Job Description - Compliance Analyst (24018044)

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At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

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How will you make an impact in this role?

The Global Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC) Transaction Monitoring Rule Program Oversight (TMRPO) team is responsible for the assessment and oversight of the enterprise-wide anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) transaction monitoring program at American Express, which entails assessing, designing, and implementing AML & CTF detection strategies across American Express’s global products and services. These strategies ultimately generate alerts which are investigated by the GFCC Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) as part of the Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) process.

The successful candidate will be part of a team that focuses on governance, oversight and regulatory exam management.

Responsibilities:

1. Conduct data research and gathering evidence needed for draft responses to various periodic US & International Regulatory Exams and internal audits that examine the Transaction Monitoring Rule Program (TMRP).
2. Evaluate and perform analyses on datasets to provide accurate up-channel reporting to senior leaders.
3. Perform strict timeline driven research and gathering data to contribute to official TMRPO responses to requests from auditors and regulators.
4. Develop and document methods used to research, gather, and analyze data.
5. Project and work effort status tracking to ensure accuracy across all platforms, including up-channel reporting to relevant stakeholders.
6. Frequent data entry and multi-level validation of project and work effort related documentation to preserve the integrity of enterprise-wide Transaction Monitoring Program.
7. Meet with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to learn about specific processes or products for procedural updates.
8. Assess the audience needs for whom the technical and procedural documentation is intended; adjust tone and technical terms used to meet those needs and to ensure understanding.
9. Perform other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Minimum of three years professional experience, with at least one year in any of the following: BSA-AML compliance, law enforcement, general compliance, audit, complex investigations or legal.
2. Self-starter who can work independently while meeting strict regulatory deadlines.
3. Capacity to manage multiple projects simultaneously, and a willingness to be a deadline-driven contributor in a dynamic working environment.
4. Investigative mindset, research-oriented approach, large appetite for knowledge and learning.
5. Ability to successfully apply newly acquired skills and knowledge about the business unit.
6. Strong communication, writing and editing skills, a keen attention to detail, and the ability to translate insights into actionable solutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience conducting AML/CTF investigations and/or an understanding of AML/CTF concepts preferred.
2. Experience using SQL, or a willingness to learn.

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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Sep 20, 2024, 6:03:39 PM - Sep 28, 2024, 3:59:00 AM

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