Director, ESG Reporting

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.

Our industry is rapidly evolving, and we need courageous, quick thinkers who can shape the strategic decisions that lead our business forward. Whether it’s negotiating with some of our largest global partners or creating next year’s financial plan, you can influence both our day-to-day P&L and the future direction of the company. As part of the team, you can have the opportunity to learn and use the latest data tools and technologies and explore a range of roles to grow your career. Find your place in finance on #TeamAmex.

Job Description

The successful candidate will be well-versed in existing global regulatory ESG reporting requirements, with the ability to provide thought leadership to help American Express strategically navigate the evolving ESG landscape. You’ll be hands-on as well as strategic, with deep expertise in regulatory reporting and internal controls and in building and improving robust processes that can scale to meet both our current and future challenges. This role will partner closely with our Enterprise ESG, Legal, Real Estate, Climate Risk, HR, SOX, Internal Audit and subject matter teams owning E, S and G data across the organization, to ensure that we remain well coordinated and ready to meet our ESG regulatory reporting requirements.

This is a Director level position based in New York reporting to the VP, Statutory and ESG Reporting based in India, within the wider Corporate Controllership organization. The role will have 4 direct reports split between US and India.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor the evolving global regulatory ESG reporting landscape and provide thought leadership on how to evolve our ESG reporting framework to meet existing and future requirements. Stay apprised of voluntary ESG reporting developments to ensure consistency.
• Evaluate the applicability of new mandatory ESG reporting regulations globally (and at the legal entity level) based on deterministic thresholds, in partnership with the Legal team, to identify AXP relevant disclosures.
• Build capabilities in terms of people, processes, internal controls and systems (including the evaluation of reporting software workflows) to meet all mandatory ESG reporting requirements globally.
• Build a reporting process to construct mandatory enterprise level ESG reports (e.g. for CSRD and California)
• Develop and operationalize standardized policies and processes regarding sustainability reporting (e.g., materiality assessments, disclosure controls and procedures, estimation approaches)
• Collaborate with key internal control and compliance teams (SOX, Operational Excellence and Internal Audit) to ensure that ESG data processes include the right level of controls and governance to be ‘assurance ready’.
• Coordinates readiness assessments and assurance activities over ESG disclosures, where required.
• Work with data provider teams around the organization to collect the data required to support mandatory ESG disclosures.
• Support the production of the Greenhouse Gas Inventory.
• Build cross-functional partnerships within American Express, particularly with Enterprise ESG, Legal, HR, Climate Risk, Real Estate, Treasury and Controllership stakeholders.
• Participate in external ESG forums and engage with other public registrants on ESG disclosure and reporting matters. Conduct ESG benchmarking and develop recommendations to enhance ESG reporting
• Lead a global team of colleagues and contractors based in India and US

Minimum Qualifications:

• 8+ years of relevant ESG work experience e.g. ESG reporting, Carbon accounting, ESG risk assessment, ESG assurance.
• Experience in working with ESG reporting standards and frameworks such as GRI, SASB, TCFD, etc.
• Strong executive presence and proficiency in written and verbal communications
• People leadership experience and ability to work collaboratively across teams and geographies
• Strong understanding of ESG issues and willingness to keep up to date with the latest ESG guidelines and developments
• Experience in working with ESG reporting standards and frameworks such as GRI, SASB, TCFD, CSRD, etc;
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and change, while remaining focused on end goals.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize effectively while maintaining accuracy and adhering to deadlines
• Advanced PowerPoint and Excel proficiency

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required and Masters/MBA preferred
• Big 4 experience and/or financial services exposure are pluses;
• Relevant professional certifications such as CPA, CFA, Certified Sustainability Practitioner (CSP), Greenhouse Gas Management Institute diploma, or equivalent are a plus

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 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.

US Job Seekers/Employees - Click here to view the “Know Your Rights” poster and the Pay Transparency Policy Statement.

If the links do not work, please copy and paste the following URLs in a new browser window: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters to access the three posters.

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue

visa sponsorship for these positions.