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IAG is a worldwide function with 300 team members and offices across nine countries. 

Our assurance and risk professionals have diverse backgrounds including internal controls, consumer compliance, privacy, financial crimes compliance, technology, operational risk, financial accounting, data analytics, banking operations, fraud and investigations, among others. Most IAG team members hold at least one professional certification. Our audit teams align to key risk areas and business units to ensure IAG can provide comprehensive and risk-based audit coverage. In addition, IAG has a Professional Practices group responsible for managing audit operations, quality, and standards; regulatory relations; reporting; training and professional development; and key internal capabilities and technologies. 

We seek data and technology literate risk and assurance professionals to deliver impactful audit conclusions and insight. American Express' IAG has reinvented our audit process and is leading the financial services industry with our Audit NextGen, Data-Driven Continuous Auditing, and Auditor of the Future initiatives. Each uniquely support our Winning Aspiration to be a world class internal audit function that:

• Provides data-driven and technology-enabled assurance
• Delivers timely risk insights that are business-aware and forward-looking
• Supports our colleagues with experiences that prepare them to be enterprise leaders

IAG's innovative Data-Driven Continuous Auditing approach has led to patent-pending technology assets over our uniquely developed audit methodology and technology enablers.

Collectively, IAG's strategic initiatives, combined with our greatest asset — our people — enable IAG to utilize advanced data analysis capabilities, provide greater and continuous assurance, and help ensure quality products and services are provided to American Express customers. We are looking for those who share our mission and aspirations and are passionate about the use of data and technology in a collaborative, people focused environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own audit tasks across all stages of the audit lifecycle working on concurrent core and integrated audit projects, across multiple business areas, for different teams and audit team leaders. 
• Communicate audit objectives, risks, and findings articulately and with impact to individuals at various levels of IAG and business management. 
• Participate in walkthroughs with relevant stakeholders to understand, credibly challenge, assess, and document relevant financial crime related processes, risks, and controls.
• Execute testing of process and control design and operating effectiveness across global, US, and international market audits, across first and second line of-defense business functions, with particular focus upon financial crime risk domains
• Perform validations of internal audit issues and/or regulatory issues / concerns and assist in performing root cause analysis, etc.
• Assist in documenting risk-based evaluation of audit observations and findings, and validate corrective actions taken by management to appropriately and sustainable address findings / audit observations.
• Develop familiarity of financial crimes risks within American Express, across all lines-of-business globally, and across both 1st and 2nd lines-of-defense functions. 
• Maintain audit proficiency through ongoing professional development including data literacy skills.

Minimum Qualifications

• 2 years of relevant audit experience
• Bachelor of Art/Science, or equivalent degree
• Demonstrated experience in the assessment of risks and controls
• Demonstrated integrity, innovation, teamwork, and excellence
• Business process experience in the financial services industry, including an understanding of related products, services, features, economics, best practices, and key regulations

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong understanding of existing and evolving U.S. and International Fin Crime laws, regulations, and regulatory guidance.
• Attained or work towards any of the following certifications related to financial crimes compliance:
  • ACAMS (Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist)
• Understanding and experience of financial crimes compliance risk domain
• Experience within financial services, banking, or card products industries preferred.
• Background in compliance, internal audit - Big-4 and/or large financial institution experience
• Other relevant professional certifications (e.g. CIA, CISA, CPA, CISM, CAP, other technology-focused certification)

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 our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

• 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.

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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