Job Description

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared 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 with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.
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Manager - Finance Data Governance (India)
As part of the Finance Data Governance Organization (FDG) within Corporate Controllership, this role is responsible for overseeing the end-to-end process of financial regulatory data attestation, ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and traceability of data submitted to regulatory bodies. The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of financial regulations, a strong command of data governance principles, and proven experience implementing attestation processes in complex, regulated financial environments
Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the implementation and ongoing execution of the regulatory data attestation framework across Finance.
• Support in establishing standards, controls, and documentation protocols to ensure consistent and auditable sign-off on regulatory data submissions (e.g., FR Y-9C, CCAR, Basel, BCBS 239).
• Develop and maintain attestation workflows, schedules, templates, and dashboards using an AMEX enterprise tool.
• Perform and document data quality checks, transformation validations, and reconciliation activities in support of attestation readiness.
• Facilitate attestation review sessions with data stakeholders and maintain a clear audit trail of signoffs.
• Generate and present attestation status reports for leadership and regulatory stakeholders.
• Collaborate with internal audit and compliance teams to ensure policy alignment and audit preparedness.
• Support the integration of data attestation into broader data governance, risk, and compliance frameworks.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Information Management, or related field; advanced degree or certifications (e.g., CA, CPA, CISA, CDMP) preferred.
• 7 plus years of work experience in data governance, data quality, regulatory reporting, or audit/compliance roles.
• Experience of Finance, Banking, or similar industries is a strong plus.
• Strong understanding of data flows, data lineage, and control frameworks across a wide range of architectures/platforms.
• Familiarity with attestation, data certification, or data sign-off practices in regulated environments (e.g. OCC, FRB, etc.)
• Strong relationship skills and communication is essential as the role require partnering with multiple groups e.g., Business process owners, Technologies, and Enterprise Data Governance.
• Experience supporting regulatory reporting (e.g., FR2052a, FRY 14s, FFIEC 031, FRY9C, etc.)
• Self-motivated and proactive, ability to manage multiple assignments and projects concurrently within tight deadlines.
• Ability to be flexible, prioritize multiple demands, and effectively manage in a matrix organization.

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• 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.

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