Director - Mergers & Acquisitions

Corporate Development Director

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, your work will make an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

Corporate Development executes strategically relevant and financially sound transactions for American Express, which enhance profitability, supplement business growth, and optimize the Company's use of capital. The Corporate Development team is composed of American Express Ventures, the group that sources and executes strategic investments, the M&A team which is responsible for strategy development, negotiations and execution for inorganic transactions (acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures), and the Integration team responsible for integrating acquired assets and separating assets as part of strategic acquisitions and divestures. The Director will be a leader in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group tasked with supporting American Express's growth and profitability through M&A transactions. This position presents opportunities to work in close consultation with the various American Express business units and functional teams.

Responsibilities include :

• Working with business units to prioritize strategic objectives including development of strategic analyses to inform, support or enhance AXP's inorganic growth strategy.
• Assisting in leading deal teams to evaluate potential transactions and business cases from strategic, operational and financial perspectives.
• Leading and overseeing the development of key analyses (e.g., valuation, financial impact, etc.) with detailed financial models.
• Supporting negotiations while working closely with internal and external partners to structure and execute transactions.
• Owning specific pieces of transactions including day-to-day execution and managing cross-functional teams to ensure deliverables meet internal and external deadlines.
• Owning and preparing specific transaction evaluation and review materials and responsibility to communicate recommendations to Senior Management.
• Establishing best practices, standardizing processes and methodologies for approaching M&A and partnership transactions.

Minimum qualifications include :

Salary Range : $123,000.00 to $215,250.00 annually bonus equity (if applicable) benefits.

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. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws.

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

Job : Finance

Primary Location : US-New York-New York

Schedule : Full-time

Req ID : 25021550