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. Ready to explore a career path? Start your journey. American Express Global Business Travel events and programs aligned to the business strategy and priorities for internal, external and industry driven events. We are seeking a high energy, creative marketing, events and communications professional that has a desire to be part of a fast-paced dynamic team environment. The Operations Manager will support Global Events in data management, communications, payments and financial management, as well as project management. What you'll be doing: - Support of Global Communications and Events leadership team in financial and project management - Create and lead database initiatives to manage data across team - Oversee vendor contracts and onboarding - Expand team efficiencies that will extend throughout the Global Events team and ultimately cross-departments for enhanced workflow. - Manages vendor relationships and negotiations. - Manages meeting card reconciliation for high volume of transactions - Support the monthly financial close process in partnership with finance and leadership. - Ensure monthly budget close accurately reflects team spend, following up with budget owners - Support the development of annual team budget with leadership team - Support in the development and presentation of monthly, quarterly, and annual performance presentations and agendas - Review sponsor funding requests in support of Global Events and supplier partnerships - Manage and update global events calendar and intranet page - Manage high volume of events inquiries - Manage events compliance submissions - Some travel may be required (economy) What we need from you: - Proven success in Project Management, to include project planning and execution - Demonstrates effective communication and interpersonal skills. - Strong organizational skills and demonstrated ability to meet tight deadlines in an environment of competing priorities. - Proven ability to routinely work on multiple tasks with multiple people while effectively prioritizing. - 2-3 years of project and budget management experience - Detail-oriented and deadline-driven. - Able to operate effectively through periods of significant change. - Effective senior stakeholder management and able to operate across matrix organizations. - Open-minded, excitement to try new tactics, and perseverance to see projects to completion. - Proven experience of delivering results in highly commercial environment. - International experience and working with remote teams and time zones is a plus. Location United Kingdom 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. - Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with global tuition assistance, access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first. - 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 All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, gender (and characteristics related to sex and gender), pregnancy (and related medical conditions), race, color, citizenship, religion, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by law. Furthermore, we are committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the hiring process. For details regarding how we protect your data, please consult GBT Recruitment Privacy Statement (https://www.amexglobalbusinesstravel.com/gbt-recruitment-privacy-statement/). What if I don't meet every requirement? If you're passionate about our mission and believe you'd be a phenomenal addition to our team, don't worry about "checking every box;" please apply anyway. You may be exactly the person we're looking for Click Here to Learn More (https://www.amexglobalbusinesstravel.com/careers/)