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International Operational Excellence is a newly expanded organization, responsible for supporting our international Issuing and our international Acquiring businesses across 27+ markets in ensuring a robust first line of defense, and in playing an active role in supporting the Business meet its growth objectives whilst demonstrating an effective control framework. 

Our organization helps our international businesses manage risk, respond to new regulation, and develop new products whilst creating and nurturing effective partnerships across multiple key stakeholders across the organization.  The organization also leads an enterprise-wide International Financial Crimes Transformation program and is building an international first line privacy function designed to strengthen our enterprise-wide controls around privacy and information protection.

How will you make an impact in this role?

This role is a part of Financial Crime Risk Data Integrity team which is responsible for transformation of strategies to fight financial crime. We leverage data analytics to drive future state Anti-Money Laundering (AML) solutions.

Responsibilities include:

·       Perform analytics to support multiple workstreams within FCR (Financial Crime Risk) in a dynamic regulatory environment (using SQL/Python)

·       Work with large volumes of structured and unstructured data to drive meaningful insights

·       Monitor KYC/KYB health of Cardmembers and Legal Entity portfolios by creating dashboards (Tableau/Sisense)

·       Define and build robust data driven strategies to optimize AML risk and enhance customer experience

·       Partner with multiple teams (Compliance, Tech, PMO) to define AML risk strategies and understand the regulatory framework for the respective markets

Minimum Qualifications

·       Degree in a quantitative area (e.g. Finance, Statistics, Economics, Mathematics and Engineering) is preferred.

Technical and Function Skills/Capabilities:

·       Proactive thinking and strong analytical skills

·       Strong ability to solve unstructured problems through data

·       Strong process mindset and ability to collaborate

·       Excellent critical thinking and attention to detail

·       Exceptional drive and commitment; ability to work and thrive in in fast changing, results driven environment; and proven ability in handling competing priorities

·       Proactive learner with the ability to quickly learn new concepts and techniques with minimal supervision

·       Solid experience with analytical (SQL, Hive, Python, R) tools is expected

·       Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to translate between various technical and non-technical audiences

·       Knowledge of credit risk strategy and/or payments industry is a plus

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.