Manager - Audit (Fin Crime)

Job description

Our Internal Audit Group is a worldwide function with 300+ team members and offices across nine countries within American Express. Our mission is to protect and enhance organizational value by providing independent, objective, risk-based assurance, advisory services and to influence the way the company manages risk. We are committed to growing our audit staff significantly as we continue to expand and enhance the Internal Audit Group. Our assurance and risk professionals have diverse backgrounds including internal controls, consumer compliance, technology, operational risk, financial accounting, data analytics, and banking operations. Our audit teams align to key risk areas and business units to ensure IAG can provide comprehensive and risk-based audit coverage. In addition, IAG has a Professional Practices group responsible for managing audit operations, quality, and standards; regulatory relations; reporting; training and professional development; and key internal capabilities and technologies. **About the Role** This manager role supports the Internal Audit Group’s assurance coverage for Financial Crimes. The colleague will support audit engagements, leading planning and execution activities, evaluating control design and effectiveness, and providing actionable insights that strengthen financial crime governance, AML/CTF, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, regulatory change management, and financial crime risk assessment practices. **Minimum Qualifications** - 5+ years of audit experience - Prior experience working at a Big Four / G-SIB - Understanding of Financial Crimes Compliance programs, including governance, customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, sanctions, issue management, regulatory change management, and reporting. - Knowledge of AML/CTF, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption (ABC), and other financial crime regulatory frameworks, with the ability to assess the design and effectiveness of financial crime controls and governance processes in managing regulatory risk. - Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills to deliver deliverables with quality, and actionable value-add feedback to management on issues, opportunity areas, and deficiency solutions - Effectively leads a team in a fast-paced environment to drive business results, utilizing related project management skills, employing creative thinking, and the ability to work on competing priorities - Applies critical thinking to break-down complex problems into components, and solve using data analysis, process, risk control knowledge, and experience to drive risk-based conclusions and decisions - Applies control theory and professional auditing practices throughout the audit lifecycle - Understands regulations, regulatory risks, accounting, and financial industry best practices relevant to the business, including emerging technology and data considerations, and incorporates into the audit approach to enhance outcomes **Preferred Qualifications** - Experience with Financial Crimes Compliance programs, including customer due diligence (CDD), enhanced due diligence (EDD), transaction monitoring, sanctions compliance, suspicious activity reporting, financial crime governance, or regulatory change management. - Understanding of AML/CTF, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption (ABC), and other financial crime regulatory frameworks, including BSA/AML, OFAC, FATF, Wolfsberg Principles, or comparable international regulations. - Experience or understanding of financial crime risks associated with fraud, third-party relationships, digital assets, cyber-enabled financial crime, artificial intelligence, or other emerging financial crime threats. - Understanding of financial crime data, analytics, model governance, or technology risks, including transaction monitoring systems, sanctions screening, data quality, or model risk management. - Experience with data analytic tools, data visualization, key risk indicators (KRIs), key performance indicators (KPIs), information systems / technology, and scorecards / dashboards, etc. - Interest in working with data, interpreting results, analytic best practices and experience with data analytics tools and data visualization At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service. As part of Team Amex, you’ll experience our 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. 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: - Competitive base salaries - Bonus incentives - Support for financial-well-being and retirement - Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location) - Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need - Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location) - 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 American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions wit