**Description** **You Lead the Way. We’ve 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, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally. 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. Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together. How we serve our customers is constantly evolving and is a challenge we gladly accept. Whether you’re finding new ways to prevent identity fraud or enabling customers to start a new business, you can work with one of the most valuable data sets in the world to identify insights and actions that can have a meaningful impact on our customers and our business. And, with opportunities to learn from leaders who have defined the course of our industry, you can grow your career and define your own path. Find your place in risk and analytics on #TeamAmex. American Express’ 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, the Customer Risk Rating (CRR), Money Laundering Risk Assessment, and business ownership of the platform capabilities that support the CRR and Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) programs. **Role of Director, GFCC Reporting & Compliance Controls Team** As GFCC embarks on a modernization journey to enhance its platform capabilities, as the enterprise undergoes an uplift to the Operational Risk Management Framework, and as the expectations of our regulators continue to grow, we need to ensure that our Financial Crimes program continues to be effective and efficient globally. Reporting to the Vice President of the GFCC Risk Management team in New York, the successful candidate will be responsible for GFCC’s Reporting and Risk & Control Self-Assessment Programs (RCSA) and will be tasked with management and oversight of formal and internal management reporting, metrics, and identification of key risk indicators; strengthening GFCC controls against risks and establishing oversight processes; and enabling visibility into the health of the program through reporting. It is critical that the candidate build strong relationships with strategic partners across the compliance and risk organization, product owner and technology teams, as well as other stakeholders to ensure effective coordination and alignment of key initiatives. **How will you make an impact in this role?** Manage the GFCC Reporting and Control & Compliance teams, providing thought leadership and GFCC subject matter expertise to stakeholders across the enterprise on the development of reporting and controls to manage risk and enable visibility into GFCC program areas (Anit-Money Laundering, Enhanced Due Diligence, Sanctions / PEP Screening, Customer Risk Rating, etc.). GFCC Reporting + Manage the uplift of the Reporting Program under the GFCC platform modernization. + Define and drive the strategy and roadmap for GFCC reporting initiatives in the current state, transition, and point of arrival across GFCC program areas. + Engage with stakeholders to determine reporting needs for regulatory changes, new products, and new and enhanced processes, drive automation for manual processes. + Partner with compliance and other business stakeholders in defining requirements, and Technology and Product teams in the design, testing, and implementation of reporting capabilities. + Develop and distribute board and committee reporting for senior leaders and other stakeholders, internal management reporting, and provide data through extracts and self-service capabilities. + Maintain supporting policies, procedures and operating manuals. GFCC Control & Compliance + Manage the uplift of GFCC RCSAs under the new Operational Risk Management framework and in accordance with organizational changes, issue management, and process enhancements. + Oversee the development, refresh and management of GFCC RCSAs in partnership with GFCC program owners, including review and mapping of legal requirements, drafting new and updated controls, and conducting gap analyses in furtherance of control management and risk mitigation. + Manage the regulatory change management and compliance risk assessment processes, as well as new product reviews from a GFCC RCSA perspective. + Maintain supporting policies, procedures and operating manuals. **Qualifications** + Five years of professional experience and track record of success in reporting, data analysis, risk management and/or control management, with at least three years of experience in BSA-AML compliance, suspicious activity reporting, sanctions/politically exposed persons screening, general compliance, and/or audit. + Decisive self-starter with high degree of accountability, solution focused, with ability to successfully balance multiple priorities and collaborate closely with multiple stakeholders in a deadline-intensive environment to drive transformational change across the organization. + Strategic thought leadership that demonstrates innovation, flexibility, ability to navigate ambiguity, proactively anticipate and address challenges, challenge the status quo, and influence without authority. + Exceptional analytical and creative problem-solving skills, with ability to assess and synthesize key insights from large amounts of information to determine strategic opportunities and drive implementation. + Strong people leadership skills with ability to excel and motivate others under high-pressure situations and manage and develop a high performing team. + Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to interact with all levels of management. + Exceptional attention to detail, project management and organizational skills; positive “can-do” attitude and a personal brand that is known for delivering win-win solutions. + Advanced excel skills (Pivot tables, Macros or Power Query) and experience using data visualization tools (such as PowerBI, Tableau, MicroStrategy) a plus. + Proven to have a global mindset; able to work well across time zones and work cultures. + Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree in related field preferred **Qualifications** Salary Range: $130,000.00 to $205,000.00 annually bonus equity (if applicable) benefits The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. 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Benefits include: + 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 For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site . 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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. US Job Seekers/Employees - Click here to view the “Know Your Rights” poster and the Pay Transparency Policy Statement. If the links do not work, please copy and paste the following URLs in a new browser window: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters to access the three posters. * Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions. **Job:** Compliance **Primary Location:** US-New York-New York **Other Locations:** US-Utah-Sandy, US-Arizona-Phoenix **Schedule** Full-time **Req ID:** 25003907