Apprentice

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

• Implement and maintain automation solutions for data extraction, transformation, validation etc.
• Analyze large datasets to identify trends, anomalies, and potential issues related to Treasury Processes
• Create and maintain comprehensive data repository for products and ensure its updates on regular basis
• Prepare standard reports, including monthly/quarterly summaries, under supervision
• Perform basic data analysis, including creating spreadsheets, summarizing financial information, identifying trends and drafting variance commentary
• Demonstrates ability to understand system architecture and interlinkages 
• Identify opportunities to optimize and enhance existing reporting processes and workflows through automation
• Collaborate with other Finance teams/functions in gathering relevant and reliable information to meet the requirements of the role
• Provide tactical support to ongoing projects

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Technology or equivalent, with(out) maximum of 11 months of experience 
• Hands-on experience on SQL/Python/other programming languages. Exhibits ability to query ‘Big data’ and retrieve desired information
• Familiarity with Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), automation tools/techniques (RPA, ETL tools, Machine Learning etc.), data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau etc.)
• Basic understanding of Finance concepts and, appreciation of role and criticality of Finance in a multinational company 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Exhibits positive attitude, agility and willingness to learn and develop.