Analyst-Compliance, Special Investigations Intelligence

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American Express’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), within Global Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC), provides end-to-end support and oversight of global financial crimes investigations.

In conjunction with GFCC partners, the FIU develops and implements automated transaction monitoring rules, reports, and other processes designed to identify activity potentially indicative of criminal behavior. The FIU also investigates potentially suspicious financial activity and, when appropriate, files suspicious activity reports (SARs) with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), which is part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and/or refers matters to internal compliance partners for review and reporting globally.

In addition, the FIU manages risk associated with politically exposed persons and persons and entities on core sanctions and risk lists through regular screening, and manages risk associated with improper payments that could be indicative of bribery, corruption, or other illicit activity by reviewing internal American Express payments and expenditures.

The FIU performs a critical role in ensuring that American Express complies with all applicable laws and regulations, including the Bank Secrecy Act, the USA PATRIOT Act, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and provides law enforcement with key information for the investigation and prosecution of money laundering and terrorist financing, credit card fraud, identity theft, and other criminal activity.

How will you make an impact in this role?

On the Financial Crime Intelligence team, we detect and evaluate critical and emerging threats. Every day we focus on the most significant financial crime threats the global financial system faces. We are constantly evolving, learning, and innovating.

As a member of this team, you will:
• Design and implement data projects which generate leads for the FIU Special Investigations team
• Detect and assess potential gaps in controls
• Use data storytelling to share insights with leaders and partners across the company
• Provide custom data support for complex investigations
• Maintain high-quality code and documentation using software engineering principles

Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent military experience
• Ability to critically analyze quantitative and qualitative data from various sources
• Experience presenting complex information to diverse audiences in writing and verbally
• Intellectually curious and able to proactively develop new skills
• Intermediate Excel proficiency using Pivot Tables
• Proficiency using SQL and Python to extract and analyze data

Preferred Qualifications
• Bachelor's or Master's Degree with significant coursework in quantitative disciplines (Data Science, Data Analytics, Statistics, Accountancy, etc.)
• Ability to actively contribute to a code repository using Git
• Experience conducting open-source intelligence (OSINT) and familiarity with threat-based intelligence analysis
• Familiarity with tools and techniques for conducting network and geospatial analysis
• 2+ years of experience in a financial crimes risk management, intelligence, information security, or investigations role

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.

At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

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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