Manager - Control Management

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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.

How will you make an impact in this role?

Global Servicing (GS) is responsible for the company's customer service, credit, and fraud operations serving consumers, commercial clients, and merchants around the world, as well as global consumer travel and lifestyle servicing. GS provides the world's best customer experience every day by building on Amex's 175-year legacy of service excellence, leveraging new technologies and capabilities to drive innovation, and bringing a human touch to each customer interaction.

GS Control Management supports our organization in identifying, assessing, & managing operational risk and supporting customer complaints resolution & privacy rights, to maintain a strong & consistent risk & control culture across GS.

The objective of the GS Control Management Issues, Events & Remediation team is to ensure timely identification, response, and resolution of risk events and issues to minimize impact, as well as to prevent recurrence through effective remediation and lesson learning.

GS is looking for a Manager of Issues, Events & Remediation focused on ensuring control management is embedded in the day-to-day operations of our organization. It will involve extensive collaboration with multiple partners across numerous business units, functional areas, and geographies.

Responsibilities Include:

• Support remediation of issues by influencing BU, who own and execute issue/Operational Risk Event (ORE) remediation
• Facilitate investigation and conduct root cause analysis to address repeated issue types
• Perform quality assurance on documentation of issue/ORE type, urgency, severity/impact (e.g., impact analysis), and investigate as necessary to understand and address the root causes
• Triage the areas of remediation process, including tracking progress, validating resolution efficacy, communicating status updates to stakeholders to embed accountability along the process, collaborating with other Operational Risk Management (ORM) teams as necessary
• Review quality assurance of documentation and maintenance of records of issues/OREs and remediations to ensure transparency and accountability in the issue management process
• Support the End-to-End (E2E) BU issue resolution process, embedding accountability and ensuring lessons learned are integrated into future ORM practices
• Opine on specific control enhancements related to issues
• Engage with key stakeholders, including business unit partners and compliance colleagues, to facilitate effective issue management and resolution
• Review and advise on detailed reports on issue status, trends, and outcomes to senior management and governance committees
• Support sharing insights, better practices, themes, etc. across the enterprise

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3+ Years experience in operational risk management (e.g., within Risk and/or Internal Audit function) Understanding of critical operational risk management lifecycle activities
• Strong project management, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Experience in process governance, with an understanding of processes that align with policies, regulatory frameworks, and/or operational standards
• Proficient analytical and problem-solving skills, with an ability to analyze data, identify trends, and evaluate risk scenarios effectively

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business, Risk Mgmt., or related field; advanced degrees (e.g., MBA, MSc) or certifications are advantageous

• Experience in at least one of the following:

• Scoping, prioritizing, and support remediation of operational issues

• Investigating and conducting root cause analysis to address repeated operational risk issue types
• Performing quality assurance on documentation of operational risk issues and events
• Overseeing BU remediation process for operational risk issues and events
• Reviewing documentation and maintaining records of operational risk issues and events to ensure transparency and accountability
• Supporting and overseeing the BU E2E issue resolution process, embedding accountability and ensuring lessons learned are integrated into future operational risk management practices
• Experience in financial services industry

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Additional Details:

• Location: BGC Corporate Center 2, 5th Avenue corner 30th Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig
• Workplace Flexibility: Full time. Must be amenable to follow a hybrid work arrangement (onsite and work from home)

• Work From Home Requirements:

• Must have at least 25 mbps internet connection plan / speed

• Must have a private & quiet area to work at home
• American Express offers a fantastic and diverse working environment. High performance is rewarded with target driven incentives

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

• 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

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

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the Philippines is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

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