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- American Express compliance executive overseeing Canadian payments, regulators, and legal entities. Leading Canada’s compliance framework, AML, privacy, complaints, and regulatory affairs.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the single point of contact for all Compliance matters pertaining to Amex Bank of Canada, the Canada market, and Canada legal entities
- Act as the key contact point for Canadian regulators
- Serve on the Canada Country Executive Team as Legal Entity Compliance Officer and as a member of the International Compliance Leadership team
- Oversee, direct, and support regulatory compliance risks in Canada for American Express consumer products and services
- Perform or oversee functions including Chief Anti Money Laundering Officer, Chief Privacy Officer, Chief Complaints Officer, and Chief Regulatory Affairs Officer
- Drive the Compliance strategy and act as the single compliance voice for the Canada market
- Undertake role requirements and registrations of the Legal Entity Compliance Officer for Canadian entities
- Manage relationships with supervisory and regulatory agencies
- Provide strategic compliance advice and assurance to market-level committees
- Advise the business on compliance matters, including regulatory implications of products, services, and processes; compliance incidents and gaps; framework enhancements; and business activity review and approval
- Build relationships with senior business leaders, the General Counsel’s Organisation, Business Unit Control Managers, and Internal Audit Group
- Provide independent oversight and challenge to Business Units regarding governance, controls, and approval processes
- Partner with the General Counsel’s Organisation to identify legislative, regulatory, and business changes with compliance implications
- Coordinate and manage supervisory and regulatory examinations and audits
- Report to senior management, Board members, and local authorities on monitoring and testing, compliance risks and indicators, and escalated issues and incidents
Requirements
- Significant financial services Compliance and anti-money laundering experience related to Canada Cards / Payments industry
- Deep knowledge of Canada requirements for Payment Institutions, for both issuing and acquiring business
- Strong expertise interacting with local regulators/national authorities
- Strong networking in the Canada payment/financial/banking community
- Strong knowledge of local regulations
- Strong influencing skills in a complex/matrix organization
- Strong leadership skills and ability to work effectively with very senior American Express management
- Fluency leveraging a complex matrix environment to negotiate with key stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to handle multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
- Ability to collaborate and build strong relationships within global and regional Compliance organizations and with key stakeholders
- Strong communication skills to represent the company in discussions with regulators
- Strong management skills to lead, motivate and manage direct and indirect reports
- Graduate and/or relevant professional qualification preferred; Law or Economics Degree, Compliance/AML Diploma, or CAMS Certification advantageous
- Job location: Canada
- Successful completion of a background verification check
Benefits
- Background verification check as a condition of employment, subject to applicable laws and regulations
- Hybrid work arrangement
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