Financial Crimes Compliance Reporting Analyst

Description

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.

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American Express's Global Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC) team is responsible for leading the enterprise-wide Anti-Money Laundering, Sanctions, and Anti-Corruption compliance functions. This team has global responsibility for identifying, investigating, and reporting suspicious activity, including money laundering and terrorist financing, and provides broad analytical and operational support for the company's enterprise-wide AML function. GFCC is part of the broader Global Risk & Compliance organization.

The GFCC Risk Management Team is responsible for risk management and program health monitoring, and facilitates alignment across GFCC and broader stakeholder teams in managing and overseeing the financial crimes compliance programs that it owns, which include GFCC metrics and reporting, Risk and Control Self-Assessments ("RCSAs"), and the Money Laundering Risk Assessment ("MLRA").

Role of Financial Crimes Compliance Reporting Analyst

As GFCC embarks on a modernization journey to enhance its platform capabilities, as enterprise risk management frameworks continue to evolve, and as the expectations of our regulators continue to grow, we need to ensure that our Financial Crimes Program continues to be efficient, effective, and transparent globally. The successful candidate will assist in the development and testing of new and enhanced reports, performance metrics and risk metrics for the Financial Crimes Program and uplifting related reporting capabilities. The successful candidate will partner with GFCC process owners, product, and technology teams to provide visibility and oversight over critical operational processes. They will help to define new reporting requirements, perform user acceptance testing, and promote adoption and usage of GFCC reporting.

Responsibilities

Work across key business stakeholders, product and technology teams to gather, define and understand business requirements and participate in planning sessions for reporting request.

Conduct User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Post Implementation Validation (PIV) for new and enhanced reports and partner with Product and Technology teams on defect resolution.

Pull data from various applications and perform analysis to identify trends, outliers, & issues, and work with requestor(s) to share data / insights / outcomes.

Identify data enhancements and automation opportunities to facilitate creation of dynamic reporting and metrics.

Conduct ad hoc requests and data pulls for issue management, internal auditors, and regulatory examiners.

Prepare reporting materials for various committee meetings.

Collaborate with stakeholders to promote GFCC reporting and facilitate engagement and usage.

Assist in the preparation of communications and presentation materials for various stakeholders and leadership.

Support the prioritization of reporting requirements based on business needs and product value.

Support the maintenance and management of reporting libraries and metrics glossaries. Qualifications

2 years of work experience in reporting, analytics, or data management, preferably within a compliance, control management, or risk management organization.

Advanced MS Excel skills (e.g., Pivot tables, Macros, Power Query).

Extremely organized and detail-oriented with a sense of follow through and accountability.

Motivated team player with the ability to self-manage, multi task and prioritize dynamic daily tasks depending on the needs of the team in a deadline-intensive environment.

Flexibility to accommodate schedules with business partners in various global markets when needed.

Strong communication skills and attention to details, both written and verbal, with ability to translate findings into impactful reports, visuals, communications and presentations to senior leadership, regulators, etc.

Proven ability to collaborate effectively as part of a global team.

Experience using data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or MicroStrategy, proficiency in SQL or other data querying languages, or experience using tools such as Rally or JIRA for Agile projects is a plus.

A working knowledge of a Financial Crimes program would be beneficial, although not essential.

Bachelor's degree required.

Qualifications

Salary Range : $65,500.00 to $102,500.00 annually bonus benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

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

Competitive base salaries

Bonus incentives

6% Company Match on retirement savings plan

Free financial coaching and financial well-being support

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits

Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need

20 weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy

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

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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. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and / or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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Job : Compliance

Primary Location : US-Arizona-Phoenix

Other Locations : US-Utah-Sandy, US-Florida-Sunrise

Schedule Full-time

Req ID : 25022905