Senior Manager-Compliance

Sr. Manager Financial Crimes

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.

Global Merchant & Network Services (GMNS) brings together American Express' merchant-and network related businesses to enable a sharp focus on using the power of our network to provide unique value to all our mutual customers. The organization manages the relationships with the millions of merchants around the world that accepts American Express and runs the company's payment network and manages bank partnerships globally. GMNS is looking for an experienced Senior Manager Financial Crimes to lead a diverse team of high-performing professionals focused on ensuring risk and control management is embedded in the day-to-day operations of our organization.

This first-line role will involve extensive collaboration with partners across business units, functional areas, and geographies. This role will lead the execution of financial crime risk management within the business unit and is accountable for ensuring the business maintains a strong control environment to prevent, detect, and respond to financial crimesincluding anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions, fraud, and anti-bribery and corruption (ABC). The ideal candidate brings deep subject matter expertise and a pragmatic, partnership-driven approach to risk management.

The Senior ManagerFinancial Crimes Will :

• Consult on the design and implementation of controls tailored to specialized risk areas including Financial Crime and Compliance, with input in broader areas of operational risk
• Ensure all activities & guidance provided to BU are in alignment with standards set by centralized specialist risk-stripe teams
• Comply with enterprise policies and programs pertaining to specific risk types (e.g., Conduct Risk Management policy), and support with design / enhancement of BU procedures / standards
• Maintain awareness and understanding of emerging trends, best practices, and regulatory updates relevant to operational risks and share this with BU process owners
• Support with the design and dissemination of targeted training and awareness programs to increase understanding and management of specific risk topics within GMNS

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Salary Range : $103,750.00 to $174,750.00 annually bonus benefits

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