Compliance Analyst

About American Express Global Risk & Compliance

The Global Risk & Compliance (GRC) organization serves as American Express’ independent risk management function. GRC maintains the enterprise risk framework, provides oversight and challenge, and monitors key risks. By embedding risk discipline into strategy and operations, GRC enables responsible growth, innovation, and long-term value creation while protecting customers and shareholders.

About Global Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC)

The American Express Global Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC) function provides second-line policy, framework, oversight, and control solutions to meet the Company’s legal, regulatory, and risk management mandates in connection with Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter Terrorism Financing (CTF), Sanctions, and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC). The GFCC portfolio comprises all aspects of the Company’s first and second-line financial crime risk management (FCRM) activities, including all lines of businesses in the United States and both proprietary and non-proprietary global markets.

Role Overview

Reporting to the Manager, GFCC Policy, Standards and Procedures, the Analyst / Senior Analyst – Financial Crimes Compliance Policy, Standards & Procedures supports the development, maintenance, and governance of Financial Crimes Compliance (FCC) policies, standards, and procedures enterprise-wide. This role helps ensure documentation accurately reflects enterprise risk frameworks and operational processes related to Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Sanctions Compliance, Anti-Bribery and Corruption, and other financial crimes risk areas. The role partners with FCC teams, Legal, and business stakeholders to maintain high-quality governance documentation and ensure policies and procedures are clear, consistent, and aligned with regulatory obligations.

Responsibilities

Policy Documentation & Maintenance

• Assist in drafting, updating, and maintaining FCC policies, standards, and procedures.
• Ensure documentation is aligned with enterprise policy governance standards and internal control frameworks.
• Support periodic reviews and updates of FCC documentation to ensure accuracy and regulatory alignment.

Governance Support

• Maintain policy inventories and track review cycles to ensure documentation remains current.
• Support the policy approval and governance process, including coordinating stakeholder reviews and feedback.
• Assist in maintaining centralized documentation repositories and version control.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work with FCC subject matter experts and cross-functional partners to gather information required for policy updates.
• Support business partners with questions related to policy documentation and procedural clarity.
• Facilitate coordination across teams during policy and standards refresh or update initiatives.

Audit & Regulatory Support

• Assist with preparing documentation and materials for internal audits, regulatory exams, and compliance reviews.
• Support remediation activities related to policy or documentation findings.
• Maintain records of policy approvals, updates, and governance documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Compliance, Risk Management, or a related field.
• 2–4 years of experience in Financial Crimes Compliance, AML/BSA compliance, risk management, or policy governance within financial services.
• Strong written communication and documentation skills.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to analyze regulatory guidance and translate requirements into clear documentation.

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

Key skills/competency

Compliance, Financial Crimes, AML, Policy Development, Risk Management, Documentation, Governance, Regulatory Affairs, Stakeholder Management, Audit Support.