Description

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.

How will you make an impact in this role?

Corporate Development executes strategically relevant and financially sound transactions for American Express, which enhance profitability, supplement business growth, and optimize the Company’s use of capital. The Corporate Development team is composed of American Express Ventures, the group that sources and executes strategic investments, the M&A team which is responsible for strategy development, negotiations and execution for inorganic transactions (acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures), and the Integration team responsible for integrating acquired assets and separating assets as part of strategic acquisitions and divestures.

The Director Assistant will support the overall management of the M&A team and will work closely with and report to the SVP, Head of M&A. The Director Assistant will also work alongside other members of the broader M&A team to manage strategic priorities and initiatives.

Responsibilities:

Pipeline & Deal Tracker Management

• Coordinate and consolidate pertinent information from deal team members for regular pipeline updates internally within Corporate Development and with the relevant BU/Functional Leaders or with Senior management to be used for periodic discussions.

• Develop any supplemental content as required

Inbounds

• Ensure inbounds received by Head of M&A from investment banks have been directed to appropriate VP & Director for socialization, review and resolution with BU and functional teams

• Update pipeline for status of the inbound

• Ensure follow up with investment banks on inbound opportunities (whether passed or pursued)

All-Hands M&A Team Meeting Agenda

• Coordinate all aspects of M&A all-hands team meeting

• Connect with VPs and Directors to develop pipeline of guest speakers, interim deal takeaways, pipeline updates for regularly scheduled M&A team meeting

• Review pipeline with B50s for alignment

CorpDev Team Week Prep

• Support B45 Training Pillar Lead on developing agenda, speakers, materials and venue(s)

Conferences

• Identify and aggregate relevant conferences for the team and coordinate attendees from the team for each

Budget

• Work with LFO to track monthly M&A spend

• Support B50 on budget updates and management

Standardized & Institutionalizing Processes

• On an ad-hoc basis, developing required processes and templates for typical M&A activities (e.g., engagement letter fees, non-solicit trackers, etc.)

Confluence / Reference Materials

• Coordinate updates to reference document for the team (e.g., M&A org chart, AEMP 40, M&A playbooks)

• Ensure reference documents as well as precedents are saved in a logical way, and shared drive is continually updated / supplements with new precedents / examples

PRSA

• Coordinate with Corporate Development Executive Office to ensure M&A controls in Corp Dev PRSA are being distributed to relevant M&A colleagues for testing and validation

• Liaise with Enterprise Risk team to ensure all deadlines and tasks are adhered to

Senior Management Meeting Support

• Attend selected senior business partner meetings

• Ensure all meeting follow-ups are completed by deliverable due date

Admins Support for SVP

• Help maintain smooth operations of groups (e.g., PMP completion)

Minimum Qualifications :

• Strategic, independent thinker with a high degree of analytical capabilities and strong financial acumen

• Highly motivated self-starter with ability to juggle multiple tasks, with excellent organization skills and careful attention to detail with the ability to work autonomously

• Professional demeanor and strong communication skills, both oral and written

• Proven ability to build relationships, manage stakeholders, influence decisions and drive results through internal partnership to effectively drive processes

• Experience handling sensitive and confidential information and is required to maintain absolute discretion

• Strong work ethic and a results-oriented attitude

• Demonstrated ability to remain calm under pressure and be flexible when faced with changing priorities

• Finance, Ventures, or Banking experience a plus

• NY-based position, and willing to spend up to 10% of the time traveling

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 work arrangements and schedules with hybrid and virtual options with Amex Flex

• 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 .

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.

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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Job: Administration

Primary Location: US-New York-New York

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 25004007