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Manager - Global Reengineering

Manager - Global Reengineering

locationPhoenix, AZ, USA
PublishedPublished: 11/14/2024
Full Time

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Global Services Group (GSG) brings together the company’s external and internal servicing functions including the Global Customer and Business Enablement Network (GCBEN) function, which provides exception care to our external customers and many of the vital internal services that make American Express run efficiently.

The KYC / AML Operations Strategy Team within GCBEN provides governance, strategy development, project execution, capabilities enablement and analytical assessment to drive process improvement and establishment of new processes to enable Know your customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) activities within the Global Servicing Group (GSG). We are a critical team that drives the future GSG KYC AML roadmap in a continually evolving space both internally and externally! Colleagues within our team partner strongly with leaders globally, our Financial Crimes Transformation (FCT) partners, line of business compliance, and GSG Operations and Global Strategy and Enablement partners to collaborate in crafting and enabling a strong, sustainable processes and solutions for the organization. This is an exciting and critical role that will help craft the future capabilities of the Global Servicing Group (GSG) Know your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) processes.This position will collaborate with operations, capabilities, Technologies, automation and Global Servicing Enablement teams to design and enable capabilities related opportunities to GSG KYC/AML processes globally.

How will you make an impact in this role?

  • Present opportunities and solutions to business owners and key partners to obtain refine and align various capabilities related process improvement initiatives
  • Build requirements and partner with product owners (POs) to develop user stories
  • Participate in refinement of requirements and acceptance criteria and prioritization discussions in close collaboration with the business, product owners, technologies and AML CoE teams
  • Collaborate with POs and scrum teams to size the required efforts and assess solution options
  • Lead all aspects of operational enablement activities including training, procedure updates, system access, and communications required to implement capabilities related initiatives
  • Provide regular status updates depicting progress, dependencies, removing roadblocks and raising risks/issues to various levels of leadership
  • Facilitate resolution of risks, issues and changes
  • Identify efficiency lifts acquired from various improvements and solutions while collaborating with GCCM, Finance, Strategy, and Operations for appropriate capacity plan adjustments
  • Seek new opportunities within existing processes and collaborate to provide recommendations and solutions
  • Build and maintain positive relationships across the program
  • Apply standardized process improvement and project management methodologies on every initiative
  • Participate in process mapping and brainstorming activities

Minimum Qualifications

  •  3 plus years Project Management and/or Process Optimization experience
  • Strong analytical and process improvement orientated approach
  • Experience in Agile, SAFe, or similar methodologies
  • Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio
  • Excellent articulation with the ability to engage, influence, and encourage partners and customers to drive collaboration and alignment
  • Highly organized - excellent at research, documenting and articulating your findings
  • Loves operating in a fast-paced environment with changing needs
  • A “driver” personality - constantly pushing toward clarity and delivery while balancing the need for extraordinary collaboration
  • Ability to collaborate with partners of all levels to understand their processes and needs
  • Strong sense of personal accountability and established self-starter
Preferred Qualifications
  • Process mapping experience
  • Experience delivering upon regulatory commitments across multiple markets
  • Experience participating in external benchmarking assessments
  • Inbound, Outbound, and/or back-office servicing experience

Salary Range: $80,000.00 to $155,000.00 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.

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  • 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

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