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American Express is committed to protecting and enhancing its brand and reputation through an intense focus on customer service and ethical business conduct.

Compliance plays a critical role in protecting the company, its brand and its employees through practical, solution-focused guidance on regulatory and ethics-related matters.

For the issuing and acquiring branches of American Express in Belgium and Luxembourg, the Market Compliance Officer (MCO) plays a key role in the execution of the compliance program.

Compliance maintains and continually enhances a comprehensive and highly effective compliance program across the company.

Compliance strives to be a valued partner to our businesses while building a reputation of credibility and effectiveness with regulators.

Your key tasks and responsibilities are to assist in the following activities:

Managing a team of compliance professionals Act as a trusted advisor for all compliance related matters Responsible for maintaining relationships with regulators  Responsible for Compliance risk assessments, monitoring and testing Responsible for coordination of projects across the BeLux American Express Organization (e.g. complaints analysis), with support from or International Compliance or appointed individual If applicable, responsible for tasks assigned to analysts. (e.g. AML monitoring, data Protection projects)

 

Qualifications and Experience:

 Higher economics or legal education Strong research and analytical skills Able to assimilate the requirements of the role quickly Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written (Dutch, French and English) Must have good planning and time management/prioritization skills Ability to work independently and to liaise with other departments Good interpersonal skills

 

Breadth of responsibility

The market compliance officer reports to the head of the Compliance Cluster (BeNeLux and Ru) for all aspects of managing the MCO department in Belgium and Luxembourg and reports viadotted lines to the General Managers of the respective Branches.
The MCO is expected to act pro-actively and to supply his/her colleagues with adequate feedback.

Required competences

The position requires extensive knowledge of the context of applicable legislation. The MCO should be able to adapt new legislation quickly and oversee consequences and translate them into proper action with the right priorities.
The MCO is a pragmatic and is consequent in the communication to the team and the business. 

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  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

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.