American Express India | Director-Compliance

Job responsibilities

• The International Special Case and Insider Investigations Director will lead a team of specialized managers and analysts responsible for conducting complex investigations involving Human Trafficking, Arms Proliferation, Trade Based Money laundering, Wildlife Trafficking, Terrorist Financing, and Public Corruption.
• The successful candidate must have excellent investigative, communication, and time management skills, the ability to effectively manage change and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Responsibility to enable the right training and the proper awareness of financial crime environments for all the team members.
• Serve as a subject matter expert, and point of contact for globally dispersed GFCC colleagues, on global financial crime, sector, geopolitical or regulatory issues.
• Coordinate the investigation into insider-related cases.
• Manage a team of leaders and Investigative Analysts responsible for reviewing complex investigations.
• Ensure adherence to legal and regulatory standards as well as internal quality requirements.
• Liaise with MLROs and the US Special Investigations and Insider teams as appropriate.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of work experience as an AML Compliance Manager/Director in a financial services institution with expertise in any of the following areas: BSA-AML compliance, law enforcement, complex AML/CTF/ABC investigations.
• Strong knowledge of global AML/CTF/ABC Regulations (BSA, US PATRIOT Act).
• Experience with direct people leadership and developing top talent.
• Extensive experience in conducting financial crime investigations.
• Deep understanding of criminal typologies associated with a wide array of financial products and services.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Ability to contribute suggestions to enhance systems, methodologies, and process simplification.
• Must display strong analytical and thought leadership by being able to transform ideas to actionable plans.
• Ability to challenge the status quo by removing organizational barriers and influencing without authority.
• Demonstrated success building and scaling investigative teams.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to assess, manage, and drive change.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to influence, gain support, and resolve conflict.
• Strong collaboration and relationship development skills.
• Ability to strategically plan with thought leadership.
• Must be a deadline-driven team player.
• Proven ability to take complex technical information and translate it into clear communications (presentations/memos) for a variety of audiences.
• Experience in building and leading large diverse teams.
• CAMS and/or CFCS Certifications a plus.

American Express

American Express is a global payments company known for its card products, merchant network and travel services. It was founded in New York in 1850.

Its Indian teams work on finance, risk, analytics, operations and technology for markets around the world. Chartered accountants typically join financial analysis, controllership and reporting teams.

• Industry: Payments and financial services
• Headquarters: New York, USA
• In India: Large teams in Gurugram and Bengaluru