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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 enhance 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.
Overview of the IAG Investigations team
American Express' Internal Audit Group Investigations team plays a critical role in ensuring that American Express complies with the certain requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. As part of that process, the team is responsible for investigating unusual or irregular activities, including suspected and actual cases of internal fraud, Code of Conduct violations and other improprieties. The team is also responsible for the reporting of Whistleblower claims, Significant Ethics Violations, and certain instances of Fraud to the Audit and Compliance Committee of the Board of Directors. We seek professionals that have diverse backgrounds including investigations, Internal Audit, data analytics, technology, internal controls, compliance, operational risk and financial accounting to support investigations globally, across all lines of business and functional areas of American Express.
Key Responsibilities:
Preferred Qualifications
Qualifications
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:
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.
US Job Seekers/Employees - Click here to view the "Know Your Rights" poster and the Pay Transparency Policy Statement.
If the links do not work, please copy and paste the following URLs in a new browser window: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters to access the three posters.
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
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 enhance 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.
Overview of the IAG Investigations team
American Express' Internal Audit Group Investigations team plays a critical role in ensuring that American Express complies with the certain requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. As part of that process, the team is responsible for investigating unusual or irregular activities, including suspected and actual cases of internal fraud, Code of Conduct violations and other improprieties. The team is also responsible for the reporting of Whistleblower claims, Significant Ethics Violations, and certain instances of Fraud to the Audit and Compliance Committee of the Board of Directors. We seek professionals that have diverse backgrounds including investigations, Internal Audit, data analytics, technology, internal controls, compliance, operational risk and financial accounting to support investigations globally, across all lines of business and functional areas of American Express.
Key Responsibilities:
- Production of the monthly metric reporting for ongoing operational investigation activities and key performance drivers
- Production of monthly investigation client and business partner reporting packages for senior leadership across all business units and staff groups
- Production of audit committee, monthly management reports, presentations, and supporting information
- Performance of quality reviews and validating data to ensure Report output
- Support Director and Lead Investigators in conducting investigations and project objectives including gathering and assessing evidence, and conducting fact-finding interviews
- 2+ years MIS/reporting work experience
- College degree in Accounting, Finance, or advanced related field
- Highly proficient MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills
- Proficiency extracting MIS from MS Excel, case management systems, as well as Power BI, Tableau, SQL and other databases
- Strong and effective written and verbal communications, relationship building, planning and organizational skills
- Demonstrated ability to support multiple concurrent activities and interface with management and external / internal teams
- Ability to work independently in a team construct, while supporting teamwork and achievement of team objectives
- Strong analytical, decision-making and collaboration skills
- Ability to support a wide variety of financial and accounting-oriented forensic investigation
Preferred Qualifications
- Investigations Experience a plus
- Fluency in second language
Qualifications
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.
US Job Seekers/Employees - Click here to view the "Know Your Rights" poster and the Pay Transparency Policy Statement.
If the links do not work, please copy and paste the following URLs in a new browser window: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters to access the three posters.
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
