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American Express is a global financial services company operating across banking, finance, and B2B payments. Its business includes consumer, business, and corporate credit cards; payment and merchant services; savings accounts, certificates of deposit, and personal loans; as well as rewards, travel programs, corporate payment solutions, financial education, security services, and cardmember and merchant support.
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Financial Crime Compliance Analyst — American Express, Charlotte Hybrid

Conducting financial crime compliance testing for AML, sanctions, and KYC controls at American Express. Reviewing evidence, documenting findings, and supporting remediation across global jurisdictions.

USUnited StatesNCNorth Carolina
$65,500 – $102,500 / year
HybridFull-timeJuniorMiddleEnglish RequiredCompliance

Description

  • Perform independent compliance testing across AML, sanctions, KYC/CDD, ABC, transaction monitoring, and suspicious activity reporting
  • Support testing from planning and walkthroughs through fieldwork, evidence review, workpaper preparation, and reporting
  • Assess financial crime policies, procedures, data, processes, and controls against regulatory requirements and internal standards
  • Keep testing documentation and workpapers complete, accurate, and well supported
  • Coordinate tasks across multiple reviews or workstreams while meeting quality standards and delivery deadlines
  • Test remediated financial crime controls and evaluate progress against remediation milestones
  • Detect control gaps, weaknesses, and exceptions, and escalate issues to review leads
  • Develop evidence-based conclusions and prepare review reports, findings, and governance materials
  • Collaborate with compliance officers, financial crime teams, business teams, and risk functions to collect evidence
  • Join stakeholder meetings and communicate testing questions, results, and concerns clearly
  • Use the global ICT framework and help improve testing tools, templates, processes, and reporting
  • Track relevant regulatory changes, enforcement actions, and industry guidance

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • At least two years of relevant experience in financial crime compliance, compliance testing, internal or external audit, risk management, or financial services assurance
  • Working knowledge of AML, sanctions, KYC/CDD, ABC, transaction monitoring, financial crime investigations, and suspicious activity reporting
  • Familiarity with global financial crime regulations and expectations, including FinCEN, OFAC, FATF, FCA, and EU AML Directives
  • Foundational knowledge of compliance testing, control evaluation, root cause analysis, issue management, and risk management
  • Ability to review evidence, challenge risk-based decisions, identify potential risks or exceptions, and reach evidence-based conclusions
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail abilities
  • Clear and accurate written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to manage competing priorities, collaborate, and meet deadlines in a globally distributed matrix organization
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
  • Eligible to work for American Express in the United States; visa sponsorship is unavailable

Benefits

  • Competitive base pay
  • Bonus opportunities
  • 6% company retirement-plan match
  • Free financial coaching and financial well-being resources
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability coverage
  • Flexible work arrangements, including hybrid, onsite, or virtual options based on the role and business needs
  • More than 20 weeks of paid parental leave for all parents, including leave for pregnancy, adoption, or surrogacy
  • Complimentary access to onsite wellness centers with nurses and doctors, depending on location
  • Free, confidential counseling through the Healthy Minds program
  • Career development and training opportunities

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