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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.

We are seeking an experienced service-minded professional to join the Global Colleague Solutions and Services Organization within the Colleague Experience Group as a Payroll Specialist. The Payroll Specialist role will play a critical factor in driving efficiencies, effectiveness, and consistent delivery of high quality payroll initiatives. Colleague will be part of a team that manages complex issues end to end, driving resolution by coordinating and collaborating with internal Business Partners and Third Party Vendor.

Responsibilities include (but not limited to) the following items:

• Support US Payroll in ensuring the integrity of the payroll transactions

• Ability to explain and communicate intricate payroll procedures in nonprofessional terms

• Established working knowledge of every area of payroll processing

• Lead, manage and support ad-hoc US Payroll projects

• Ensures all employee and payroll information is kept confidential and trusted with sensitive information

• Compile and perform data analysis and provide proactive solutions

• 3 rd Party Vendor relationship

• Daily File Maintenance

• Payroll System misc. entries

• HR Import template maintenance

• System release testing and validation

Minimum Qualifications

• 4 years of Payroll experience

• Understanding of payroll tax laws, processes and policies

• Knowledge and/or ability to quickly learn US Payroll Platforms

• Proven ability to manage and prioritize multiple concurrent projects and effectively drive results

• Will require flexibility to work with global teams across various time-zones

• Ability to operate effectively in a fast moving and rapidly changing matrix environment

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook

• Ability to lead and conduct presentations with internal and external business partners

• Ability to maintain confidentiality, work independently at times and handle stress effectively despite short time constrains while displaying a “can do” attitude

• Strong analytical thinking, problem solving and project management skills desired

• Excellent communications skills in order to effectively communicate project situations and to deal with and solve problems that affect project success

• Experience/knowledge of Cloud/API highly desired

• Data mining experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or Fundamental Payroll (FPC) certification a plus

• Knowledge of MyInfo and Dayforce a plus

• Proficiency in Excel and managing data

Non-considerations for sponsorship:

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

Qualifications

Salary Range: $55,000.00 to $80,00.00 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: Finance

Primary Location: US-Arizona-Phoenix

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 24010694