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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.

The American Express Corporate Affairs & Communications (CA&C) team is a strategic function that works to enhance and protect the continued strength of the American Express brand through public relations, social media and content, colleague communications, Corporate Sustainability (CS), Community Impact and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives.

The Finance & Grants Coordinator will report to the Director, Foundation, Systems and Data and be a critical part of the Community Impact team. This role will support a variety of operational aspects of grant making and other philanthropic processes, including financials and budgeting, grant administration and reporting, as well as compliance and governance. The role will be expected to be a subject matter expert on the grant making process and systems, providing guidance and expertise to the broader team as well as partnering with the Director to drive process improvements and efficiencies.

The ideal candidate should be a proactive, collaborative problem solver who is analytically savvy and interested in learning systems and processes.

How will you make an impact in this role?

• Own the grant and payment process for Dinners, Memberships and Administration funds and review payment activity across all corporate Philanthropy and the Foundation.

• Act as a Subject Matter Expert for the broader Community Impact team on the grant making process and system requirements, including supporting and testing changes to the system, and evaluating opportunities for enhancements.

• Complete financial review packages for leadership and lead ongoing conversations for grant projections, potential risks and opportunities and budget impacts that require resolution. Support other ad hoc analytical requests and processes.

• Update and maintain key grant reports and lead weekly conversations with team on required actions.

• Facilitate ongoing oversight for the Operations team and support quarterly testing processes in partnerships with the Controls and Compliance team.

• Provide administrative support for leadership team during team absences, vacations, etc. as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Financial acuity and analytical savvy – experienced in Excel and other MS products with an interest in learning other systems and tools.

• Self-motivated, autonomous, with an ability to prioritize multiple tasks.

• Proactive problem solver with an ability to collaborate to find solutions that work for multiple stakeholders.

• Curious about the how and the why and willing to challenge the status quo.

• Detail oriented with a compliance mindset.

• Bachelor’s degree.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with grantmaking software and Philanthropic processes.

• Experience as a financial or business analyst.

• Experience in a large corporate setting.

Qualifications

Salary Range: $55,000.00 to $105,000.00 annually bonus 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.

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: Communications

Primary Location: US-New York-New York

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 24011485