About this role
Job Description
The Global Financial Crimes Surveillance Unit (GFCSU), within Global Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC), is responsible for the strategic oversight and execution of American Express's financial crime surveillance program. Leveraging risk-based monitoring, advanced analytics, and innovative detection capabilities, GFCSU identifies, assesses, and mitigates financial crime risk across the enterprise. In close partnership with the US Investigations Unit (USIU) and other GFCC teams, GFCSU strengthens the Company's financial crime risk management framework, supports regulatory reporting obligations, and helps ensure compliance with global anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions, and other applicable financial crime regulations.
Responsibilities
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Strategic Leadership & Organizational Oversight
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Provide strategic leadership for the Global Financial Crimes Surveillance Unit, establishing the vision, operating model, and long-term roadmap for enterprise financial crime surveillance and investigative operations.
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Shape and execute strategies that strengthen the Company's ability to detect, assess, and mitigate evolving financial crime risks while aligning with enterprise priorities, regulatory expectations, and risk appetite.
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Lead through leaders by building and developing a high-performing leadership team, fostering an inclusive, accountable, and high-performi