American Express

Senior Analyst-Risk Management

Posted On

Jan. 16, 2026

Location

Gurugram, Haryana

Experience Level

Freshers/Experienced

Job Type

Permanent

Apply By

Feb. 8, 2026

Job Description

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.

Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

How will you make an impact in this role?

The newly created first line of defense Financial Crimes Risk & Controls center of excellence will provide a holistic, enterprise-wide approach to our financial crimes risk management (FCRM) activities and will reside within Global Servicing.

This team will be responsible for establishing a robust control foundation for first line of defense FCRM activities across the company globally, including anti-money laundering, sanctions, payments controls, and anti-corruption. The team will partner closely with Technology to develop and deploy next generation capabilities that address key gaps and strengthen the first line’s ability to detect and prevent financial crimes across our lines of business. The team will work in coordination with the Global Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC) team within the Global Risk & Compliance organization. .

We are seeking an Analyst/Senior Analyst to drive Financial Crimes related Analytics. This role will be responsible for managing Data governance, building KRI and KPIs and leveraging analytics to identify emerging risk to enable effective financial crime risk management.

This role is responsible for end-to-end execution of the project engagement from problem definition, data analysis/interpretation to develop the storyline with the insights/recommendations. Candidate is required to create strategic insights by quickly understanding new data presented in front of them and making decisions based on logic, business understanding and data techniques.

Responsibilities:

Use analytics to generate insights from data to identify Financial Crimes risk and create controls around effective management of the function
Use both internal and external data to create insights and controls for financial crimes prevention.
Drive consultative & strategic analytical projects focused on Risk reduction, Data governance and robust reporting.
Leverage the power of closed loop through Amex network to make intelligent and relevant insights
Work with partners located across the globe spread across multiple business units

Critical Factors to Success

Business Outcomes:

Translate unstructured requests into analytical strategies and convert the available information into actionable insights
Ability to manage multiple requests with a quick turn-around
Envision the bigger problem that the partners are looking at and structure possible what if scenarios
Provide multiple solutions based on timeline and data availability

Leadership Outcomes:

Put enterprise thinking first, connect the role’s agenda to enterprise priorities and balance the needs of customers, partners, colleagues & shareholders.
Lead with an external perspective, challenge status quo and bring continuous innovation to our existing offerings
Demonstrate learning agility, make decisions quickly and with the highest level of integrity
Lead with a digital mindset and deliver the world’s best customer experiences every day

Past Experience:

1-3 years of relevant experience in analytics domain

Preferred: Experience in the Analytics across credit and fraud risk, Financial crimes risk and GRC

Academic Background:

Bachelor's in Statistics/Mathematics/Economics/ Engineering with relevant experience

Preferred: Post Graduation in Management /Statistics/Mathematics/ Economics/Engineering

Functional Skills/Capabilities:

Analytics & Insights & Targeting

Technical Skills/Capabilities:

Python, SQL, Hive, PySpark

Advanced Statistical Techniques

Advanced Excel

Enterprise Leadership Behaviors

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

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.

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

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