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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. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.

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.

How will you make an impact in this role?

The Global Sanctions Policy, Procedure & Project Management Analyst supports the governance, execution, and continuous enhancement of the Enterprise Sanctions and PEP/Risk framework within the Policy, Procedure & Project Management pillar. The role is responsible for maintaining and updating Enterprise Sanctions and PEP/Risk Standards, ensuring alignment across business lines and global markets, and overseeing the review and approval of Line of Business and Market procedures to promote consistency with enterprise requirements and evolving regulatory expectations.

This position manages sanctions-related documentation and data governance, including version control, record retention, and maintenance of internal knowledge resources, while building and enhancing documentation of sanctions and PEP/Risk screening activities. The analyst monitors international sanctions developments and enforcement actions, provides regulatory impact summaries, and partners with Legal, Compliance, Technology, Control Management, GCO, and regional stakeholders to support cross-border risk alignment.

The role also supports project management and strategic initiatives across the Global Sanctions program, coordinating timelines, tracking progress, and delivering synthesized reporting to leadership. In addition, the analyst develops and delivers sanctions and PEP-related training, updates materials to reflect policy and regulatory changes, and supports best practices in screening and alert adjudication. The position further serves as a central coordination point for sanctions-related audit and regulatory exam activities, ensuring timely, accurate, and well-documented responses that reinforce strong governance and effective risk mitigation across the enterprise.

We are seeking a detail-oriented and highly organized analyst to support international sanctions program execution within the Policy, Procedure, and Project Management pillar. This role is ideal for someone with a global mindset who excels in collaboration, communication, and cross-regional alignment. The analyst will help coordinate with regional teams, review and maintain procedure documentation, and monitor global sanctions developments to ensure our framework supports evolving international requirements. Strong analytical and organizational skills are essential, along with the ability to manage global communications and procedural consistency.

This is a hybrid position and cannot be performed remotely.

This role may also support other responsibilities and functions within the Global Sanctions team as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

• 2 years of experience in international compliance, risk, or legal support

• Ability to work across jurisdictions and time zones

• Strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in sanctions enforcement tracking or international regulatory compliance

• Ability to synthesize complex international regulations and present key impacts

• Knowledge of current global sanctions regimes

Qualifications

Salary Range: $65,500.00 to $102,500.00 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 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

• 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. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

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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Job: Compliance

Primary Location: US-Arizona-Phoenix

Other Locations: US-North Carolina-Charlotte, US-Utah-Sandy, US-New York-New York, US-Florida-Sunrise

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 26004943