Senior Lead Analyst

Job 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 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 will you make an impact in this role
Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure effective and appropriate Business Self-Testing, validation, and documentation of review activities for risk programs and controls according to standards and other all applicable policies
• Proactively anticipate and identify issues and control deficiencies through testing, call monitoring, and sales force notes monitoring of various channels of communication (including but not limited to Calls, Emails and Notes notations), assessing the impact of each and collaborating with business partners to develop and implement appropriate mitigating actions
• Monitor activities to ensure deadlines and commitments are met concerning end-to-end process monitoring, risk assessment, program documentation, testing plans, reporting, and action plans.
• Ensure compliance to Policies, Standard Operating Procedures, and American Express Compliance standards with respect to documentation, testing, and certification of GCS business monitoring and testing.
• Deliver periodic and ad hoc reporting against key business testing and monitoring to support management's awareness and response to control improvements.
• Collaborate and consult with Colleagues, Internal Partners and key control teams both within the lines of business and across the organization, to promote a well-controlled environment.
• Undertake regular project work analyzing business risks and exposures. Preparation of recommendations to business management with regards to process improvement, best practices, risk reduction and maximization of revenue as appropriate.

Critical Factors to Success:

• Demonstrated willingness to take initiative and act decisively.
• Creative mind that is not afraid of thinking differently to solve complex problems that have regulatory or compliance requirements.
• Effectively works independently within a team construct, while supporting teamwork and achievement of team objectives.
• Proven ability to effectively interact with all levels across the organization including business and control partner leadership.
• Solid evidence of leadership with the capacity to quickly understand critical linkages and business strategies in a dynamic, ambiguous environment.
• Strong written and oral communication skills coupled with solid presentation skills. This includes the ability to take analyze large sets of data concisely and convey messages to leadership and peers. In addition, strong knowledge to build reports, dashboards and metric reporting is desired.
• Strong attention to detail and superior organizational and follow through skills.

Minimum Qualifications

.A minimum of two year's relevant experience required which may include: internal control/operational risk, internal auditing, or related experience in the financial services/banking industry.

.Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in commerce, strongly preferred.

.Knowledge of Operational Risk Management, Operational Risk Events and PRSA or Business Self-Testing will be an added advantage.

Functional Skills/Capabilities:

.Candidates with knowledge and understanding of Conduct risk, and Business self-testing will be given preference.

.Good knowledge MS Office Skills

.In depth knowledge of American Express products, procedures and policies.

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

• Competitive base salaries
• Bonus incentives
• Support for financial-well-being and retirement
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
• Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
• 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

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.

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.