At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared <a href="https://www.americanexpress.com/en-us/company/who-we-are/" target="_blank">values</a> and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, youll 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. American Express’ Global Financial Crimes Compliance (“GFCC”) team is responsible for leading the enterprise-wide Anti-Money Laundering, Sanctions, and Anti-Corruption compliance functions. This team has global responsibility for identifying, investigating, and reporting suspicious activity, including money laundering and terrorist financing, and provides broad analytical and operational support for the company’s enterprise-wide AML function. GFCC is part of the broader Global Risk &amp; Compliance organization. The GFCC Program Team supports the enterprise-wide financial crimes compliance function through its surveillance, governance, risk management, standards and training programs. The GFCC Program team includes the Transaction Monitoring Program Oversight (“TMRPO”) team, the Global Anti-Corruption team, the Global Sanctions team, the Risk Management team, the Program Governance team, and the Procedures, Guidance, and Training team. Role of GFCC Program Coordinator As GFCC embarks on a modernization journey to enhance its processes and platform capabilities and as the expectations of our regulators continue to grow, we need to ensure that our Financial Crimes Program continues to be effective, efficient, and coordinated globally. The GFCC Program Coordinator will play a crucial role in planning and driving cross-functional, strategic priorities to deliver on regulatory imperatives, improve processes and platforms, and adapt and evolve to address emerging risks. They will have a proven ability to work collaboratively across functions and levels of management, and to thrive in changing, ambiguous, and deadline-driven environments. Responsibilities <ul> <li>Develop and manage action plans to successfully execute against high-impact, strategic priorities within the Financial Crimes Program</li> <li>Coordinate across the three lines of defense to foster collaboration, communication, effective challenge, and accountability</li> <li>Identify and escalate issues and risks to appropriate decision-maker(s) clearly and quickly to navigate challenges and remove roadblocks</li> <li>Draft communications, presentations, and reporting to demonstrate the status of ongoing initiatives to senior leaders, auditors, and regulators</li> <li>Maintain a solutions-oriented, “can do” attitude under pressure</li> </ul> Qualifications <ul> <li>3+ years of proven experience in a compliance, risk management, audit, legal, project/program management, or control management role</li> <li>Demonstrated project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and deliver in time-sensitive and ambiguous situations</li> <li>Proven ability to quickly identify and address risks and interdependencies, and proactively envision and deliver solutions to complex problems</li> <li>Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing; ability to synthesize and communicate complex information into decks and presentation materials for a variety of audiences, including senior leaders, auditors, and regulators</li> <li>Organized and detail-oriented with a strong sense of follow-through and accountability</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to engage, motivate, and empower stakeholders within all levels of management</li> <li>Strong skills with Microsoft Office products including Excel and PowerPoint</li> <li>Working knowledge of Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Sanctions, and/or Anti-Corruption obligations is preferred</li> <li>Bachelors degree required; advanced degree, CAMS, or project management certification preferred</li> </ul> Salary Range: $90,000.00 to $165,000.00 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: <ul> <li>Competitive base salaries </li> <li>Bonus incentives </li> <li>6% Company Match on retirement savings plan </li> <li>Free financial coaching and financial well-being support </li> <li>Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits </li> <li>Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need </li> <li>20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy </li> <li>Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) </li> <li>Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program </li> <li>Career development and training opportunities</li> </ul> For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our <a href="https://www.americanexpress.com/en-us/colleagues/benefits" target="_blank">Colleague Benefits Site</a>. 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. 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