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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 company values 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.
About the Internal Audit Group at American Express
Our Internal Audit Group is a worldwide function with 300+ team members and offices across nine countries within American Express. 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.
We are committed to growing our audit staff significantly as we continue to expand and enhance the Internal Audit Group. 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.
Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.
Own audit tasks across all stages of the audit lifecycle working on concurrent core and integrated audit projects, across multiple business areas, for different teams and audit team leaders.
Communicate audit objectives, risks, and findings articulately and with impact to individuals at various levels of IAG and business management.
Participate in walkthroughs with relevant stakeholders to understand, credibly challenge, assess, and document relevant financial crime related processes, risks, and controls.
Execute testing of process and control design and operating effectiveness across global, US, and international market audits, across first and second line of-defense business functions, with particular focus upon financial crime risk domains
Perform validations of internal audit issues and/or regulatory issues / concerns and assist in performing root cause
analysis, etc.
Assist in documenting risk-based evaluation of audit observations and findings, and validate corrective actions taken by management to appropriately and sustainable address findings / audit observations.
Develop familiarity of financial crimes risks within American Express, across all lines-of-business globally, and across
both 1st and 2nd lines-of-defense functions.
Maintain audit proficiency through ongoing professional development including data literacy skills.
Minimum Qualifications
3+ years of relevant internal audit experience
Bachelor of Art/Science, or equivalent degree
Demonstrated integrity, innovation, teamwork, and excellence
Business process experience in the financial services industry, including an understanding of related products, services, features, economics, best practices, and key regulations
Good understanding of existing and evolving U.S. and International Fin Crime laws, regulations, and regulatory
guidance
Understanding and experience of financial crimes compliance risk domain
Preferred Qualifications
Attained or work towards any of the following certifications related to financial crimes compliance:- ACAMS (Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist)
Experience within financial services, banking, or card products industries preferred.
Background in compliance, internal audit - Big-4 and/or large financial institution experience
Other relevant professional certifications (e.g. CIA, CISA, CPA, CISM, CAP, other technology-focused certification)
Knowledge and experience in the application of control theory and professional auditing practices
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: $90,000.00 to $165,000.00 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 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
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.
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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