Senior Analyst-Enterprise Risk Management and Change Governance

Risk Sr. Analyst

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and leadership behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career. Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

The U.S. Consumer Services Team is responsible for our suite of consumer products, services, and experiences in the U.S., including our premium, cobrand, cash back, and lending portfolios, Membership Rewards, Global Travel & Lifestyle Services, the Centurion Lounge network, our Global Dining and Resy businesses, U.S. Consumer Banking, and best-in-class marketing programs across customer, prospect, and partner channels. The USCS team is focused on making membership an indisputable competitive advantage and helping each other become better leaders every day.

The objective of the US Consumer Governance and Change team is to establish the operational risk and governance strategy for US Consumer, setting up a foundational governance structure that ensures operational risks are identified, assessed, and managed in compliance with enterprise operational risk management programs and reporting. The Sr. Analyst will help drive business unitlevel risk management practices that align with enterprise strategy and governance. This role will support the development of a business unit risk appetite framework, support risk identification and assessment processes, and support internal and external exam fieldwork. The Sr. Analyst, US Consumer Governance and Change will also play a key role in leading policy management and maintenance for USCS. This includes becoming the primary source of knowledge on all USCS policy updates, overseeing policy governance activities, and ensuring alignment with Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) standards. The Sr. Analyst will partner closely with Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) teams to ensure USCS policy governance remains compliant, consistent, and transparent across the organization.

Key Responsibilities :

• Lead policy management for USCS Governance, staying up to date on all emerging changes, and effectively communicating with key USCS stakeholders.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and liaison with Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), maintaining strong collaboration to align on governance, reporting, and regulatory standards.
• Integrate enterprise risk management framework across USCS through regular communication.
• Track specific issues with KRI limits and risk appetite for US Consumer Services to ensure operational risks are managed within agreed thresholds.
• Help develop BU-specific procedures and standards (e.g., escalation protocols) related to the execution of the Operational Risk Management programs.
• Support internal and external exam management processes, working with Enterprise functions (e.g., data request compilation, action implementation, and regulatory adherence).
• Assist in implementing portions of the operational risk framework to enable effective risk management and decision-making in the BU.
• Support execution plans for operational risk management within the business unit (BU), including BU-specific guidelines and project plans.

Required Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :

Salary Range : $78,000.00 to $124,750.00 annually bonus benefits.

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Req ID : 25020669