Manager – Compliance, Data Support & Intelligence

• Provide data querying and analytical support to analysts conducting time-sensitive financial crime investigations
• Triage urgent investigative requests, assess data needs, and prioritize work based on risk, deadlines, and stakeholder impact
• Construct and run advanced queries against transaction and customer data to identify patterns, anomalies, networks, and potential suspicious activity
• Respond to ad hoc data pull requests supporting business and compliance efforts
• Maintain clean code and documentation to improve response times, consistency, and alignment
• Represent the team in design conversations with Operations Enablement and other stakeholders
• Translate data and investigative expertise into effective improvements to production systems

• 6+ years of work experience in data-centric roles at a financial institution in Anti-Money Laundering/Suspicious Activity Reporting, Cyber Security, Fraud Investigations, or Law Enforcement support
• 3+ years of demonstrated experience using SQL
• Ability to communicate findings clearly and quickly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to handle sensitive information confidentially and professionally
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and collaborate with stakeholders outside direct reporting lines
• Bachelor’s degree
• Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States; the company will not pursue visa sponsorship
• Master’s degree or other advanced degree preferred
• CAMS certification or equivalent preferred
• 3+ years of statistical programming experience using Python preferred
• Excellent analytical skills and understanding of statistics, data mining, and network-analysis techniques preferred

Demonstrates expertise in data querying and analysis within financial crime investigations, utilizing SQL and Python for advanced data manipulation and statistical programming. Capable of effectively communicating findings to diverse stakeholders while maintaining confidentiality and managing multiple projects.

• SQL
• Python
• Data Analysis
• CAMS Certification
• Anti-Money Laundering

• Data Querying
• Statistical Programming
• Data Mining
• Network Analysis
• Advanced Query Construction

• Clear Communication
• Project Management
• Collaboration
• Confidentiality
• Analytical Skills

• CAMS Certification

• Financial Crime Investigations
• Fraud Investigations
• Suspicious Activity Reporting
• Cyber Security
• Law Enforcement Support