Vice Presidents, Risk Management

American Express
New York
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 228,339 - 282,000 annuallyFunction: Executive & General ManagementExperience: 4+ yearsEducation: mastersSkills: ["Strategic guidance","Governance implementation","Credible challenge","Cross-functional collaboration","Risk assessment"]

Lead enterprise risk management transformation initiatives from initiation through completion, ensuring delivery within scope, budget, and timelines. Own strategic and reputational risk activities within independent risk oversight functions, building frameworks for risk appetite, monitoring, reporting, and credible challenge. Conduct end-to-end risk assessments and governance improvements, translate insights for senior leaders and regulatory forums, and use analytics tools to evaluate emerging risks and enhance controls.

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American Express
American Express
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Vice Presidents, Risk Management

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Job Summary

Lead enterprise risk management transformation initiatives from initiation through completion, ensuring delivery within scope, budget, and timelines. Own strategic and reputational risk activities within independent risk oversight functions, building frameworks for risk appetite, monitoring, reporting, and credible challenge. Conduct end-to-end risk assessments and governance improvements, translate insights for senior leaders and regulatory forums, and use analytics tools to evaluate emerging risks and enhance controls.
Location: New York
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead risk management transformation initiatives end-to-end, delivering within scope, budget, and timelines.
  • •Support risk governance processes by preparing materials for leadership reviews and decision-making forums.
  • •Design and execute credible challenge frameworks for strategic and reputational risk management, including policy development and risk monitoring/reporting.
  • •Conduct comprehensive risk assessments to highlight emerging risks, recommend control enhancements, and evaluate alignment with strategic planning.
  • •Monitor external developments to identify potential strategic and reputational risks, including media coverage, public sentiment, competitive actions, regulatory shifts, macroeconomic and industry trends.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 228,339 - 282,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionLife InsuranceDisability401kParental Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Master’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Financial Engineering, or a related field.
  • •4 years of experience providing strategic guidance on risk management and governance implementation and enhancements, and regulatory audit strategies.
  • •4 years developing risk management frameworks, and policies/procedures for risk governance, risk appetite, and risk oversight.
  • •4 years defining requirements for identification, measurement, and monitoring of risks, establishing roles and responsibilities, and aligning risk appetite metrics/limits/escalation thresholds using back testing.
  • •4 years working with regulatory requirements for financial institutions (including OCC Heightened Standards, Regulation YY, Tailoring Rules, FDIC deposits insurance guidelines, and Dodd-Frank Act) and operating risk management processes within the three lines of defense model.
Experience:4+ yearsFinancial servicesRisk managementRegulatory audit
Education:Master's in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Financial Engineering, or related field
Skills:Strategic guidanceGovernance implementationCredible challengeCross-functional collaborationRisk assessment
Tech Stack:PythonSASPower BISQLVBALinear regressionValue at RiskMonte Carlo simulationStress testingScenario analysisEconomic capitalEconometric methods

Company Brief

American Express
Provides global payment, credit, and travel-related financial services for consumers and businesses. Best known for its charge and credit cards, merchant payment network, and premium customer rewards and servicing.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York City, United States
Founded: 1850
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