**Description** **Y** **ou Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.** With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally. At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong. Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together. How we serve our customers is constantly evolving and is a challenge we gladly accept. Whether you’re finding new ways to prevent identity fraud or enabling customers to start a new business, you can work with one of the most valuable data sets in the world to identify insights and actions that can have a meaningful impact on our customers and our business. And, with opportunities to learn from leaders who have defined the course of our industry, you can grow your career and define your own path. Find your place in risk and analytics on #TeamAmex. The Global Risk & Compliance Organization (“GRC”) is an independent risk management function, led by the Chief Risk Officer, with the objective of ensuring that American Express operates in a safe, sound and fully compliant manner within all applicable regulatory expectations. GRC creates and maintains the overall risk management framework, performs independent risk management assessments, and monitors applicable risks. Colleagues at GRC are passionate about our commitment to drive the Company’s goals of growth and progress by creating a culture of risk awareness and proactivity around regulatory matters. By partnering closely with business units across the enterprise, we help deliver maximum value to our shareholders and our customers through effective risk management and oversight activities. Within GRC, the Market Risk Oversight Group is the independent risk management team covering all financial risks undertaken by the Treasury function at American Express. The team’s core responsibility is to design and execute risk measurement and controls across balance sheet management areas, including liquidity risk, market risk, and capital management. The Group also oversees cross-functional treasury-led processes, such as Funds Transfer Pricing and Recovery and Resolution Planning. **How will you make an impact in this role?** The Director – Resolution Planning Risk Oversight will lead the independent second-line oversight program for Recovery and Resolution Planning and will be responsible for providing strategic leadership in independent oversight of RRP across American Express and American Express National Bank (AENB). The Director will work closely with leaders across Treasury and GRC to ensure a high-quality delivery of Resolution Plan and Recovery Plan submissions with well-documented independent review and challenge. This is a wonderful opportunity for someone to learn American Express from a comprehensive perspective while contributing to a key regulatory requirement. + Define the overall independent review and challenge approach for the RRP program and drive consistent execution of the oversight approach across multiple risk functions + Be the 2 nd line of defense point-of-contact for the RRP program by managing all communications with Treasury and coordinating effective challenge requirements and deliverables with risk leaders in GRC. + Ensure achievement of project objectives on time and in alignment with regulatory requirements + Lead and motivate project team members and risk professionals to accomplish goals while fostering learning and development + Engage with regulators, auditors, and other external stakeholders on RRP-related matters, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and addressing any inquiries or examinations. **Minimum Qualifications** + 7 years of experience in risk management, Finance, Controllership, regulatory or resolution and recovery planning; + Strong project management skills and end-to-end ownership, with ability to manage multiple priorities and ambiguity with independence + Excellent communication, collaboration and writing skills. Able to manage stakeholders in 1LOD and 2LOD at all levels. + Rigorous analytical and problem-solving skills and meticulous attention to detail. + Proven ability to translate complex and disparate information into comprehensive and cohesive messaging for senior leadership + Strong leadership skills with demonstrated ability to see the big picture, connect the dots and anticipate problems. + Undergraduate degree in Finance, Statistics, Accounting, Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Econometrics, Business Administration, Operations Research, Engineering, or a related field. **Preferred Qualifications** + Facility with analyzing balance sheets of large financial institutions + Experience in preparing materials for committees, audit and regulators + Experience in capital management, liquidity risk, resiliency risk, or business and strategic risk. **Qualifications** Salary Range: $130,000.00 to $205,000.00 annually bonus equity (if applicable) 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. We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include: + 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 For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site . American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually. US Job Seekers/Employees - Click here to view the “Know Your Rights” poster and the Pay Transparency Policy Statement. If the links do not work, please copy and paste the following URLs in a new browser window: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters to access the three posters. * Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions. **Job:** Risk **Primary Location:** US-New York-New York **Schedule** Full-time **Req ID:** 25003563