Staff Technology Auditor - Third Party Risk - job 1 of 11

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.

About the Internal Audit Group at American Express\

Our Internal Audit Group (IAG) is a worldwide function with 300+ team members and offices across nine countries within American Express. We are committed to growing our audit staff significantly.  Our mission is to protect and enhance organizational value by providing independent, objective, risk-based assurance, advisory services and to influence the way the company manages risk.

Our assurance and risk professionals have diverse backgrounds including internal controls, consumer compliance, technology, operational risk, financial accounting, data analytics, and banking operations. Our audit teams align to key risk areas and business units to ensure IAG can provide comprehensive and risk-based audit coverage. In addition, IAG has a Professional Practices group responsible for managing audit operations, quality, and standards; regulatory relations; reporting; training and professional development; and key internal capabilities and technologies.

American Express’ IAG has reinvented our audit process and is leading the financial services industry with our Data-Driven Continuous Auditing, and Auditor of the Future initiatives. Each uniquely support our Winning Aspiration to be a world class internal audit function that:

• Provides data-driven and technology-enabled assurance
• Delivers timely risk insights that are business-aware and forward-looking
• Supports our colleagues with experiences that prepare them to be enterprise leaders

About the Role:

In this role, the ideal candidate will focus on Third-Party risk, technology processes and technology risk management. This opportunity may include supporting Enterprise Projects and IT General Controls audit entities, as needed.  Additionally, this role will work alongside colleagues that provide coverage over IT Applications, Cybersecurity and Resiliency.

• Assist team leaders and Senior Managers/ Managers in the execution of assigned integrated third party audit tasks in line with IAG methodology, budgets and deadlines for all phases of the audit including planning, fieldwork, reporting and wrap-up. 
• Self-starter along with passion for continuous Innovation with a view to drive organizational improvements and impacts.
• Has the ability to work with unstructured tasks/ risk pillar and provide a structured output.
• Interview client personnel of all levels to document, understand, and assess relevant third party risks and controls.
• Assist in the management of routine client status meetings, audit requests, and other administrative tasks.
• Assist in the documentation and evaluation of audit observations and findings and subsequent validation of management’s actions taken to address such findings.
• Work on simultaneous integrated third party audit projects for different audit leaders.
• Develop and document ideas for analytical control testing to expand the breadth and depth of audit coverage.
• Develop familiarity with third party risk across all lines of businesses, globally.
• Utilize department and company tools in a proficient manner.
• Maintain internal audit competency through ongoing professional development.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor of Art/Science or equivalent degree
• 1+ years of experience and competency in the assessment of risks and controls
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated integrity, innovation, teamwork, and excellence
• Has the ability to apply a reflexive mindset
• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Accounting, or another related field is preferred
• Relevant audit and compliance professional certifications are preferred Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), etc.
• Interest in working with data, interpreting results, analytic best practices and experience with data analytics tools and data visualization is a plus
• Exposure to third party lifecycle controls is preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Tableau, Microsoft Access, SQL, Power BI, Python, SAS, Hive and/or Spark is a plus

Non-considerations for sponsorship: Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

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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