Senior Manager-Risk Reporting Governance

American Express•New York, NY

About The Position

Global Commercial Services (GCS) is the global leader in payment solutions for Small, Medium (SME) and Large (G&L) enterprises. The GCS team enables businesses globally to pay for and finance what they need to grow their businesses through a suite of payment and lending products, solutions for travel and everyday business spending, cross border payments, global currency solutions, and business financing. The objective of the GCS Control Management Governance team is to establish the Operational Risk and Controls strategy for GCS, set up a foundational governance structure that ensures operational risks are identified, assessed, and managed in compliance with enterprise Operational Risk Management programs and reporting. GCS is looking for a Senior Manager-Risk Reporting Governance focused on ensuring control management is embedded in the day-to-day operations of our organization. It will involve extensive collaboration with multiple partners across numerous business units, functional areas, and geographies.

Requirements

4+ Years experience in operational risk management (e.g., within Risk and/or Internal Audit function)
Understanding of critical operational risk management lifecycle activities and risk taxonomies
Excellent project management, communication, and interpersonal skills
Experience in process governance, with an understanding of processes that align with policies, regulatory frameworks, and/or operational standards
Robust analytical and problem-solving skills, with an ability to analyze data, identify trends, and evaluate risk scenarios effectively
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business, Risk Mgmt., or related field; advanced degrees (e.g., MBA, MSc) or certifications are advantageous
Experience in at least one of the following: Translating operational risk strategy and appetite into execution guidelines
Review the tracking and identifying of issues with Key Risk Indicator (KRI) limits and risk appetite to ensure operational risks are managed within agreed thresholds
Oversee the implementation of the operational risk governance frameworks
Communicating and ensuring understanding and adherence to operational risk procedures and standards
Develop, maintain, and enhance reporting dashboards using Power BI, Tableau, etc to support governance, reporting, and decision-making needs.
Experience with Archer, Service Now, Project Unity, or other UIs.
Experience in financial services industry ORMCM

Responsibilities

Oversee tracking of issues with KRI limits and risk appetite for GCS to ensure operational risks are managed within agreed thresholds, and leverage these metrics to help detect concerning rises in emerging problems, e.g., upticks in reload complaints, then escalate and flag concerns accordingly
Manage the support of the development of operational risk framework to enable effective risk management and decision making in the BU
Manage specific risk and controls governance forums for GCS, interfacing with org-wide governance processes and committees (e.g., Operational Risk Management Committee) and share insights and lessons learned across forums
Support development of BU-specific procedures and additional standards (i.e., escalation protocols), related to the execution of the Operational Risk Management programs
Create and execute Governance Program reporting, including management of reporting inventories and reporting requirements.
Facilitate the understanding and use of the risk governance framework across BUs through regular communication
Aggregate reporting, approvals/exceptions and support "change-the-function" activities for the BU
Support sharing insights, better practices, themes, etc. across the enterprise