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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.

Our industry is rapidly evolving, and we need courageous, quick thinkers who can shape the strategic decisions that lead our business forward. Whether it’s negotiating with some of our largest global partners or creating next year’s financial plan, you can influence both our day-to-day P&L and the future direction of the company. As part of the team, you can have the opportunity to learn and use the latest data tools and technologies and explore a range of roles to grow your career. Find your place in finance on #TeamAmex.

Description:

Global Exposure Management team is part of American Express Treasury organization and is responsible for identifying, monitoring and managing market risk exposures, and ensuring compliance with the company’s market risk management strategies and risk tolerance levels. The team is responsible for overseeing certain aspects of our foreign exchange (FX) and interest rate risk (IRR) management programs. This includes driving our market risk management strategies, recommending investments and hedging activities and ensuring compliance with our risk management policies. The team also participates in various regulatory stress testing exercises, including Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) and Internal Capital Adequacy Process (ICAAP). This team collaborates with various business partners within the American Express Finance organization, and oversight groups, as well as external parties.

Responsibilities:

• Perform end-to-end analysis of cross currency exchange (FX) rate risk and recommend hedging actions

• Coordinate with Global Treasury Controllership and Global Treasury Operation teams on execution and reporting of FX risk economic hedging

• Monitor market conditions and prepare market risk management (FX and IRR) metrics and trends for senior management and various oversight committees

• Communicate exposure management analysis and provide recommendations to senior management

• Collaborate with Asset-Liability Management, Funding and Capital Market teams on interest rate and FX risk hedging assessment and execution

• Coordinate with 2nd line oversight and 3rd line audit teams on exposure management activities and address their inquiries

• Organize, prepare and present analysis and discussion at different oversight committees

• Develop process documentation

• Participate in firm-wide stress testing (CCAR, ICAAP) analysis

Minimum Qualifications:

• BA or MBA degree with focus on Finance or Accounting, or MS degree in Economics or related analytical fields with proven finance and accounting background

• Knowledge and experience in interest rate risk and exchange rate risk assessment and mitigation activities

• Knowledge and experience with cash flow analysis and valuation of financial instruments, including derivatives such as interest rate swap and currency forward contracts

• Familiarity with financial statements (balance sheet and income statement)

• Excellent communication and leadership skills

• Experience in process documentation

• Knowledge in database queries (SQL), TM1 system and Google Cloud Platform and BigQuery

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

• Strong analytical skills with attention to details and specifics of each analysis

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3 years of relevant work experience preferred

This role reports to Director, Treasury, Global Exposure Management.

Qualifications

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for this position.

Salary Range: $80,000.00 to $155,000.00 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:

• 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: Finance

Primary Location: US-New York-New York

Other Locations: US-New York

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 25008371