Analyst, UK Chief Risk Officer, Risk Governance

• 3-5 years of leadership experience in risk management, compliance, treasury, controllership, or a similar role;
• Strong analytical skills and business acumen with a risk-reward control perspective; and the ability to balance commercial objectives with sound risk management;

• Strong understanding of UK market regulatory requirements and the payments industry;

• 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);
• Degree in business, economics, engineering, or a related field; professional certifications such as FRM, CFA, are valued;
• Attention to detail and written communication skills
• Experience on administering/supporting ownership of policies is desired

• Excellent relationship and influencing skills with the ability to build productive relationships across teams and levels of seniority; including senior leaders, board of directors, regulators, and stakeholders;
• 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.

• Support ownership of the Risk Governance Framework and the Risk Governance Committee structure;

• Support ownership of the ILE IRM policies and Risk Governance Framework and support localized ILE deployment and execution of AXP 2nd Line frameworks;

• Support ownership of the the Risk Appetite Framework and ensure adherence to ILE Risk Appetite through challenge of Risk Appetite statements, metrics, limits and management action plans;

• Build and maintain relationships with Enterprise teams to ensure that ILE input to Enterprise risk policies and frameworks is sought and reflected;

• Contribute to ensuring that ILE frameworks and policies are embedded and adhered to and that risk is governed in accordance with the ILE Risk Governance Framework;

• Contribute to ensuring the Governance Committees are appropriately structured, staffed and operate in accordance with their Terms of Reference;

• Support successful escalation of risks to BRC, Board and IRMC, and ensure that risks escalated are adequately resolved;

• Support overseeing of remediation of priority issues, OREs, RAPs and MAPs;