Vice President, Cayman Islands Treasury

Treasury group at American Express enables profitable business growth through management of the company’s balance sheet including liquidity, capital distribution, and global money movement strategies. Treasury also plays a key role in identifying, measuring and addressing financial and operational risks. We ensure that the right amount of capital, funding, and liquidity is in the right currency, in the right place, at the right time, with the right controls.

The Vice President serves as the senior Treasury leader for Cayman Islands (“CI”) legal entities and partners across Finance, Risk, Compliance, Technology banking providers and enterprise Treasury teams globally. The Vice President has overarching responsibility for Intercompany Funding, Foreign Exchange Exposure Management, Global FX Rate Setting and related Controls activities. The role is accountable for strategies that support business objectives while maintaining strong governance, regulatory compliance, operational resiliency and risk-management practices.

- Seasoned Treasury leadership experience within financial services, banking or a highly regulated environment.
- Broad experience across Treasury intercompany Funding, Foreign Exchange, Cash Management and Treasury Controls.
- Strong understanding of liquidity risk, balance-sheet management, market risk and operational-risk frameworks.
- Demonstrated experience leading Treasury teams and developing high-performing organizations.
- Experience working with senior executives, regulators, auditors and governance committees.
- Strong understanding of operational-risk management, third-party risk and business continuity frameworks.
- Proven ability to lead complex strategic initiatives and organizational change.
- Exceptional analytical, decision-making and senior-stakeholder communication capabilities.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business or a related discipline; an advanced degree or designation such as CFA, CPA, FRM or CTP is preferred.

Capabilities

Risk mindset
Balances business objectives, regulatory obligations and risk management through disciplined judgment.
Strategic thinking
Develops long-term Treasury strategies supporting organizational objectives and evolving market conditions.
Execution excellence
Drives complex Treasury activities while maintaining strong governance and control discipline.
Leadership
Inspires high performance, develops talent and builds leadership capability across Treasury.
Communication
Communicates complex Treasury matters effectively to executive leadership, regulators and governance bodies.
Change orientation
Leads Treasury transformation, automation and sustainable process improvement.
Partnership
Builds trusted relationships across Treasury, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Technology and external stakeholders.
Resilience
Maintains effective leadership during market events, operational incidents and regulatory challenges.
Role scope and working expectations

- Has overarching accountability for all Treasury Funding, Foreign Exchange Exposure Management, Global FX Rate Setting, Cash Management and Controls activities.
- Serves as the senior Treasury officer for Cayman Islands Treasury operations.
- Handles highly confidential financial, regulatory and strategic information in accordance with company policy.
- Supports global Treasury activities across multiple regions and time zones as required.
- Provides leadership during market events, regulatory examinations, business-continuity exercises and operational incidents.
- Travels occasionally for regulatory, governance, banking and business requirements.
- Working on local and International Bank Holidays will be required on a rotational basis in return for time off in lieu. 7am local start time required.

Where work permit, visa or other immigration authorization is required, American Express may, at its sole discretion and subject to applicable law, decide whether to apply for or sponsor it. In deciding, American Express may consider business needs, the nature of the position and the cost involved.