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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.

The Global Servicing Control Management Risk Identification, Assessment, Testing, and Reporting (RATR) team is responsible for identifying, assessing, mitigating, and reporting operational risks across Global Servicing business unit (BU) processes. Our mission is to ensure compliance with regulatory standards and American Express policies while strengthening the BU’s resilience through a structured and transparent approach to inherent and residual risk management.

We are seeking a Manager to play a key role in embedding strong control management practices within Global Servicing’s day-to-day operations. This position will involve close collaboration with multiple stakeholders across business units, functional areas, and global regions.

Key Responsibilities but not limited to:

The Manager, Global Servicing Risk Identification, Assessment, Testing & Reporting will:

• Partner with business process owners to identify operational risks across business processes and systems.

• FacilitateRisk & Control Self-Assessment (RCSA ), ensuring alignment with regulatory updates and internal control standards.

• Lead or support additional assessments and testing/QA programs to validate compliance with Amex policy and regulatory expectations.

• Conduct independent control monitoring and compile insights on key operational risk trends, activities, and emerging issues.

• Proactively identify high-risk areas for intervention through data analysis, alerts, and testing; lead quality assurance and vertical process reviews as needed.

• Review and refine control categorizations, ensuring accurate mapping of controls to risks and processes across Global Servicing.

• Maintain and update risk registers and profiles, ensuring consistent documentation and transparency.

• Support enterprise-wide sharing of risk insights, best practices, and emerging risk themes.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3 years of experience in operational risk management, internal audit, or related risk/control discipline.

• Strong understanding of operational risk management lifecycle activities.

• Demonstrated project management, communication, and interpersonal skills.

• Experience with process governance and familiarity with regulatory frameworks, policies, and operational standards.

• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify trends, evaluate risk scenarios, and synthesize findings effectively.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Risk Management, or a related field; advanced degrees (MBA, MSc) or relevant certifications preferred.

• Proven experience in identifying and assessing operational risks across complex processes and systems.

• Hands-on experience facilitating risk assessments and testing programs to meet regulatory and internal standards.

• Expertise in control monitoring, root cause analysis, and identification of control improvement opportunities.

• Strong ability to interpret and communicate thematic risk reporting and insights.

• Experience within the financial services industry is highly desirable.

Qualifications

Salary Range: $89,250.00 to $150,250.00 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: Operations

Primary Location: US-New York-New York

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 25021319