Analyst-Compliance - job 2 of 50

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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 Threat Assessment Analyst will report to the Threat Assessment Manager and work within the Threat Assessment Group which is responsible for enterprise-wide threat-level information collection, assessment, and mitigation. This team focuses on financial crimes threats and risks leveraging internal and external sources of intelligence for the purpose of informing financial crime risk strategy and the design and execution of controls. The Threat Assessment team aligns closely to enterprise-level financial crimes risk assessment in terms of informing inherent risk and evaluating control effectiveness in complex circumstances. Examples include but are not limited to higher risk jurisdictions, complex products, and segments that present unique or niche financial crime risks. The team evaluates threats and risks across the spectrum of money laundering, transaction monitoring, circumvention of sanctions, fraud, cyber enabled financial crime, bribery, and corruption.  

The Threat Assessment Analyst will be responsible for identifying, analyzing, assessing, and developing mitigation strategies on new and evolving money laundering typologies, sanctions evasion strategies, and other financial crime trends.  This role plays a key part in proactively detecting and analyzing financial crime threats and advising on controls to strengthen our AML program in response to an increasingly complex risk environment.

 Job Responsibilities

•  Conduct in depth intelligence collection and analysis of financial crime trends, including emerging money laundering typologies, fraud schemes, sanctions evasion tactics, and terrorist financing developments
• Monitor open-source intelligence, regulatory advisories, industry reports, and law enforcement bulletins to identify and assess new threats
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across compliance, investigations, global security, fraud, sanctions, first-line, and risk teams to inform proactive risk mitigation strategies
• Support the development and enhancement of Financial Crime control frameworks based on emerging risk indicators
• Participate in threat horizon scanning exercises and contribute to risk assessments at the enterprise, LOB, and product levels
• Draft high quality intelligence reports and threat briefings for senior management, operational teams, and for regulatory purposes
• Perform data driven analysis of threat landscape
• Build quantitative threat models using internal and external data
• Maintain awareness of geopolitical, technological, and macroeconomic developments that may impact financial crime risk exposure
• Liaise with law enforcement, industry working groups, and regulatory bodies to stay abreast of AML/CFT best practices and trends
• Perform other related duties as assigned

 Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, International Relations, Business, Criminal Justice, Law, Data Analytics, or related field.
• Minimum of three years professional experience, with at least one year in any of the following: BSA-AML compliance, law enforcement, intelligence, compliance, audit, complex investigations or legal
• Demonstrated analytical, statistical, and/or quantitative skills
• Strong communication, writing, and editing skills, a keen attention to detail, and the ability to translate data insights into actionable solutions
• Strong Microsoft Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Investigative mindset, quantitative research-oriented approach, large appetite for knowledge and learning
• The ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, and a willingness to be deadline-driven in a dynamic working environment
• An understanding of AML/CTF concepts and associated criminal typologies
• Self-starter who can work independently while meeting strict deadlines
• Experience using SQL, preferred (or a willingness and ability to learn)
• CAMS Certification a plus

Salary Range: $55,000.00 to $105,000.00 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

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

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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