American Express

Manager-Compliance: Anti-Money Laundering

Posted On

June 13, 2025

Location

Gurugram, Haryana

Experience Level

Freshers/Experienced

Job Type

Permanent

Apply By

July 6, 2025

Job Description

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.

Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

American Express’s Global Financial Crimes Surveillance Unit (GFCSU) and the US Investigations Unit (USIU), within Global Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC), in partnership provide end-to-end support and oversight of global financial crimes investigations. In conjunction with GFCC partners, the GFCSU and USIU develop and implement automated transaction monitoring rules, reports, and other processes designed to identify activity potentially indicative of criminal behavior. The GFCSU and USIU also investigate potentially suspicious financial activity and, when appropriate, file suspicious activity reports (SARs) with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), which is part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and/or refers matters to internal compliance partners for review and reporting globally. In addition, the GFCSU and USIU manage risk associated with politically exposed persons and persons and entities on core sanctions and risk lists through regular screening, and manage risk associated with improper payments that could be indicative of bribery, corruption, or other illicit activity by reviewing internal American Express payments and expenditures. The GFCSU and USIU together perform a critical role in ensuring that American Express complies with all applicable laws and regulations, including the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the USA PATRIOT Act, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and provides law enforcement with key information for the investigation and prosecution of money laundering and terrorist financing, credit card fraud, identity theft, and other criminal activity.

How will you make an impact in this role?

Develop and maintain adequate and up to date knowledge of the financial crime environment
Develop a team of analysts in the USIU, including providing training and coaching, monitoring team and individual performance, and supporting team dynamics
Work closely with the other GFCC, USIU and MCO leaders to manage change, including building processes, identifying potential process improvements, and implementing solutions
Analyze large quantities of information, identifying trending and opportunities, managing in an ever-changing environment, and transitioning new workflows to the team
Conduct case reviews and investigations to ensure compliance with policies and procedures as well as timeliness of the individual work product
Enable the right training and the proper awareness of the financial crime environment for all team members

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelors/University degree or equivalent experience
6+ years of work experience in a financial services institution or payment institution in any of the following areas is highly preferred: Anti-Money Laundering, Suspicious Activity Reporting, financial crime, KYC, enhanced due diligence, or law enforcement
Serve as a financial crime subject matter expert and point of contact for globally dispersed FIU colleagues
Ability to demonstrate strategic thinking, implement innovation and change, introduce and champion new processes
Experienced people leader, capable of driving performance by coaching and motivating people for success, identifying their strengths and opportunities
Ability to handle sensitive information in a confidential and professional manner
Strives for excellence and willing to take on additional responsibilities to produce outstanding work
Experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Effective communication and excellent writing skills
Ability to influence, gain support, and resolve conflict
A strong candidate will also be able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously; be an enthusiastic self-starter; and deadline-driven team player
Fluent in English (spoken and written) as well as other Asia Pacific language
Proficiency in PowerBI/Tableau tools- Clear understanding on how to transform raw data into actionable insights to create informative and impactful reports and dashboards in Power BI/Tableau.

Preferred Qualifications

CAMS certified or equivalent preferred
Maintains a positive attitude regardless of the circumstances

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

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 opportunities

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.

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.

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