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At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared 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.

The Global Risk & Compliance Organization (GRC) is an independent risk management function, led by the Chief Risk Officer, with the objective of ensuring that American Express operates in a safe, sound, and fully compliant manner with all applicable regulatory expectations. GRC creates and maintains the overall risk management framework, performs independent risk management assessments, and monitors applicable risks. GRC colleagues are passionate about our commitment to drive the Company’s goals of growth and progress by creating a culture of risk awareness and proactivity around regulatory matters.

The Global Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC) Transaction Monitoring Rule Program Oversight (TMRPO) team is responsible for the oversight of the enterprise-wide anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) transaction monitoring program at American Express. The program includes assessing, designing, and implementing AML and CTF detection strategies across all American Express products and services. These strategies ultimately generate alerts which are investigated by the Global Financial Crimes Investigation Unit (GFCSU) as part of the Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) process.

Job Responsibilities :

The successful candidate will be part of a team that focuses on transaction monitoring (TM) rule performance monitoring and rule optimization. The individual will :

• Partner with cross-functional teams to optimize rule logic and detection criteria for global TM rules across American Express businesses
• Monitor TM rule performance to trigger reviews of underperforming rules
• Assess the above and below-the-line (ATL / BTL) tests and Optimization analysis performed by partner teams

Review and challenge Optimization memos prepared by partner teams to meet Management and Regulatory standards

Support the ongoing expansion and enhancement of the program by identifying enhancements to Optimization methodology (e.g., sampling approach and hypothesis tests), incorporating emerging technologies (e.g., AI / ML), and designing process automation

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Preferred 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 you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally :