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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.

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

How we serve our customers is constantly evolving and is a challenge we gladly accept. Whether you’re finding new ways to prevent identity fraud or enabling customers to start a new business, you can work with one of the most valuable data sets in the world to identify insights and actions that can have a meaningful impact on our customers and our business. And, with opportunities to learn from leaders who have defined the course of our industry, you can grow your career and define your own path. Find your place in risk and analytics on #TeamAmex.

The Global Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC) Transaction Monitoring Rule Program Oversight (TMRPO) team at American Express is responsible for the assessment and oversight of the enterprise-wide anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) transaction monitoring (TM) program, which entails assessing, designing, and optimizing TM rules across American Express’s global products and services. These strategies ultimately generate alerts which are investigated by the GFCC Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) as part of the Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) process.

How will you make an impact in this role?

The successful candidate will be part of a team that focuses on rule optimization. The individual will be responsible for:

• Assist with overseeing the TM rule optimizations and working with cross-functional teams to improve rule performance.

• Develop subject matter expertise on TM alert investigation and SAR filing processes

• Collaborate with stakeholders (e.g., the FIU) to identify rule enhancement opportunities, coverage gaps or emerging trends that could impact the rule

• Review the above the line and below the line (ATL/BTL) testing and interpret testing results

• Define optimization tasks and review optimization memos

• Gather historical transaction data to prepare trend analysis for the American Express’s products and transactions

• Support the ongoing expansion and enhancement of the program by identifying methodology enhancements, incorporating emerging technologies (e.g., AI/ML), and designing process automation

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge of financial products and transactions, including associated AML/CTF risks and TM typologies

• Strong communication, writing, and editing skills, a keen attention to detail, and the ability to translate data insights into actionable solutions

• Demonstrated research and analytical skills with relevant experience

• The ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, and a willingness to be a deadline-driven contributor in a dynamic working environment

• Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, and Word skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in one or more analytical languages (such as SQL, Python, or R)

• Experience with statistical models

Qualifications

Salary Range: $55,000.00 to $105,000.00 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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Job: Compliance

Primary Location: US-Arizona-Phoenix

Other Locations: US-Utah-Sandy, US-Florida-Sunrise

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 24018733