Sr Associate - Issues, Events & Remediation Enterprise Platforms

Job Description

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared 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, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to gain experience 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

As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers digital lives. Here, you can collaborate with talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems. American Express offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source. And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time toinvestin your professional development. Find your place in technology on #TeamAmex.

Theobjectiveof theEnterprise Technology Services (ETS)Control & Compliance, Issues, Events & Remediation team is to ensuretimelyidentification, response, and resolution of risk events and issues to minimize impact, as well as to prevent recurrence through effective remediation and lesson learning.

ETS Control & Compliance is looking for a SeniorAssociateIssues, Events & Remediation, who will be part of the team responsible for the Enterprise Platforms & Technology Business Management (EP & TBM) portfolio, focused on ensuring control management is embedded in the day-to-day operations of our organization. It will involve extensive collaboration with multiple partners acrossnumerousbusiness units, functional areas, and geographies.

TheSeniorAssociateIssues, Events & Remediationwill:

• Collaborate on investigation and conduct root cause analysis to address repeated issue types.

• Perform quality assurance on documentation ofcertainissues/ORE type, urgency, severity/impact (e.g., impact analysis)

• Supportportions of the remediation process, these may include:

• Tracking progress

• Validating resolution efficacy and

• Communicating status updates to stakeholders

• Perform quality assurance on documentationandmaintenance ofrecords ofspecificissues/OREs and remediations to ensure transparency and accountability in the issue management process.

• Identifytrends in issues and events toidentifypotential systemic risks or control weaknesses within BU processes.

• Supportportions ofthe End-to-End (E2E)BUissue resolution process.

• Perform sample testing of specific issues to ensure resolution is complete and effective.

• Analyze data toassistin preparation of detailed reports on issue status, trends, and outcomes.

• Support sharing insights, better practices, themes, etc. across the enterprise.

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ Years experience in operational risk management (e.g., within Risk and/or Internal Audit function) Understanding of critical operational risk management lifecycle activities.

• Project management, communication, and interpersonal skills

• Experience in process governance, with an understanding of processes that align with policies, regulatory frameworks, and/or operational standards.

• Sound analytical and critical thinking skills, with an ability to analyze data,identifytrends, and evaluate risk scenarios effectively.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, Business, Risk Mgmt., or related field advanced degrees (e.g., MBA, MSc) or certifications areadvantageous.

• Experience in at least one of the following:

• Scoping, prioritizing, and support remediation of operational issues

• Experience investigating and conducting root cause analysis to address repeated operational risk issue types.

• Facilitating quality assurance on documentationof operational risk issues and events

• Recommendation ofremediation process for operational risk issues and events

• Performing Quality Assurance of documentation andmaintainingrecords of operational risk issues and events to ensure transparency and accountability

• Supporting theBU E2E issue resolution process

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

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.