Director-Compliance
About The Position
The American Express Global Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC) function provides second-line policy, framework, oversight and control solutions to meet the Company’s legal, regulatory and risk management mandates in connection with Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter Terrorism Financing (CTF), Sanctions, and Anti-Bribery and Corruption. The GFCC portfolio comprises all aspects of the Company’s first and second-line financial crime risk management (FCRM) activities, including all lines of businesses in the United States and both proprietary and non-proprietary global markets. Reporting to the Vice President of Financial Crime Client Risk Management team, this Director role is responsible for executing key components of the enterprise Customer Risk Rating (CRR) framework, including customer risk assessment, reporting, and ongoing configuration updates. The Director plays a critical role in delivering transparent, data-driven insights into inherent and residual risks, strengthening the control environment, and supporting effective governance and decision-making across the enterprise. Through close partnership with stakeholders across lines of defense, technology, product, and business teams, this role enhances risk visibility and supports alignment with evolving regulatory expectations and ongoing transformation initiatives.
Requirements
- Customer Risk Rating (CRR) framework execution
- Customer risk assessment
- Reporting
- Ongoing configuration updates
- Delivering data-driven insights into inherent and residual risks
- Strengthening the control environment
- Supporting effective governance and decision-making
- Partnership with stakeholders across lines of defense, technology, product, and business teams
Responsibilities
- Executing key components of the enterprise Customer Risk Rating (CRR) framework, including customer risk assessment, reporting, and ongoing configuration updates.
- Delivering transparent, data-driven insights into inherent and residual risks.
- Strengthening the control environment.
- Supporting effective governance and decision-making across the enterprise.
- Enhancing risk visibility.
- Supporting alignment with evolving regulatory expectations and ongoing transformation initiatives.
Benefits
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
