Job Description

:You Lead the Way. Weve Got Your Back.With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, youll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey thats unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.At American Express, youll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impactxe2x80x94every colleague has the opportunity to share in the companys success. Together, well win as a team, striving to uphold our and powerful backing promise to provide the worlds best customer experience every day. And well do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.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.This role is a part of ICS Risk & Control 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:xc2xb7 Perform analytics to support multiple workstreams within FCR (Financial Crime Risk) in a dynamic regulatory environment (using SQL/Python)xc2xb7 Work with large volumes of structured and unstructured data to drive meaningful insightsxc2xb7 Monitor KYC/KYB health of Cardmembers and Legal Entity portfolios by creating dashboards (Tableau/Power BI/Excel)xc2xb7 Define and build robust data driven strategies to optimize AML risk and enhance customer experiencexc2xb7 Partner with multiple teams (Compliance, Tech, PMO) to define AML risk strategies and understand the regulatory framework for the respective marketsQualifications:xc2xb7 Degree in a quantitative area (e.g. Finance, Statistics, Economics, Mathematics and Engineering) is preferred.xc2xb7 Past Experience: 2 years of relevant work experience preferredTechnical 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, Excel) 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.

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