Regulatory Compliance Analyst - job 4 of 16

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.

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.

How will you make an impact in this role?

Regulatory Change Management

• Collaborate with internal counsel and Line of Business Compliance Officers (LOBCO) and Legal Entity Compliance Officers (LECO) with the end-to-end process of regulatory change management.
• Identify and analyze any new or further changes to Laws, Rules, and Regulations (LRR) issued by regulatory authority and initiate process for LRRs in scope for regulatory change.
• Determine substantiveness of regulatory change using risk-based impact approach to determine the risk tiering which will define the implementation plan requirements.
• Propose and assign for completion the initial impact assessment for all potentially impacted business specific processes to assess the implications of new regulations on processes, policies, and overall business strategy while collaborating with key internal stakeholders to gather insight and feedback.
• Review and provide credible challenge of all potentially impacted business specific processes’ Impact assessments and a reasonableness check of subsequent implementation action plans, escalating, as necessary.
• Support LOBCO and/or LECO in reviewing the required components of the implementation plans and validating closure.
• Execute a strategy to review and summarize laws, rules, and regulations into clear, concise bundles.
• Provide review, approval, and credible challenge in mapping the Obligations, Supervisory Guidance, and Publications to business-specific processes, and in mapping controls to relevant business-specific process.
• Leverage various compliance technology systems such as CUBE.
• Recognize when a risk, issue, or incident requires escalation to higher levels of management or external partners, facilitating timely decision-making and appropriate mitigation actions across the organization.
• Application of relevant general laws, regulations, and standards affecting risk management of large banks to include regulatory frameworks and expectations
• Support in establishing monitoring mechanism to track the implementation of regulatory changes and ensure ongoing compliance, including preparing reports for senior management.     

Laws, Rules, and Regulations Library Management

• Support the management and maintenance of processes in managing the inventory of globally applicable laws, rules, and regulations according to a risk-based approach which may include regulatory change management processes, regulations inventory, regulations mapping and oversight and reporting as applicable.
• Assist Internal Counsel with the identification of applicable Laws, Rules, and Regulations.
• Utilize GenAI tools to bundle legal authority into precise Requirements.
• Partner with Internal Counsel to finalize draft bundle summaries.
• Review change alerts and assess if changes impact the laws, rules and regulations inventory.
• Collaborate with Legal, Compliance, and third-party vendor teams to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the regulatory inventory scope and content.
• Leverage compliance technology systems to complete day-to-day tasks.
• Assist in the development metrics to monitor inventory status, providing reporting on legal requirements, regulatory gaps, and implementation progress. 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree, with a preference in Law, Compliance, Business, or a related field required
• 3+ years of compliance, legal or related field experience required.
• Experience with banking products.
• Experience with Microsoft Office products including Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and logical reasoning skills required.  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in a large, complex financial institution preferred.
• Legal reading/writing experience preferred.
• Relevant professional certifications or certificates preferred.
• Basic knowledge of regulatory frameworks applicable to global financial services and payment institutions.
• Experience with legal inventory management preferred.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to convey complex regulatory information to colleagues.
• Ability to break-down a complex problem into components, solve them by potentially using data analysis, process knowledge and risk/control knowledge, and communicate data analysis, issues and control recommendations with transparency and integrity.
• Excellent storytelling and visualization skills.
• Self-starter and independent thinker with strong critical reasoning skills and the ability to navigate ambiguity with confidence.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple and often conflicting priorities under tight timeframes.
• Experience supporting risk exam management processes and/or project management a plus.
• Proven capacity to engage effectively with all levels of management and foster strong relationships.
• Demonstrated experience and competency in the assessment of risks and controls; 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated integrity, innovation, teamwork, and excellence.
• Relevant compliance certifications are preferred (e.g., Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager).
• Strategic thinking and a proactive approach to regulatory change and legal inventory management.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Proficiency with compliance systems, regulatory change management platforms and tools preferred (e.g., Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence, CUBE, Archer).
• Excellent interpersonal skills to influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.