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Senior Manager, Chief Risk Officer – Financial Risk Management
American Express. Establish the second line of defense framework for AEESA and AEPE legal entities .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in financial risk management, including the establishment and execution of risk frameworks and policies. Proficient in regulatory compliance, team leadership, and effective communication with stakeholders at all levels.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Financial Risk ManagementRegulatory ComplianceTeam LeadershipRisk Appetite FrameworkStakeholder Communication
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Hard Skills
Risk AssessmentFinancial Risk ReportingData AnalysisRisk Metrics DevelopmentRegulatory InteractionRisk CommunicationChange ManagementModel Review and ApprovalDashboard DevelopmentRisk Testing Coordination
Soft Skills
Relationship ManagementInfluence ManagementIntegrityProblem SolvingCoaching
Industry Keywords
Financial Risk FrameworksSpanish Regulatory LandscapeEuropean Regulatory RequirementsLegal Entity LeadershipAudit Coordination
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Establish the second line of defense framework for AEESA and AEPE legal entities
- Identify, assess, measure, manage, and report financial risk for Spanish businesses
- Participate in Risk Appetite Framework refresh and align legal-entity financial-risk metrics with enterprise metrics
- Provide credible financial-risk challenge to legal-entity projects, strategies, and Change Advisory Forums
- Analyze and communicate the legal entity’s financial-risk profile using aggregated data and reporting
- Serve as primary financial-risk contact for regulators, Audit, International Legal Entity Leadership, and program-result requests
- Represent financial risk on legal-entity committees and at board meetings as required
- Own applicable financial-risk policies and frameworks
- Influence enterprise financial-risk frameworks, policies, and programs and support their deployment
- Advise the business on effective execution of financial-risk frameworks
- Coordinate second-line testing and support legal-entity financial-risk testing
- Ensure appropriate risk communication between legal entities and the enterprise
- Support the Chief Risk Officer in oversight duties
- Review risk issues and findings and oversee remediation
- Lead second-line regulatory change management oversight for the applicable risk type
- Develop legal-entity metrics dashboards, including Risk Appetite Framework metrics
- Review, approve, and challenge applicable models
- Lead a Financial Risk analyst
Requirements
What you’ll need- 5+ years of leadership experience in risk management or a similar role
- Strong business acumen with a risk-reward control perspective
- Experience interacting with regulators and familiarity with the Spanish and European regulatory landscape and requirements
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure
- Fluency in English, verbal and written
- Proven ability to build, inspire, and coach a team
- Excellent relationship and influence management skills
- Strong integrity and ability to challenge and be challenged
- Ability to identify issues, deliver and escalate key findings, and advise on solutions to correct issues or mitigate risks
- Ability to communicate oversight findings to colleagues, business partners, and senior leaders
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Employment eligibility to work with American Express in Spain is required; visa sponsorship will not be pursued
- Advanced degree in business, economics, engineering, or a related field is preferred
Benefits
Comp & perks- 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 conditioned upon successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations