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At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact - every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.  

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Our International Card Services Risk & Control (ICS R&C) team is expanding, and we are seeking a proactive and driven project manager to join us! At ICS R&C, we ensure our businesses thrive with a robust first line of defense while meeting growth objectives and demonstrating an effective control framework. Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together. 

Regulatory reporting in Europe remains a significant challenge for payment institutions as regulators scrutiny continues increasing. This is a new position to bolster the recently created Legal Entity Regulatory Reporting team, which has the responsibility to oversee the successful delivery of all regulatory reporting obligations in scope. As manager, you will oversee the governance, delivery, and compliance of regulatory reporting obligations across Europe, with a focus on France Legal Entities. This role is critical to ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements, enhancing risk management, and fostering collaboration across local and enterprise stakeholders.

How will you make an impact in this role?

Serve as the central point of contact for France´s regulatory reporting, liaising with the central governance team to ensure obligations are allocated to the correct teams with clear roles & responsibilities. Act as point of escalation for the broader regulatory reporting program in Europe, when appropriate. Lead the management, oversight and delivery of new regulatory reporting obligations. Implement and maintain the governance framework to monitor risks associated with reporting obligations. Partner with compliance, legal, technologies and data teams to ensure end-to-end oversight of new requirements, validating reports meet regulatory standards. Support delivery teams in producing and submitting reports, while highlighting opportunities and championing change initiatives to reduce risk and enhance controls.  Document reporting requirements and contribute to creating Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for priority obligations. Establish robust monitoring, testing, and data quality controls.

Minimum Qualifications:

Proven experience in Compliance, Operational Risk, Regulatory projects or a related control function within Financial Services (Issuing or Acquiring businesses). Knowledge of EU and country-specific financial regulations is a strong advantage. Self-starter with exceptional project and stakeholder management skills, capable of driving programs forward with minimal supervision. Creative and highly collaborative approach to solving problems, action oriented to facilitate closure of open points, with the ability to challenge the status quo. Able to set and influence priorities to achieve goals and adapt quickly to changing circumstances and multiple demands.  Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, able to source, interpret, and leverage data in a meaningful way to support decision making.  Outstanding verbal and written communicator, able to craft messages that clearly and succinctly communicate key points to diverse audiences. Experience at Risk Committees and Board level presentations would be an advantage.  A growth mindset and a positive attitude are key to join the team! 

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 basic and variable salaries with the opportunity to share in the company's success Health Insurance*: Company paid medical insurance Free therapy with licensed Healthy Minds counselors for you and your household members, access to virtual counseling, grief and loss support, group drop-in sessions, and mental health trainings Work onsite, in a hybrid model or fully virtual**with Amex Flex, our new working model Free telehealth services available 24/7 with a team of doctors, psychologists, and nutritionists Corporate wellness program focused on promoting good physical and mental well-being Innovative learning experiences that enable you to build new skills, reach your career goals and develop as leaders at all levels Childcare support

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