Analyst - Compliance - Reporting & Performance Management

American Express is seeking A Program and Resource Management Analyst within Global Financial Crimes Surveillance Unit (GFCSU). This role will be responsible for creation and analysis of regulatory reporting. Additionally, the analyst will support the enterprise by partnering with colleagues and stakeholders in the development and enhancement of the performance program. This includes regularly analyzing metrics-based reporting to identify trends, professional communication with key stakeholders on results, maintenance of process documentation, and reporting on individual, team and holistic levels, among other tasks.

American Express s Global Financial Crimes Surveillance Unit (GFCSU) is part of the broader Global Risk & Compliance organization, operating within Global Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC), provides end-to-end oversight and support of global financial crimes investigations. In partnership with broader GFCC teams, GFCSU supports the development, testing, implementation and adjudication of transaction monitoring rules, reports, and other tools to detect potential criminal activity. GFCSU plays a vital role in ensuring compliance with key regulations, including the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), USA PATRIOT Act, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. They also support law enforcement by providing critical information to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, credit card fraud, identity theft, and other financial crimes.

Job responsibilities:

• Develop strong working relationships with key stakeholders in order to achieve results and enact wide-scale impact.
• Drive project progress by managing relationships with stakeholders, identifying opportunities and obstacles/risks, and ensuring deliverables are optimally executed.
• Analyze processes and procedures, and identify opportunities and compile data that can be used to track against priorities
• Draft weekly, monthly, and quarterly performance reports and use data to create models that depict trends.
• Team engagement, including participation in workstreams to enhance and foster a spirit of collaboration across teams.
• Work closely with the other Global Financial Crimes Compliance Partners and MCO leaders to manage change, including identifying potential improvements, building processes, and implementing solutions
• Support technology-centered projects that enable GFCSU and US Investigation Unit to transition to new tools or systems
• Support the documentation and tracking of projects, as we'll as the drafting of responses to requests related to regulatory examinations, internal audit reviews, and independent compliance testing
• Analyze large quantities of information, identify trends and opportunities, and articulate clear and concise solution recommendations to a variety of partners
• Demonstrate a keen attention to detail in investigation, analysis, and writing

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor s Degree or equivalent experience,
• 2+ years of data analysis.
• A background in BSA-AML compliance, complex data analysis and reporting, audit, or complex investigations.
• Superior organization and planning skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to demonstrate strategic thinking, implement innovation and change, and champion new processes
• Proven ability to analyze large amounts of data to and identify critical information
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• High level of professionalism, self-motivation, and sense of urgency

Preferred Qualifications

• Project management experience.
• Knowledge of AMEX AML investigative policies, processes, procedures, tools, and systems
• Deadline-driven team player in a dynamic environment.
• Experience in Mathematics, Business Administration, Data Science or Finance preferred.

We back you with benefits that support your holistic we'll-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones physical, financial, and mental health, as we'll as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• Competitive base salaries
• Bonus incentives
• Support for financial-we'll-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 we'llness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
• Career development and training opportunities