Director - Compliance, Fair Lending

American Express Fair Lending Compliance Role

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. How will you make an impact in this role?

This position is part of a centralized Second Line of Defense subject-matter expert team responsible for administering a comprehensive regulatory compliance program for the American Express Fair Lending Program Office (FLPO). The FLPO is responsible for performing business process reviews, monitoring and testing, quantitative analyses, and other activities in support of AmEx's fair lending program. The program promotes AmEx's impartiality in lending by assessing the risk of noncompliance with AXP's fair lending principles and applicable fair lending laws and regulations. This position will ensure that compliance risks are adequately identified, assessed, and monitored.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain proficient knowledge of Fair Lending laws and regulators and its applicability to AmEx products and services.
• Recommend revisions to documents, policies, and procedures, as needed.
• Support review of marketing, credit and fraud risk, and new product strategies.
• Independently lead and conduct fair lending testing and reviews across the credit lifecycle through detailed reviews of processes to ensure adherence to fair lending laws and regulations.
• Partner with quantitative team members to perform fair lending statistical analysis and interpret results. Knowledge of statistical techniques is strongly preferred.
• Experience presenting results of fair lending reviews and statistical analyses to key stakeholders and senior leaders.
• Assist in developing and leading efforts to perform annual fair lending risk assessments.
• Stay abreast of current regulatory guidance and activities related to fair lending.
• Assist with fair lending internal audits and regulatory examinations.
• Assess fair lending compliance training needs and assist with the development and presentation of appropriate training programs and materials.
• Manage a team of colleagues

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Qualifications

Salary Range : $123,000.00 to $215,250.00 annually bonus equity (if applicable) 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 :

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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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Job : Compliance

Primary Location : US-New York-New York

Other Locations : US-North Carolina-Charlotte, US-Arizona-Phoenix, US-Utah-Sandy, US-Florida-Sunrise

Schedule : Full-time

Req ID : 25018575