Compliance Director

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• 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

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

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.

American Express's Global Financial Crimes Surveillance Unit (GFCSU) is part of the broader Global Risk & Compliance organization, operating within Global Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC). GFCSU plays a vital role in ensuring compliance with key regulations, including the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), USA PATRIOT Act, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. They also support law enforcement by providing critical information to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, credit card fraud, identity theft, and other financial crimes.

The International Special Case and Insider Investigations Director will lead a team of specialized managers and analysts responsible for conducting complex investigations involving Human Trafficking, Arms Proliferation, Trade Based Money laundering, Wildlife Trafficking, Terrorist Financing, and Public Corruption. In addition, they will oversee the financial crime investigations related to American Express colleagues. The Director will partner closely with the MLROs across each International market as well as with the Special Investigation and Insider teams for the US. The successful candidate must have excellent investigative, communication, and time management skills, the ability to effectively manage change and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.

• To develop and maintain an adequate knowledge of complex International financial crime environments
• Serve as a subject matter expert, and point of contact for globally dispersed GFCC colleagues, on global financial crime, sector, geopolitical or regulatory issues
• Coordinate the investigation into insider-related cases
• Responsibility to enable the right training and the proper awareness of financial crime environments for all the team members
• Manage a team of leaders and Investigative Analysts responsible for reviewing complex investigations
• Ensure adherence to legal and regulatory standards as well as internal quality requirements
• Liaise with MLROs and the US Special Investigations and Insider teams as appropriate