Analyst - Compliance
American Express · Posted Oct 12
Banking, credit card, payment network, and travel services
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About the role
The Global Risk & Compliance (GRC) organization is American Express' independent risk management function, maintaining the enterprise risk framework and monitoring key risks. This role sits in the Independent Compliance Testing (ICT) team, which conducts risk-based compliance testing across American Express products and portfolio segments. The position designs and develops outcome-based testing solutions for International ICT reviews, managing data requests, supporting recurring AML reviews, and enabling data-driven compliance monitoring, risk assessments, and testing.
What you will do
- Providing analytical support using a wide variety of data sources, to evaluate credit, underwriting, customer management, and compliance-related policies, as well as applicable banking laws and regulations.
- Demonstration of leadership of peers and encouraging a cohesive productive team environment to meet operational goals
- Developing and enhancing transactional testing capabilities, including the identification, investigation, tracking, and resolution of testing exceptions.
- Partnering with compliance testers and market officers to identify and assess opportunities for new outcome-based testing within International Independent Compliance Testing reviews.
- Applying structured project-management methodologies to support the design, implementation, governance, and ongoing control of outcome-based testing initiatives.
- Collaborating with risk, compliance, and business teams across multiple functions to ensure adherence to internal policies and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Maintaining accurate records, testing documentation, and supporting evidence to enable efficient, consistent, and transparent reporting of compliance activities and results.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- A minimum of 4-6 years of relevant professional experience.
- Demonstrated proficiency in SQL and working with multiple database platforms, with the ability to accurately manipulate and analyze large, complex datasets.
- Hands-on experience with Python, Jupyter Notebooks, and Google BigQuery.
- Familiarity with big-data environments, and the tools used to accurately import, export, process, and manage large datasets.
- Strong knowledge of statistical methods and analytical techniques.
- Proven analytical, problem-solving, and project-management capabilities, with a track record of delivering results.
- Excellent organizational, prioritization, communication, and collaboration skills.
- A highly motivated, detail-oriented self-starter who can manage multiple priorities and workstreams effectively.
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or relevant professional certifications are a plus.
- Shift timings would be 9:00am - 6:00pm but based on the requirements the business may ask to work in 1:00pm - 10:00pm shift. Therefore, the candidate must be flexible to work in the mentioned timings.
Preferred qualifications
- Strong interpersonal, leadership, and change-management capabilities, supported by excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
- Self-motivated, reliable, adaptable, and detail-oriented, with the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
- Demonstrated conceptual thinking and sound analytical judgment when evaluating complex issues.
- Ability to explore, interpret, and develop a clear understanding of new or unfamiliar datasets.
- Strong knowledge of banking systems, processes, and technology environments.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to utilize GenAI and improve efficiency while not sacrificing accuracy
Benefits and support
- 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
About American Express
American Express Company is a globally recognized multinational financial services corporation specializing in payment cards, travel-related services, and network banking. Founded in 1850, the company provides charge and credit cards, expense management products, and merchant services to consumers, small businesses, and large corporations worldwide. It operates a proprietary payments network known for its premium customer engagement and lifestyle rewards programs.
- Industry
- Banking
- Company size
- 76800 employees
- Founded
- 1850-03-18
- Location
- New York City, New York, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President
Chief Colleague Experience Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
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