American Express India | Senior Analyst-Control Management

Responsibilities

• The USCS team is focused on making membership an indisputable competitive advantage and helping each other become better leaders every day.
• The objective of the US Consumer Services Control Management Specialized Risk Management team is to provide subject matter expertise on specific Operational Risk topics to ensure the BU is equipped with in-depth knowledge of risk-stripes to manage and mitigate these risks effectively; supports the BU with expert guidance for topical Operational Risk intelligence.
• Act as a trusted advisor to USCS business teams by providing practical, risk-based guidance on policy requirements, third-party risk assessments, control gaps, and remediation strategies while balancing business priorities.
• Drive third-party inventory completeness, data accuracy, policy compliance, and proactive identification, escalation, and remediation of third-party risks, issues, and policy deviations.
• Collaborate with process owners and Control Management teams to strengthen control frameworks, monitor remediation plans, and ensure alignment with enterprise risk management standards.
• Develop and maintain TLM and RCSA dashboards, key risk indicators, governance reports, and management updates to track risk exposure, assessment milestones, overdue deliverables, and remediation progress.
• Drive process improvements, automation, stakeholder awareness, and training initiatives to enhance TLM governance, operational efficiency, and overall risk and control management effectiveness.
• Lead and oversee end-to-end Third-Party Lifecycle Management (TLM) activities across USCS, including onboarding, risk assessments, ongoing monitoring, renewals, and offboarding, ensuring adherence to AXP policies (AEMP 10 and AEMP 54) and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with business stakeholders, Third-Party Risk and Relationship Managers (TRMs), Compliance, Information Security, and functional teams to drive timely completion of TLM deliverables, strengthen risk governance, and protect business control and compliance ratings.
• Support Risk & Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) activities, including identification and assessment of operational risks, evaluation of control effectiveness, risk-control mapping, and identification of control gaps across business processes.

Qualifications

• Experience in Operational Excellence/Control Management, Compliance, Internal Audit, Operational Risk or a related discipline would be given preference.
• Project management, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience in process governance, establishing and overseeing robust decision-making processes that align with policies, regulatory frameworks, and/or operational standards.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, with an ability to analyze data, identify trends, and evaluate risk scenarios effectively.
• Good hands-on experience on MS-Excel & PowerPoint.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business, Risk Mgmt., or related field; advanced degrees (e.g., MBA, MSc) or certifications are advantageous.
• Proven track record of strong Stake Holder management with partners from different domains.
• Excellent problem-solving skills (issue identification, problem structuring, analysis, development of recommendations).
• Strong verbal & written communication skills, the ability to interact effectively with cross functional teams.
• Demonstrated analytical skills include the ability to think through all aspects of problems and generate possible courses of action.
• Proven ability to adjust quickly to shifting priorities, multiple demands, ambiguity and rapid change.
• Strong work ethic with an intense will-to-win and demonstrated personal excellence.

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