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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.

How will you make an impact in this role?

Our industry is rapidly evolving, and we need courageous, quick thinkers who can shape how the company ensure an adequate control environment that lead our business forward. Whether it’s working with business units and departments to conduct independent process, financial, compliance and technology audits and help the Board of Directors fulfill its governance responsibilities; you can influence how to protect the Company through the evolving regulatory environment. As part of the team, you can have the opportunity to learn and use the latest data tools and technologies and explore a range of roles to grow your career. Find your place in Internal Audit Group on #TeamAmex.

• Assist team leaders and Senior Managers/ Managers in the execution of assigned integrated third party audit tasks in line with IAG methodology, budgets and deadlines for all phases of the audit including planning, fieldwork, reporting and wrap-up.
• Self-starter along with passion for continuous Innovation with a view to drive organizational improvements and impacts.
• Has the ability to work with unstructured tasks/ risk pillar and provide a structured output.
• Interview client personnel of all levels to document, understand, and assess relevant third party risks and controls.
• Assist in the management of routine client status meetings, audit requests, and other administrative tasks.
• Assist in the documentation and evaluation of audit observations and findings and subsequent validation of management’s actions taken to address such findings.
• Work on simultaneous integrated third party audit projects for different audit leaders.
• Develop and document ideas for analytical control testing to expand the breadth and depth of audit coverage.
• Develop familiarity with third party risk across all lines of businesses, globally.
• Utilize department and company tools in a proficient manner.
• Maintain internal audit competency through ongoing professional development.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor of Art/Science or equivalent degree
• Demonstrated experience and competency in the assessment of risks and controls.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated integrity, innovation, teamwork, and excellence.
• Has the ability to apply a reflexive mindset.
• Ability to break-down a complex problem into components, solve them by potentially using data analysis, process knowledge and risk/control knowledge, and communicate data analysis, issues and control recommendations with transparency and integrity.
• Excellent storytelling and visualization skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Accounting, or another related field is preferred;
• Relevant audit and compliance professional certifications are preferred Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), etc;
• Interest in working with data, interpreting results, analytic best practices and experience with data analytics tools and data visualization is a plus
• Experience in third party risk is preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Tableau, Microsoft Access, SQL, Power BI, Python, SAS, Hive and/or Spark is a plus.

Salary Range: $55,000.00 to $105,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We 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
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
• 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 opportunities

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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