Director-Risk Management
Director-Risk Management
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You Lead the Way. Weve Got Your Back.
With the right backing people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers communities and each other. Here youll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey thats unique and meaningful to you with benefits programs and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.
At American Express youll be recognized for your contributions leadership and impactevery colleague has the opportunity to share in the companys success. Together well win as a team striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the worlds best customer experience every day. And well do it with the utmost integrity and in an environment where everyone is seen heard and feels like they belong.
Join Team Amex and lets lead the way together.
The Risk Oversight organization within Global Risk and Compliance (GRC) is responsible for identifying and managing risk across all processes and geographies at American Express.
The Director Enterprise Risk Management UK within the GRC organization is responsible for establishing the second line of defense for the UK market.We are seeking an experienced risk leader to be a part of this exciting journey.The incumbent will lead a team of risk professionals in UK to identify assess measure manage and report risk and strengthen the governance structure for our UK businesses.
How will you make an impact in this role
- Develop risk tolerance limits and establish risk appetite metrics and escalation thresholds for all major risk stripes in accordance with regulatory requirements and risk appetite.
- Identify emerging risks in accordance with the risk appetite program
Establish policies practices and other control mechanisms to manage key enterprise risks Monitor and report on aggregate risk profile initiating appropriate actions to ensure adherence to risk appetite - Ensuring appropriate risk governance through participation at various committees
- Provide oversight of internal control framework and management of risks including outsourcing
- Provide effective challenge through reviews of critical processes
- Maintain and continuously enhance Legal Entity Risk Management Framework
- Ensuring appropriate risk governance through participation at various committees
- Collaborate effectively with GM & CEO Credit and Fraud Risk Compliance GCO Operations Excellence / Control Management Treasury Controllership and other stakeholders in the first line teams to ensure regulatory compliance and manage regulatory relationship and exams for safety & soundness related regulations
- Lead the functional oversight of risk management activities including the oversight of key risktaking activities and core risk controls across UK
- Provide oversight of UK operations through the establishment and ongoing maintenance of an effective enterprise risk management program
Experience and Background:
- 8 years of leadership experience in risk management or a similar role;
- Strong business acumen with a riskreward control perspective;
- Experience in interacting with regulators and familiarity with UKs regulatory landscape and requirements;
- Demonstrated ability to successfully manage multiple priorities under pressure;
- Fluency in English (verbal and written);
- Advanced degree in business economics engineering or a related field is preferred.
- Proven leader who can build inspire and coach a team with a passion for the business;
- Excellent relationship and influence management skills with the ability to build productive relationships across teams and levels of seniority;
- Selfconfident with a strong sense of integrity and the ability and willingness to challenge and be challenged;
- Proactive in identifying issues delivering and escalating key findings and advising on recommended solutions to correct issues or mitigate risks;
- Ability to communicate oversight findings to colleagues business partners and senior leaders;
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic wellbeing. That means we prioritize their physical financial and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:
- Competitive base salaries
- Bonus incentives
- Support for financialwellbeing 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 onsite 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.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
