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American Express’ Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) is responsible for the end-to-end suspicious activity reporting process, which entails monitoring for, investigating, and, when appropriate, reporting suspicious activity. As part of this process, the FIU develops and implements automated transaction monitoring rules, reports, and other processes designed to identify activity potentially indicative of criminal behavior; investigates potentially suspicious financial activity; and, when appropriate, files suspicious activity reports (SARs) with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and/or refers matters to our compliance partners for review and reporting globally.
The FIU performs a critical role in ensuring that American Express complies with the Bank Secrecy and USA PATRIOT Acts 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. This position will report to the Vice President of Program Management within the FIU. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the FIU’s Regulatory Examination and Audit Management team.
Job responsibilities:
Overseeing the day-to-day coordination and correspondence regarding regulatory examination and audit requests and findings pertaining to the FIU
Assisting with the management of international market regulatory examinations and audits
Assisting with drafting and reviewing examination and audit response documentation
Coordinating with other teams within the FIU and Global Financial Crimes Compliance in order to ensure the timeliness, completeness, and accuracy of responses to all regulatory and audit requests and findings
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
Qualifications
5+ years of work experience in any of the following areas: BSA-AML compliance, financial regulatory or audit compliance; complex investigations, legal
Must have excellent editing and writing skills
An understanding of FinCEN reporting requirements and guidance
Strong attention to detail and demonstrated leadership abilities
Proven analytical and problem-solving skills, strong communication skills, and strong computer and internet research skills
An ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
A willingness to be a deadline-driven team player
Bachelors degree required
Masters or JD preferred
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American Express’ Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) is responsible for the end-to-end suspicious activity reporting process, which entails monitoring for, investigating, and, when appropriate, reporting suspicious activity. As part of this process, the FIU develops and implements automated transaction monitoring rules, reports, and other processes designed to identify activity potentially indicative of criminal behavior; investigates potentially suspicious financial activity; and, when appropriate, files suspicious activity reports (SARs) with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and/or refers matters to our compliance partners for review and reporting globally.
Job responsibilities:
Overseeing the day-to-day coordination and correspondence regarding regulatory examination and audit requests and findings pertaining to the FIU
Assisting with the management of international market regulatory examinations and audits
Assisting with drafting and reviewing examination and audit response documentation
Coordinating with other teams within the FIU and Global Financial Crimes Compliance in order to ensure the timeliness, completeness, and accuracy of responses to all regulatory and audit requests and findings
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
Qualifications
5+ years of work experience in any of the following areas: BSA-AML compliance, financial regulatory or audit compliance; complex investigations, legal
Must have excellent editing and writing skills
An understanding of FinCEN reporting requirements and guidance
Strong attention to detail and demonstrated leadership abilities
Proven analytical and problem-solving skills, strong communication skills, and strong computer and internet research skills
An ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
A willingness to be a deadline-driven team player
Bachelors degree required
Masters or JD preferred
Pass it on for Referral Bonus. Not the right role for you, but know someone we should meet? Share with him to earn $1,000 referral bonus.
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