About this role
The Global Risk & Compliance (GRC) organization serves as American Express’ independent risk management function. GRC maintains the enterprise risk framework, provides oversight and challenge, and monitors key risks. By embedding risk discipline into strategy and operations, GRC enables responsible growth, innovation, and long-term value creation while protecting customers and shareholders.
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, including legal reading/writing experience.
- Basic knowledge of regulatory frameworks applicable to global financial services and payment institutions.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels, , including presentation skills with the ability to convey complex information to colleagues.
- Attention to detail, with the ability to identify issues or gaps in large data sets
- Self-starter and independent thinker with the ability to navigate ambiguity and transformational change with confidence.
- Self-motivated, energetic team player with proven ability to work effectively in am matrix organization and across international markets with all levels of management
- Experience with banking products or similar. Experience with Microsoft Office products including Word, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
- Substantial experience of using reporting tools including Microsoft Excel and Tableau
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in a large, complex financial institution .
- Experience in Regulatory Change and Inventory Management .
- 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.
- Excellent time management and highly organised, with the ability to efficiently prioritise, solve problems independently, escalate appropriately, manage tight deadlines, and handle changing priorities in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
- Self-motivated, energetic team player with proven ability to work effectively in am matrix organization and across international markets with all levels of management
- Strong project management and organizational skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels
- A cultural awareness and excellent relationship building skills, with a track record that clearly demonstrates an ability to build lasting partnerships across local and remote teams.