Data Engineer II

You Lead the Way. We’ve 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, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll 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.

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, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s
 unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally. 
At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the
 opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values
 and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll 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. 
Function Description: As part of Financial Planning & Analysis team, we create planning, forecasting & reporting solutions
 for the organization. Our core solutions are implemented on Planning Analytics, Cognos BI, OBIEE & Tableau. We offer
 solutions to wide range of customers such as corporate planning, investment optimization, risk finance teams. 
Purpose of the Role: Develop & maintain solutions on IBM Planning Analytics toolset – TM1 
•KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 
• Manage multiple financial processes including one or more elements of Reporting, Planning & Forecasting, Long Range
 Plan, Investment Optimization etc by leveraging IBM Cognos TM1 Planning Analytics platform and capabilities. 
• Assist in 
• Designing, building and implementation of new financial processes / enrichment or customization of existing processes
 by offering optimum solutions leveraging IBM Cognos TM1 platform and capabilities. 
• Consistently improve current financial processes vide automation, enhanced controls etc by adopting best practices and
 new capabilities. 
• Contribute to the assessment and improvement of impact of all processes to the platform / server. 
• Consistently look for opportunities to drive value to customers by leveraging existing and new capabilities. 
• Independently handle customers and their expectations around multiple aspects including on-going support,
 enhancement, new solutions. 
• Training & Troubleshooting for both team members and business partners 
• Flexibility to work during 1:30 to 9:30 pm shift. 
Critical Factors to Success: 
Business Outcomes: 
• Manage multiple financial processes spanning across multiple Business Units including one or more elements of
 Reporting, Planning & Forecasting, Long Range Plan, Investment Optimization etc. by leveraging IBM Cognos TM1
 platform and capabilities. 
• In capacity of an expert with proven credentials over a period of time, assist in 
• End to end designing, building and implementation of new financial processes / enrichment or customization of existing
 processes by offering optimum solutions leveraging IBM Cognos TM1 platform and capabilities. 
• End to end designing, building and implementation of cross functional projects of strategic importance. 
• Consistently improve current financial processes vide automation, enhanced controls etc by adopting best practices and
 new capabilities. 
• Contribute to the assessment and improvement of impact of all processes to the platform / server. 
• Consistently look for opportunities to drive value to customers by leveraging existing and new capabilities. 
• Handle customers and their expectations around multiple aspects including on-going support, enhancement, new
 solutions. 
• Training & Troubleshooting for both team members and business partners 
Leadership Outcomes: 
• Put enterprise thinking first, connect the role’s agenda to enterprise priorities and balance the needs of customers,
 partners, colleagues & shareholders. 
• Lead with an external perspective, challenge status quo and bring continuous innovation to our existing offerings 
• Demonstrate learning agility, make decisions quickly and with the highest level of integrity 
• Lead with a digital mindset and deliver the world’s best customer experiences every day 
• Must be an independent self-starter who is able to perform at a high level under pressure, lead/coordinate activities of
 cross-organizational teams 
•Experience: 5-8 years of development experience on IBM Planning Analytics – TM1 
•Academic Background – BE/BTech 
•Functional Skills: 
· Finance knowledge preferred 
•Technical Skills 
• Project experience, of designing, building, managing technology solutions for finance processes particularly using IBM
 Cognos TM1 with emphasis on problem solving, data integrity and automation. 
• Strong hands on experience working on TI processes, rules & websheets 
• Experience in build & support of Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) reports & Dashboards 
• Good Understanding of Planning Analytics for Excel (PAX) for creating excel based financial reports. 
• Experience and understanding of Financial Reporting, Planning & Forecasting 
• Exhibits ability to think short and long term to identify and manage processes and resources 
• Exhibits ability at problem solving and has an eye to identify opportunities 
•Knowledge of Platforms 
IBM Planning Analytics, IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW), Planning Analytics for excel (PAX) 
•Behavioral areas 
• Enterprise Leadership Behaviors 
• Set The Agenda: Define What Winning Looks Like, Put Enterprise Thinking First, Lead with an External Perspective 
• Bring Others with You: Build the Best Team, Seek & Provide Coaching Feedback, Make Collaboration Essential 
• Do It The Right Way: Communicate Frequently, Candidly &Clearly, Make Decisions Quickly & Effectively, Live the Blue
 Box Values, Great Leadership Demands Courage 
Compliance Language

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 
• 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

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.  

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