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American Express’s Global Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC) teams are responsible for end-to-end support and oversight of global financial crimes processes. GFCC manages risk associated with money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions, bribery, corruption, and other financial crimes, and plays a critical role in ensuring that American Express complies with all applicable laws and regulations, including the Bank Secrecy Act, the USA PATRIOT Act, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
The GFCC Risk Management team collaborates with GFCC and other compliance and business partners to bolster the global financial crimes compliance program through program monitoring, enhancements, governance, and risk management for GFCC by developing, overseeing, and executing on reporting and risk rating and assessments. Team responsibilities include management and oversight of formal and internal management reporting, metrics, and identification of key risk indicators; managing development of processes and controls to ensure efficiency and sustainability; and management and execution of the centralized GFCC risk assessment process for the customer risk rating and money laundering risk assessment.
Key Responsibilities and Requirements:
- Updating and creating documentation related to the GFCC Risk Management Office (“RMO”) policy and procedures.
- Work with the team on the Money Laundering Risk Assessments (“MLRA”).
- Collaborate with Line of Business and Market Compliance Officers as well as Money Laundering Regional Officers to ensure completeness of the MLRAs.
- Analyzing MLRA results and identifying key observations to identify trends.
- Analyzing Customer Risk Rating (“CRR”) data and identifying linkages.
- Effectively work within a team structure.
Minimum Qualifications
- Approx. two years of experience in Compliance, Banking and/or other risk management disciplines preferred. Financial crimes experience a plus.
- Analytical skills, attention to detail and ability to review data and report.
- Expert-level Excel skills (e.g. complex calculations, pivot tables creation / manipulation, macros).
- Proven ability to develop presentation materials with clear and concise messaging.
- Creating and updating policy and procedure documents.
- Excellent communicator with the ability to understand and communicate.
- Comfortable presenting reports to higher band levels.
- Strong decision-making skills and personal conviction.
- Self-starter, dependable, and adaptable with a proven ability to work independently or within a team environment as required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree.
- Experience with SQL.
- Prior experience with risk assessments.
We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:
- Competitive base salaries
- Bonus incentives
- Support for financial-well-being and retirement
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
- Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
- Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
- 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
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.
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
