American Express
Director - Business Planning & Financial Analysis
New York, NY · Hybrid · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Visa sponsorship
- Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required; the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
About the job
Leads business planning, performance analysis, and transformation for American Express’s US SME Customer and Acquisition teams, using data and insights to guide strategy and growth.
What you'll do
- Partner with SME leadership and cross-functional teams to analyze performance, provide insights, and advance strategic initiatives.
- Lead annual territory and portfolio design, incentive plans, targets, scorecards, and performance reporting.
- Build an insight-driven organization through an analytics roadmap, automation, AI, and development of a high-performing team.
What they ask for
- Strong commercial, strategic, and analytical acumen, including translating complex data into actionable insights.
- Ability to develop and execute strategies that improve sales performance, customer growth, and profitability.
- Experience with performance management, reporting, scorecards, target setting, and sales effectiveness.
- Demonstrated senior-level influence, strategic initiative leadership, executive communication, and people leadership.
Nice to have
- Experience in B2B, commercial payments, SME, or complex sales and account management.
- Experience with sales force effectiveness, advanced analytics, automation, AI, or cross-functional transformation.
Pay
$123000 - $215250 annually (base salary)
AI focus
Use automation tools and AI to advance data analysis and improve business decision-making and performance.
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