Analyst-Compliance

Job description

The Global Risk & Compliance (GRC) organization serves as American Express’ independent risk management function. GRC maintains the enterprise risk framework, provides oversight and challenge, and monitors key risks. By embedding risk discipline into strategy and operations, GRC enables responsible growth, innovation, and long-term value creation while protecting customers and shareholders.

Responsibilities

How will you make an impact in this role? American Express Company is seeking a Regulatory Change & Inventory Analyst to join our Global Compliance & Ethics team. This role will support transformational change across the Regulatory Change & Inventory Management (RCIM) area, establishing appropriate governance and communication cadence. The RCIM Program is in an exciting phase of development, and the Analyst will need to flexible, resilient, comfortable with continuous change, and able to effectively collaborate with other teams to further mature the program in line with regulators’ expectations.

Regulatory Change Management

Support the development and maintenance of processes including regulatory change management regulations inventory, regulations mapping and oversight and reporting as applicable. Assist in the development and tracking of metrics to monitor inventory status, providing reporting on legal requirements, regulatory gaps, and implementation progress. Contribute to the development and execution of a strategy to review and summarize laws, rules, and regulations into clear, concise bundles.

Recognize when a risk, issue, or incident requires escalation to higher levels of management or external partners, facilitating timely decision-making and appropriate mitigation actions across the organization.

• Support in establishing monitoring mechanisms to track the implementation of regulatory changes and ensure ongoing compliance, including preparing reports for senior management
• Develop and provide reports to demonstrate the health of the RCIM program
• Develop and maintain knowledge of various critical internal and external applications (CUBE, ServiceNow, Archer)
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders across all lines of defence to ensure effective management and data integrity across the RCM records
• Support operational RCIM administrative processes where required

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree, with a preference in Law, Compliance, Business, or a related field required 3+ years of compliance, legal or related field experience required, including legal reading/writing experience. Basic knowledge of regulatory frameworks applicable to global financial services and payment institutions. Excellent interpersonal skills to influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels, , including presentation skills with the ability to convey complex information to colleagues.

Attention to detail, with the ability to identify issues or gaps in large data sets Self-starter and independent thinker with the ability to navigate ambiguity and transformational change with confidence. Self-motivated, energetic team player with proven ability to work effectively in am matrix organization and across international markets with all levels of management Experience with banking products or similar. Experience with Microsoft Office products including Word, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.

Substantial experience of using reporting tools including Microsoft Excel and Tableau Preferred Qualifications: Experience in a large, complex financial institution . Experience in Regulatory Change and Inventory Management . Ability to break down a complex problem into components, solve them by potentially using data analysis, process knowledge and risk/control knowledge, and communicate data analysis, issues and control recommendations with transparency and integrity.

Excellent storytelling and visualization skills. Excellent time management and highly organised, with the ability to efficiently prioritise, solve problems independently, escalate appropriately, manage tight deadlines, and handle changing priorities in a dynamic and fast-paced environment Self-motivated, energetic team player with proven ability to work effectively in am matrix organization and across international markets with all levels of management Strong project management and organizational skills.

Excellent interpersonal skills to influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels A cultural awareness and excellent relationship building skills, with a track record that clearly demonstrates an ability to build lasting partnerships across local and remote teams.