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 Senior Manager, 1LOD Financial Crimes Risk Management Governance Enablement is responsible for the day-to-day execution and integrity of first-line financial crimes governance forums, including councils, forums and working groups. This role ensures governance operates as a decision-making and escalation mechanism and that outcomes are clearly owned and tracked. This role acts as the operational backbone of 1LOD FCRM governance, maintaining discipline, transparency, and follow-through across enterprise and business-level forums.

Key Responsibilities:

• Execute and manage 1LOD FCRM governance forums, including councils, steering committees, and working groups.

• Develop and maintain governance charters, annual calendars, agendas, decision logs, and action tracking.

• Ensure governance forums are decision-oriented, with clear articulation of risks, options, decisions, and accountability.

• Operationalize escalation pathways for financial crimes risks from working-level forums to senior governance.

• Ensure risks are escalated with sufficient context, impact assessment, and recommended actions.

• Track follow-through on governance decisions and escalate stalled or at-risk actions.

• Enforce governance standards and artifacts across all 1LOD FCRM forums.

• Identify gaps in governance effectiveness and recommend structural or process improvements.

• Maintain governance documentation in a regulator-ready state.

• Partner with Business Units, COEs, and 2LOD to ensure appropriate participation and challenge in governance forums.

• Support the Director in preparing senior leaders for governance discussions and escalations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in governance, risk management, or financial crimes operations.

• Demonstrated experience running senior-level governance forums.

• Strong organizational discipline and attention to detail.

• Ability to drive accountability across senior stakeholders.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex control and risk concepts into clear narratives.

• Strong judgment, attention to detail, and ability to operate effectively in ambiguity.

• Bachelor Degree

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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