Analyst-Compliance GFCSU

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.

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. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service we operate with a strong risk mindset ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust security and service.

As part of Team Amex youll experience our 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 will you make an impact in this role

American Expresss Global Financial Crimes Surveillance Unit (GFCSU) and the US Investigations Unit (USIU) within Global Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC) in partnership provide end-to-end support and oversight of global financial crimes conjunction with GFCC partners the GFCSU and USIU develop and implement automated transaction monitoring rules reports and other processes designed to identify activity potentially indicative of criminal behaviour.

The GFCSU and USIU also investigate potentially suspicious financial activity and when appropriate file suspicious activity reports (SARs) with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) which is part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and/or refers matters to internal compliance partners for review and reporting addition the GFCSU and USIU manage risk associated with politically exposed persons and persons and entities on core sanctions and risk lists through regular screening and manage risk associated with improper payments that could be indicative of bribery corruption or other illicit activity by reviewing internal American Express payments and expenditures.

The GFCSU and USIU together perform a critical role in ensuring that American Express complies with all applicable laws and regulations including the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) the USA PATRIOT Act and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and provides law enforcement with key information for the investigation and prosecution of money laundering and terrorist financing credit card fraud identity theft and other criminal activity.

The successful candidate will work in our hub in Madrid (Spain) to mitigate risk to the American Express enterprise through research and analysis of financial activity for suspicious patterns along with the review of records. Candidates must be flexible and willing to change responsibilities to meet business needs should be comfortable reading and reviewing records from EMEA jurisdictions and be able to work with various teams across American Express including international Market Compliance Officers line of business representatives and project teams among others.

Responsibilities include:

• Conduct time-sensitive meticulous financial crime investigations analyzing each instance of potential suspicious financial activity across multiple jurisdictions and countries utilizing a wide variety of research and analyticaltools.
• Demonstrate a keen attention to detail in investigation analysis andwriting.
• Produce well-written reports detailing and analyzing potentially suspiciousactivity.
• Review other analysts investigations and provide constructive feedback.
• Ability to pivot smoothly between the different GFCSU workflows: AML EDD Screening and Anti-Corruption.
• Meet performance expectations: productivity and quality goals.
• Compliance with SLAs.
• Assist with additional projects to aid the Investigationsteam.
• To develop and maintain an adequate knowledge of the financial crimeenvironment.
• Build strong relationships with strategic partners across to ensure effective coordination ofinvestigations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A minimum of two years of experience in one of the following areas is mandatory: AML compliance transaction monitoring sanction screening EDD regulatory compliance law enforcement fraud investigations and other financial crime investigations
• Fluencyin English (spoken and written).
• Microsoft Excel proficiency.
• Proficiency in researching information for businessrelated purposes.
• Proven ability to work with and analyze large amounts of data in order to report critical information.
• Effective communication and excellent writing skills.
• High level of professionalism self-motivation and sense of urgency.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of other EMEA languages would bea plus.
• Knowledge of AML legislation and specific financial crime sector and geopolitical issues.
• Certification in Compliance AML or Financial Crime related fields.
• Experience working in KYC Transaction monitoring Sanctions or EDD departments
• Highly preferred bachelors degree (or equivalent). Ideally in one of the following or similar fields of study: Law Justice Studies Criminology Business Administration Finance Economics Accounting or Government & Public Services
• LegalTech skills management of databases AI Blockchain platforms

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in Spain is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.