Analyst, Ops Risk

• 3-5 years of experience in risk management or a similar role;
• Strong business acumen with a risk-reward control perspective;
• Experience in interacting with regulators and familiarity with UK’s regulatory landscape and requirements;
• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage multiple priorities under pressure;
• Fluency in English (verbal and written);
• Advanced degree in business, economics, engineering, or a related field is preferred.

People Skills:

• Excellent relationship and influencing skills with the ability to build productive relationships across teams and levels of seniority;
• Self-confident with a strong sense of integrity and the ability and willingness to challenge and be challenged;
• Proactive in identifying issues, delivering and escalating key findings, and advising on recommended solutions to correct issues or mitigate risks;
• Ability to communicate oversight findings to colleagues, business partners, and senior leaders;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

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

• Participate in the Risk Appetite Framework (RAF) refresh process and seek to align International Legal Entities (ILE) Ops Risk metrics with Enterprise (as far as possible)
• Provide Ops Risk credible challenge to Legal Entity (LE) projects, strategies and in the Change Advisory Forums.
• Understand and speak to the Ops Risk profile of the LE based on aggregation of data and reporting
• Act as the point of contact for Ops Risk for regulators, Audit and local Leadership, and requests for Ops Risk program/results requests
• LE specific committee Ops Risk representative, and point of contact for Ops Risk at LE board meetings (as required)
• Own ILE Ops Risk policies and frameworks, where required
• Influence Enterprise Ops Risk Framework/Policies/Programs to ensure they are fit for purpose for ILE, and support ILE deployment of Enterprise Ops Risk programs
• Advise the business on applicability and effective execution of Ops Risk frameworks
• Coordinate with Enterprise Risk Lead on 2nd Line testing, and/or support ILE Risk Type testing & provide output of ILE testing to Enterprise for awareness and risk aggregation
• Ensure appropriate communication of risks between the ILE and Enterprise
• Support the ILE Chief Risk Officer (CRO) in their oversight duties aligned to the Risk Governance Framework and applicable policies
• Review issues and findings related to risk type impacting ILE, and oversee effective remediation
• 2nd Line of Defense ILE oversight lead for Regulatory Change Managements relating to Ops Risk.
• Work with the Enterprise team to develop the LE metrics dashboard, including RAF metrics, aligned with applicable regulations
• With the reporting team, produce an LE Operational Risk Management dashboard including events, issues etc. to analyse the operational risk profile

• 3-5 years of experience in risk management or a similar role;
• Strong business acumen with a risk-reward control perspective;
• Experience in interacting with regulators and familiarity with UK's regulatory landscape and requirements;
• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage multiple priorities under pressure;
• Fluency in English (verbal and written);
• Advanced degree in business, economics, engineering, or a related field is preferred.

People Skills:

• Excellent relationship and influencing skills with the ability to build productive relationships across teams and levels of seniority;
• Self-confident with a strong sense of integrity and the ability and willingness to challenge and be challenged;
• Proactive in identifying issues, delivering and escalating key findings, and advising on recommended solutions to correct issues or mitigate risks;
• Ability to communicate oversight findings to colleagues, business partners, and senior leaders;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

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