Finance Apprentice

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. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.

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?

The Finance trainee apprentice will be responsible for supporting key analytical and reporting processes within the organization, with a focus on process management, automation, transformation and migration to Cloud. The role will involve structured training, collaboration and opportunity to experience the dynamic world of Amex Finance every day. 

Job Responsibilities:

·          Delivery on various day-to-day processes - manage and maintain several key data and reporting processes.

·          Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for processes.

·          Ability to understand technical processes and write code.

·          Identify opportunities to optimize and enhance existing processes.

·          Collaborate with other teams/functions in gathering relevant and reliable information to meet the requirements of the role.

·          Provide tactical support for ongoing projects.

·          Assist in preparation/refresh of standard operating procedures.

·          Adapt to emerging technology to develop clean well executed concepts and coordinate with cross functional teams on new solutions.

·          Attend ad-hoc requests on solution support without impacting quality or timeliness.

Qualifications and Skills Required:

·          Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Technology or equivalent, with/without  maximum of 11 months of experience.

·          Working knowledge of programming. Knowledge in any of Python/PySpark, SQL, Big Query. Hive, Google Cloud will be a definite advantage.

·          Working knowledge of data visualization tools like Tableau and Power BI will be advantage.

·          Hands on with data mining, cleansing, extraction/transformation.

·          Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

·          Basic understanding of Finance concepts will be an advantage.

·          Exhibits positive attitude, agility and willingness to learn and develop.

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:

• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
• Career development and training opportunities