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Description

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.

We are seeking a detail-oriented and highly organized analyst to support policy development, standards enforcement, and procedure management for Global Sanctions and PEP programs, aligned with the Policy, Procedure, and Project Management pillar. This role is ideal for someone who excels in technical writing, document control, and regulatory interpretation. The analyst will be responsible for maintaining, enhancing, and enforcing internal sanctions-related policies and standards, as well as reviewing local market and business unit procedures for alignment. The ideal candidate will bring strong writing and editing skills, sound judgment, and the ability to communicate clearly across global stakeholders.

This is a hybrid position and cannot be performed remotely.

This role may also support other responsibilities and functions within the Global Sanctions team as needed.

How will you make an impact in this role?

• Assist in drafting and updating Global Sanctions and PEP policy and process documentation

• Help maintain the firm’s Enterprise Sanctions and PEP procedures

• Review local market procedures for alignment with enterprise requirements

• Coordinate stakeholder feedback and lead or support calls with partners to promote compliance with policy expectations

• Track and document adherence to procedural updates

• Partner with control functions to drive consistency across documentation

• Support other functions in support of the Global Sanctions Team as needed

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

• 2 years of experience in policy, compliance, risk management, or financial services

• Strong writing, editing, and document control skills

• Ability to facilitate calls and work cross-functionally

• Familiarity with enterprise governance frameworks

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting policy or standards governance in a regulated environment

• Familiarity with sanctions regulations or global risk frameworks

• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills

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:

• 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-Utah-Sandy, US-Arizona-Phoenix, US-Florida-Sunrise

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 25016483