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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.

About the Internal Audit Group at American Express

American Express’ Internal Audit Group (IAG) has reinvented our audit process and is leading the financial services industry with our Audit NextGen, Data-Driven Continuous Auditing, and Auditor of the Future initiatives. Each uniquely support our Winning Aspiration to be a world class internal audit function that:

• Provides data-driven and technology-enabled assurance

• Delivers timely risk insights that are business-aware and forward-looking

• Supports our colleagues with experiences that prepare them to be enterprise leaders

Collectively, IAG’s strategic initiatives, combined with our greatest asset – our people – enable IAG to utilize advanced data analysis capabilities, provide greater and continuous assurance, and help ensure quality products and services are provided to American Express customers.

IAG’s innovative Data-Driven Continuous Auditing approach has led to patent-pending technology assets over our uniquely developed audit methodology and technology enablers.

We are looking for those who share our mission and aspirations and are passionate about the use of data and technology in a collaborative, people-focused environment.

About the Role:

We are looking for a Data Analytics Manager who is eager to harness the power of data to generate meaningful insights and deliver value to the Internal Audit function. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining innovative analytics solutions that enhance audit effectiveness and provide a deeper understanding of business operations.

About the Team:

Our Analytics and Insights team plays a critical role in supporting Internal Audit by developing data-driven solutions that provide deeper insights into business processes. We design and deliver analytics that enable auditors to move beyond surface-level reviews and gain a clearer, fact-based understanding of what is happening within the business. By combining technical expertise with business knowledge, the team helps uncover trends, identify risks, and highlight opportunities for improvement, ultimately strengthening the audit process and driving informed decision-making.

Key Responsibilities:

• Business Understanding: Develop a strong knowledge of the company’s operations, processes, and risk areas to ensure data analysis aligns with Internal Audit objectives.

• Data Extraction & Management: Write and optimize SQL queries to source, clean, and validate data from multiple systems to support audit testing and analysis.

• Data Analysis & Interpretation: Apply analytical techniques to identify trends, anomalies, and potential risk indicators in business data.

• Data Visualization: Design and maintain interactive dashboards and reports to clearly present insights and findings to internal stakeholders.

• Advanced Analytics: Leverage Python and other statistical/analytical tools to perform advanced analytics, including predictive modeling, automation, and anomaly detection.

• Collaboration & Communication: Work closely with audit teams and business partners to translate business questions into data-driven solutions and communicate findings in a clear, actionable manner.

• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to enhance audit processes through innovative use of data analytics and automation.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3 years of professional experience in data analytics, business intelligence, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• SQL Expertise: Proven hands-on experience writing, optimizing, and validating SQL queries for data extraction, transformation, and analysis.

• Advanced Analytics: Practical experience using Python or R to perform advanced analytics, including statistical modeling, automation, and predictive techniques.

• Data Visualization: Proficiency in building and maintaining dashboards using Tableau, Power BI, or other enterprise-grade data visualization tools.

• Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex data insights to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Project Management: Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritize effectively, and deliver high-quality results under tight deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of statistical and data mining techniques, relational databases, and programming languages within a Big Data environment.

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Analytics, Statistics, Operations Research, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.

• Experience applying analytics in support of audit, risk management, or financial services is a plus.

• Familiarity with the Agile development life cycle and ability to work effectively within iterative, collaborative project frameworks

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3 years of professional experience in data analytics, business intelligence, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• SQL Expertise: Proven hands-on experience writing, optimizing, and validating SQL queries for data extraction, transformation, and analysis.

• Advanced Analytics: Practical experience using Python or R to perform advanced analytics, including statistical modeling, automation, and predictive techniques.

• Data Visualization: Proficiency in building and maintaining dashboards using Tableau, Power BI, or other enterprise-grade data visualization tools.

• Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex data insights to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Project Management: Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritize effectively, and deliver high-quality results under tight deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of statistical and data mining techniques, relational databases, and programming languages within a Big Data environment.

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Analytics, Statistics, Operations Research, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.

• Experience applying analytics in support of audit, risk management, or financial services is a plus.

• Familiarity with the Agile development life cycle and ability to work effectively within iterative, collaborative project frameworks.

Qualifications

Salary Range: $90,000.00 to $165,000.00 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 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: Internal Audit

Primary Location: US-Utah-Sandy

Other Locations: US-Arizona-Phoenix, US-New York-New York

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 25016022