Analyst-Compliance
American Express · Posted Oct 13
Banking, credit card, payment network, and travel services
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About the role
The role supports Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) activities across multiple business processes at American Express, with a focus on regulatory compliance, risk management, control effectiveness, automation, and data analytics. The team works on technology-enabled compliance transformation, collaborating with Compliance, Risk, Business, Control Management, Legal, Audit, Technology, and Data teams. This analyst will support regulatory change management, control testing, AML/KYC and financial crime risk activities, governance reporting, and the development of automated and Generative AI-enabled compliance solutions.
What you will do
- Support end-to-end Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) activities across multiple business processes, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements, internal policies, and risk frameworks.
- Assist with Regulatory Compliance and Regulatory Change Management, including regulatory impact assessments, implementation tracking, and governance reporting.
- Support compliance monitoring, control testing, issue management, and remediation, identifying control gaps and strengthening the overall control environment.
- Perform AML, KYC, Customer Due Diligence (CDD), and Financial Crime Risk Management (FCRM) activities, including risk assessments and compliance reviews.
- Support Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) activities by identifying emerging risks, conducting risk assessments, and monitoring risks against established risk appetite.
- Develop governance dashboards, MIS reports, KRIs, KPIs, compliance metrics, and management presentations to provide actionable insights to leadership.
- Support internal audits, regulatory examinations, and governance reviews by maintaining accurate documentation, evidence, audit trails, and compliance records.
- Collaborate with Compliance, Risk, Business, Control Management, Legal, Audit, Technology, and Data teams on cross-functional GRC initiatives.
- Analyze data to identify risk trends, anomalies, control gaps, and process improvement opportunities and translate findings into actionable business insights.
- Design and deploy secure automated compliance workflow applications to streamline data collection, approvals, monitoring, evidence management, and reporting while reducing manual effort and operational risk.
- Build and maintain data pipelines, automated reporting solutions, and MIS dashboards to provide timely visibility into compliance metrics, control performance, and regulatory reporting.
- Develop and integrate Generative AI and advanced analytics solutions for use cases such as regulatory and policy analysis, anomaly detection, compliance reviews, and risk identification.
- Drive process automation and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the efficiency, accuracy, scalability, and effectiveness of compliance operations.
- Ensure automation and AI solutions comply with Responsible AI, data privacy, information security, model governance, and internal control standards.
- Demonstrate strong integrity, ethical judgment, risk awareness, and a proactive GRC mindset while handling sensitive and confidential information.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Full-time MBA/Post Graduate Degree from Business School.
- Strong academic performance throughout.
- Fresh graduate.
- Internship or project experience in Banking, Financial Services, Risk, Compliance, Governance, Audit, Consulting, or Analytics is preferred but not mandatory.
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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