American Express Hiring for Manager-Compliance at Haryana, India Full Time

Description

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Description:

This position is within the Independent Compliance Testing (ICT) team, which performs 2nd line of defense testing across American Express products and portfolio segments. ICT conducts risk-based Compliance Reviews to assess compliance with laws, regulations, and policy impacting diverse American Express products and services. ICT is also responsible for oversight of all regulatory business self-testing (RBST) in the US, and maintaining the company procedure around Compliance Smart Monitoring. This role will be responsible for designing and creating tests using big data, knowledge of regulations, and compliance expertise. This role will support ICT’s annual testing plan, including RBST oversight, and requires a balance of compliance risk management with data and programming skills.

Responsibilities:

• The primary responsibility will be performing compliance testing, and testing design, including ad hoc analysis, using big data from American Express systems

• Evaluating the effectiveness and efficacy of existing, compliance-focused automated-testing (smart monitoring KRI builds) by testing SQL, comparing testing results with modified builds, and ensuring the logic and design covers the regulatory or policy requirement

• Providing analytical support in the evaluation of various general credit, underwriting, customer management, and compliance-related policies and banking regulations

• Building transactional testing capabilities and continuously following up on exceptions generated through this capability

• Working with business partners to identify and evaluate means of new automated regulatory control testing

• Effectively utilizing and promoting disciplined project methodologies to facilitate the design, implementation, and control of system testing projects

• Supporting special projects, compile data and prepare reports for senior management and other colleagues

• Maintaining necessary records and files to assure efficient and consistent reporting of compliance efforts

• Developing relationships in a complex matrixed structure, reporting up to multiple team leads, and ensuring a consistent collaboration with risk, compliance, and business partners in order to drive a successful RBST oversight program

• The position will interface regularly with business partners, examiners/auditors, third-party vendor managers, technology teams, and compliance leaders

Minimum Qualifications:

• Demonstrated proficiency using SQL across a variety of databases, and comfort and ease in accurately manipulating large datasets

• Proficiency with Hive / HQL, Python, Spark, and Jupyter notebooks

• Proficiency with dashboarding using sound statistical methods

• Familiarity with High Density File Systems (Big Data) such as Hadoop, and the tools required to import, export, optimize memory conditions, and work with big data environments

• Experience with command line interface scripting preferred

• Strong analytical and project management skills, with a track record of driving results and problem solving

• Excellent organization, prioritization and collaboration skills

• The candidate should be a highly motivated self-starter able to operate on multiple fronts with careful attention to detail

• A minimum of 6 years experience working with big data systems, or a bachelor’s degree in computer science or other quantitative field, is required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Possess strong interpersonal, leadership and change management skills, as well as strong presentation and communication skills (written and verbal)

• Be self-motivated, dependable, adaptable and detail oriented with a proven ability to work independently or within a team environment as required

• Have a demonstrated ability to think conceptually, using strong analytical skills

• Be able to explore and deduce comprehension of new and unfamiliar datasets

• Possess a strong understanding of bank systems and processes, and strong computer knowledge

• Demonstrate excellent MS Word, Excel, Visio and PowerPoint skills

• Experience with machine learning algorithms is preferred

• CRCM, CIA, CAMS, CPA or related designation/certification is helpful, but not required

Qualifications

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

• 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

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.

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

Job: Compliance

Primary Location: India-Haryana-Gurgaon

Other Locations: India-India-Gurgaon

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 23012908