Financial Crime Analyst

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.

How can you make an impact on this role?

Join our Global Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC) organisation and help protect the integrity of American Express across the APAC region. We provide second-line policy, framework, oversight and control solutions to meet Amex's legal, regulatory and risk management requirements for Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF), Sanctions, and Anti-Bribery and Corruption.

As a member of the APAC International Financial Crimes Governance & Program Enablement team, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing and strengthening market-level programs, ensuring robust governance, and driving alignment across diverse markets and business lines to maintain consistency with enterprise standards.

Responsibilities

• Support the oversight and governance of financial crime programs (AML/CTF, anti-bribery and corruption, sanctions) across APAC markets

• Help ensure financial crime risks are identified, assessed, monitored, managed and controlled in line with enterprise standards and financial crimes risk management framework

• Assess regulatory developments and industry trends, advising on their impact and supporting market compliance teams in implementing changes

• Identify, develop and enhance reporting to monitor program performance and highlight key themes and issues

• Support audits, regulatory exams, and remediation efforts, ensuring timely completion and transparent reporting

• Collaborate with market compliance teams to harmonize procedures and strengthen regional consistency across financial crime programs

• Contribute to enterprise-led initiatives, ensuring effective implementation and stakeholder engagement across APAC

• Monitor and track key milestones and tasks through to resolution

Qualifications

• Experience in financial crime compliance, risk management, or governance

• Understanding of AML/CTF, sanctions, or anti-corruption requirements is a bonus

• Ability to make sound judgement

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage complex data

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and comfort with data visualization or reporting tools

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills; able to work effectively across regions at all levels

• A proactive, adaptable approach and the ability to balance multiple priorities in a dynamic environment

• Experience in a matrixed organization is a plus

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Why Amex?

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 

• Support for financial-well-being and retirement 

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location) 

• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need 

• Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location) 

• 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

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.