Senior Auditor

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About the Internal Audit Group at American Express

Our Internal Audit Group is a worldwide function with 300+ team members and offices across nine countries within American Express. Our mission is to protect and enhance organizational value by providing independent, objective, risk-based assurance, advisory services and to influence the way the company manages risk.

We are committed to growing our audit staff significantly as we continue to expand and enhance the Internal Audit Group. Our assurance and risk professionals have diverse backgrounds including internal controls, consumer compliance, technology, operational risk, financial accounting, data analytics, and banking operations. Our audit teams align to key risk areas and business units to ensure IAG can provide comprehensive and risk-based audit coverage. In addition, IAG has a Professional Practices group responsible for managing audit operations, quality, and standards; regulatory relations; reporting; training and professional development; and key internal capabilities and technologies.

About the Role:

We are seeking a Senior Auditor who is passionate about advancing and growing our audit coverage across the Global Merchant and Network Services (GMNS) audit portfolio. In this role, you will support a team of experienced auditor in providing audit coverage across the Company s merchant and network-related business.

About the Team:

Global Merchant and Network Services (GMNS), operates a global payments network that processes and settles card transactions, acquires merchants and provides multi-channel marketing programs and capabilities, services and data analytics, leveraging the Company s global integrated network. GMNS manages the Company s partnership relationships with third-party card issuers (including our network partnership agreements in China), merchant acquirers and a prepaid reloadable and gift card program manager, licensing the American Express brand and extending the reach of the global network. The GMNS Audit team within IAG is responsible for conducting risk-based assurance and advisory reviews of GMNS.

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate as a key team member on audit projects to document processes under review, execute audit tests competently in accordance with policies and procedures
• Collaborate with audit teams to understand the data behind key processes, risk and controls to develop analytic control tests and analyze and interpret their results
• Proficient use of automated work papers, analytics and other department and company tools
• Perform root cause analysis on identified control gaps
• Validate that actions taken by management to address findings are appropriate and document the results
• Maintain audit proficiency through ongoing professional development including data literacy skills
• Assist team leaders, senior managers, and managers in accomplishing audit objectives in a team environment
• Effectively coach, teach, mentor and develop peers, junior colleagues and co-sourced resources in geographically diverse locations across all aspects of their role, the audit and analytic lifecycle, and audit methodology
• Summarize and communicate results and recommendations to close identified control gaps

Minimum Qualifications:

• 2+ years of relevant audit experience
• BA, BS, or equivalent degree in accounting, data analytics, information technology, or finance related field
• Ability to break down a complex problem into components, solve them using data analysis, process knowledge and risk/control knowledge, and communicate data analysis, issues and control recommendations with transparency and integrity
• Strong written and verbal communication skills that deliver quality, actionable and beneficial feedback to management on potential control issues and solutions to close gaps
• Knowledge and experience in the application of control theory and professional auditing practices including the audit lifecycle
• Effectively works independently, within a team and across teams in a fast-paced environment to drive business results, utilizing related project management skills, employing creative thinking, and the ability to work on competing priorities

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of relevant audit experience
• Financial services industry experience and an understanding of related products, services, features, economics and key regulations
• Understanding of regulatory, accounting, and financial industry best practices relevant to the business, including merchant and network operations
• Professional certification: CISA, CPA, CIA, CISM, CISSP or other audit/technology-focused certification

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