounts of financial data

Strategic thought leader with the ability to work through unstructured problems and develop clear action plans

Creative thinker who is willing to question traditional ways of doing things and develop new approaches to old challenges

Strong relationship management and collaboration skills with the ability to influence others

Excellent communication skills both written and oral -- with experience leading discussions with Senior Leaders where decisions need to be made based on the facts presented

Results driven with the ability to work under pressure, navigate through ambiguity, draw linkages and balance multiple priorities

Knowledge of TM1, Cornerstone, MIRA a plus

Bachelors Degree required; MBA preferred

**Qualifications**

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.

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

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.

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

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:** Marketing

**Primary Location:** US-New York-New York

**Schedule** Full-time

**Req ID:** 24006377