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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. 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.

How will you make an impact in this role?

The Data Sourcing Architect Manager is a critical role in Financial Reporting Quality Assurance Organization (FRQA) within Corporate Controllership, in support of the Regulatory Reporting Automation program. This role is responsible for driving the definition, gathering, exploration, and analysis of finance data and its data sources to deliver the end-to-end automation for our regulatory reporting platforms.

The Data Sourcing Architect team oversees the data mapping, profiling and source to target (S2T) analysis mapping for new data requirements of our regulatory reporting automation and systems, as well as leading the coordination / orchestration of the close partnership between Product Owners, Report / Business Owners, Technology and Data Testing teams to determine data / product features of the data solution are put into production with the highest degree of confidence of the data flow and data system requirements or the deactivation / decommission of data sets of financial data systems.

The Data Sourcing Manager must be a highly analytical, organized, and data-driven professional responsible for defining and executing regulatory data sourcing strategies, leveraging AI-driven automation, intelligent data quality monitoring, and predictive analytics to advance regulatory reporting transformation

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand the data needs for regulatory reporting, Translate the business requirements into technical specifications for data solutions

• Develop and implement data management strategies for Regulatory Reporting Data Domain(RRDD), Design and maintain RRDD data models to support regulatory reporting and ensure its scalable and flexible

• Partner with Falcon, FODL and Technology teams to implement data solutions for regulatory reporting, Monitor and optimize data systems for performance and efficiency

• Strategic planning to migrate the existing reports Y9C, Y14, Basel and Call reports  to RRDD - Regulatory Reporting Data Domain

• Collaborate with data governance team to define standards and ensure data quality and consistency in RRDD

• Data sourcing gap analysis and profiling of attributes for Fast Forward and regulatory reports automation

• Strategic thinking and conduct data analysis on existing processes and datasets to understand and support Point of Arrival (POA) process designs including migration of RRDD tables from Cornerstone to Lumi - Big query

• Manage data analysis efforts to determine portfolios, data elements and grain of data required for designing processes to review data scenarios, providing clarification on how to report on these scenarios in alignment with regulatory guidance.

• Drive innovation through AI, machine learning, and data intelligence, identifying opportunities to enhance data sourcing, validation, and reconciliation processes.

• Implement AI-powered data quality monitoring and predictive analytics models to detect anomalies, improve accuracy, and streamline regulatory reporting workflows.

• Leverage generative AI tools and automation frameworks to transform requirement documentation, metadata management, and data lineage tracking.

• Serve as a bridge between Report Owners, Product Teams, Technology, and Data Testing to ensure that data products meet regulatory and operational expectations.

• Present complex data sourcing strategies and findings to senior and executive leadership with clarity and actionable insight.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance or relevant fields

• 8 years of experience in banking, regulatory reporting, financial data management, or data architecture.

• 5 years in data sourcing, analytics, and system integration within complex financial environments.

• Proven experience with U.S. regulatory reports (Y9C, Y14, FR2052a, Basel, Call Reports).

• Proficiency in SQL, Google BigQuery and Python, with hands-on experience in data modeling and transformation.

• Experience with cloud-based data platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) and AI/ML pipelines.

• Demonstrated understanding of AI fundamentals such as supervised learning, data labeling, model validation, and prompt engineering.

• Experience applying machine learning and predictive analytics for financial data analysis or anomaly detection.

• Strong communication and presentation skills, able to articulate complex AI and data topics in business-relevant terms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing regulatory data domains or data platforms for large-scale financial institutions.

• Experience with data migration and product management in regulatory environments.

• Exposure to testing management and data validation frameworks.

• Understanding of foundational data architecture principles and metadata management.

• Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) or equivalent certification preferred.

Qualifications

Salary Range: $103,750.00 to $174,750.00 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:

• 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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Job: Finance

Primary Location: US-North Carolina-Amex - for internal use only

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 25021323