Job Responsibilities
Major responsibilities include:
- Internal consulting on strategy projects
- Typically each manager completes 2-3 projects in a year
- Job is similar to any consulting firm and most projects
require a good amount of analytical rigour and good presentation
skills.
|
Job Requirements
Most MBAs join as Manager and can advance to Director level in 2-
3 years time and a similar timeframe to become a VP.
|
Uppers
Organisation culture is very open and supports diversity. Work-life balance is
excellent and one can expect 25 days of paid holiday every year. Strong
international presence of the company helps build a good understanding of
different markets. Above all it is a great brand name to add to your CV.
|
Downers
American Express is a large organisation so is bureaucratic at
times and decision making can be painfully slow at times. Salary
levels are slighytly lower than competitor.
|
Lifestyle
A good company and a fine organisational culture. Business
prospects for the company are good because of the expansion of
the network business of the company in particular. Strong focus
on internal re-engineering has helped boost profits in the last
3 years.
|
Compensation
Base: ??55 K + Bonus of 10% + Medical benefits +Car allowance of
??300 per month+ stock options.
|
Advice to Jobseekers
A good company and a fine organisational culture. Business
prospects for the company are good because of the expansion of
the network business of the company in particular. Strong focus
on internal re-engineering has helped boost profits in the last
3 years.
|
