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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.

Global Compliance and Ethics (GCE), is responsible for establishing and maintaining a robust compliance program that ensures American Express is adhering to laws, regulations, and internal policies while fostering a culture of integrity and effective second line independent Compliance oversight.

The Executive Assistant will support and report directly to the Senior Vice President, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer. This position plays a critical role, organizing calendars, expense management, and working directly with the Director Assistant to manage various administrative tasks. Global Compliance & Ethics is a dynamic, high-paced environment. The ideal candidate must be seasoned and experienced in handling a wide range of administrative-related tasks and be able to work independently and confidently under pressure. Building strong relationships, being resourceful and knowing how to navigate large organizations fluidly will also be critical to success in this position. This position requires exceptional organizational skills, a high degree of professionalism, and the ability to handle sensitive information with discretion. This role will be posted as a hybrid work arrangement, with an expectation of being in the office at least three days a week.

Key Responsibilities:

• Scheduling meetings with senior executives internally and externally, reserving conference rooms, coordinating meeting logistics.

• Managing domestic and foreign travel arrangements including air, hotel, car transfers and meeting agendas.

• Preparing, reviewing, and processing expense reports, in line with company T&E policy.

• Supporting team administration including on-boarding for new hires, updating distribution lists, setting up group-wide team meetings.

• Managing e-mails and correspondence in a timely manner.

• Assisting with timekeeping and payroll duties.

• Ordering workstations, devices and accessories as needed by the team.

• Processing invoices and requisitions.

• Assisting in the management and coordination of compliance-related projects and initiatives.

• Proactively identify and resolve administrative issues and challenges.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Proven experience in supporting senior executives with exceptional organizational, administrative, and interpersonal skills.

• A keen attention to detail and a sense of urgency in execution and follow-up.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic and fast-paced organization and manage multiple tasks and conflicting and changing priorities with little direction.

• A strong sense of integrity with ability to handle sensitive issues and maintain complete confidentiality.

• Positive attitude, solutions-oriented, proactive, able to prioritize, and reliable.

• Intermediate to advanced computer skills required, including proficiency with Microsoft Office including PowerPoint, Excel, Word and Outlook.

• Knowledge of Concur Expense & Travel, Ariba Buyer, SharePoint, WebEx, Slack preferred.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Flexibility, ability to work effectively in a team, anticipate needs and seeks ways for leader’s organization to run efficiently.

• Exudes professional maturity.

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Qualifications

Salary Range: $24.05 to $48.10 hourly bonus benefits

The above represents the expected hourly pay 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

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site .

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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Job: Compliance

Primary Location: US-New York-New York

Other Locations: US-North Carolina

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 25011073