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. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.

Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

How will you make an impact in this role?

The newly created first line of defense Financial Crimes Risk & Controls center of excellence will provide a holistic, enterprise-wide approach to our financial crimes risk management (FCRM) activities and will reside within Global Servicing.

This team will be responsible for establishing a robust control foundation for first line of defense FCRM activities across the company globally, including anti-money laundering, sanctions, payments controls, and anti-corruption. The team will partner closely with Technology to develop and deploy next generation capabilities that address key gaps and strengthen the first line’s ability to detect and prevent financial crimes across our lines of business. The team will work in coordination with the Global Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC) team within the Global Risk & Compliance organization.

Role Description:

The 1LOD Financial Crime Risks and Controls Team within Global Servicing is seeking to recruit a Manager/Senior Manager – Financial Crimes Analytics & Reporting. This role will leverage advanced analytics to identify emerging financial crime risks across the portfolio and support the development of processes and strategies to effectively manage and mitigate financial crime exposure.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage financial crime risk data analytics to support the transformation as well as BAU risk management strategy through data-driven decision-making on complex data-sets.
• Build a consistent set of toolkits to monitor and measure overall health of financial crime program across customer lifecycle
• Engage key stakeholders including Technologies, Capabilities, Servicing and Business teams to ensure alignment, understanding and support for managing the processes to service and resolve FC concern cases.
• Partner with 1LOD teams to build financial crimes business monitoring program

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in risk management, business analytics, or a related data-driven role
• Strong proficiency in SQL and Python to analyze large datasets and derive actionable business insights
• Experience in financial services/fintech’s would be preferred.
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced environments, bringing structure to complex problems and delivering results under tight timelines
• Proven track record of leading high-quality analytical initiatives and driving measurable business impact
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across multiple teams
• Ability to set direction and provide analytical leadership on complex, cross-functional projects
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate data-driven insights for technical and non-technical audiences

Salary Range: $89,250.00 to $150,250.00 annually + bonus + 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 you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• 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. 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, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

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.

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