Amex Gbt Egencia Business Planning Lead

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Brand Specific Description:
Amex GBT Egencia has big ambitions, and we’re looking for a new addition to our Business Planning and Performance Management team to help us power up our success

Amex GBT Egencia is part of American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT), a leading software and services company for travel and expense. Amex GBT Egencia is a great place to advance your career: we are investing for growth across our business and have a passionate team that are the best in business travel. Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and - through their work - can make an impact on our industry. We’re here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued.

Position Overview:
The role will report into Amex GBT Egencia’s Head of Business Planning. You’ll be a key part of our annual and quarterly planning processes, helping us to prioritise what we do and when, including through consulting-style engagements. You will also help to keep teams across Amex GBT Egencia up to date on our priorities and performance.

What you'll be doing:
- Support Egencia Head of Business Planning to define our annual plan, including:
- Working with leadership to define annual objectives and key results, in line with our strategy-
- Leading strategic qualitative and quantitative analysis to support business planning considering financial, operational and strategic dimensions-
- Partnering with teams across Amex GBT Egencia to define and prioritise plans to achieve our goals-
- Partnering with finance to ensure our business plans and financial forecasts align-
- Deliver and refine our business planning governance- Owning our annual planning calendar and logistics-
- Working with cross functional stakeholders to ensure we effectively manage dependencies across teams-
- Finding opportunities to increase effectiveness in our processes-
- Create awareness amongst our teams about our business priorities, and our performance against them- Working with Head of Business Planning to deliver and refine our leadership performance management rhythm-
- Partnering with internal comms to define and deliver our communication strategy, including through engaging company All Hands updates-
- You will also support us to track performance versus plans across financial, operational and strategic metrics

What we're looking for:
- Excellent understanding of strategy, performance management and financial principles.- Excellent analytical skills and problem solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data, draw actionable insights and mobilise this into action.- Ability to independently frame, scope and implement strategic analysis; and own recommendations to leadership.- Detail and solution oriented with a strategic approach and ability to balance short-term priorities and long-term goals in a fast paced environment.- Experience effectively delivering complex projects or operational rhythms with multiple workstreams and dependencies.-
- Self-motivated, agile and collaborative.

Location

United Kingdom - London

The #TeamGBT Experience

Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT.- Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and more.- Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.-
- We strive to champion Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in every aspect of our business at GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global Inclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.- Wellbeing resources to support mental and emotional health for you and your immediate family.- And much more

This role is for Egencia LLC (“Egencia” or the “Company”), a member of the American Express Global Business Travel family of companies.

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