DescriptionYou Lead the Way.
We've Got Your Back.With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways.
When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other.
Here, you'll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that's unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.At American Express, you'll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company's success.
Together, we'll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world's best customer experience every day.
And we'll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.IAG is a worldwide function with 200+ team members and offices across nine countries within American Express.
We are committed to growing our audit staff significantly as we continue to expand and improve the Internal Audit Group.
Our assurance and risk professionals have diverse backgrounds including internal controls, consumer compliance, technology, operational risk, financial accounting, data analytics, and banking operations.
Most IAG team members hold at least one professional certification.
Our audit teams align to key risk areas and business units to ensure IAG can provide comprehensive and risk-based audit coverage.
In addition, IAG has a Professional Practices group responsible for managing audit operations, quality, and standards; regulatory relations; reporting; training and professional development; and key internal capabilities and technologies.How will you make an impact in this role?Implement the internal audit process, including all requirements for audit planning, execution, report writing and discussions with partners on any potential audit findings.Effectively challenge the First- and Second-line Management to ensure that the key governance, risk management and internal control processes are adequately designed and operating effectively.Remain current on key regulations across EMEA and changes within the industry that may impact audit coverage/audit plan.
Complete continuous business monitoring with an external perspective and an enterprise approach.
Validate management's corrective actions to address audit findings and regulatory gaps.
This involves reviewing applicable regulatory requirements, assessing/confirming compliance gaps, and evaluating management's remediation activities to confirm that the regulatory requirements are effectively and sustainably addressed.Develop ideas and implement data analytics in support of the department's NextGen initiative.Develop effective partner relationships and have a solid understanding of the Company's business model, its products, services, and organizational units.
Identify and calibrate the primary sources of risk and design effective audit test plan to assess the control environment.
Lead meetings with internal and external collaborators.Effectively coach and mentor less experienced colleagues and co-sourced resources in geographically diverse locations across all aspects of their role, the audit and analytic lifecycle, audit methodology, standard processes, and banking concepts and products (including associated risks and controls).Minimum QualificationsBachelor's degree in accounting, economics, or finance.
8+ years of relevant work experience in internal control and risk management, ideally in the internal audit department in the financial sector.Experience validating internal controls and deep understanding of risk assessment concepts to assess and challenge the existing controls framework supporting the management of liquidity risk.Strong written and verbal communication skills that deliver quality, actionable and impactful feedback to management on potential control issues and solutions to close gaps.
Proven track record to work independently and to lead team members in a way that encourages, develops, and delivers results.Effective project management skills, the ability to manage competing priorities and employ creative thinking to lead and manage multiple projects.Experience with data analytic tools, data visualization, key risk indicators (KRIs), key performance indicators (KPIs), and scorecards/dashboards.
Ability to break-down a complex problem into components, solve them using data analysis, process knowledge and risk/control knowledge, and communicate data analysis, issues and control recommendations with transparency and integrity.Strong written and verbal communication skills - both in Italian and English - that deliver quality, actionable and impactful feedback to management on potential control issues and solutions to close gaps.Preferred Qualifications CIA, CISA or CAMS certifications.Background in information systems, data analytics or information technology.Experience interacting with European regulatory examiners.QualificationsWe back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being.
That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life.
Benefits include: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 opportunitiesOffer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.Job Field: Internal AuditSchedule: Full-time
