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Vice President, Capital Management Oversight

AMEX
New York, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 2/9/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/2/2025

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The Global Risk & Compliance Organization (GRC) independently oversees the companys risk-taking and risk management activities, including the comprehensive identification, management, and mitigation of risks within the Companys risk appetite. GRC ensures the company operates in a safe, sound and fully compliant manner within all applicable regulatory expectations. We create and maintain the overall risk management framework while ensuring legal and regulatory compliance.

We are passionate about our commitment to drive the companys goals of growth and progress by creating a culture of awareness and proactivity around regulatory matters, and by partnering closely with business units across the enterprise to ensure we deliver maximum value to our shareholders and our customers efficiently and effectively.

We are seeking a highly experienced VP, Capital Management Oversight, to join our Enterprise Risk Management and Risk Oversight (ERM&RO) function within GRC. You will serve as a subject matter expert, providing guidance and independent oversight to American Expresss capital management processes, including CCAR, ICAAP, and Capital Contingency Planning. The VP will aggregate, integrate, and assess all risks to the companys capital position, to provide significant strategic recommendations to the Head of Enterprise Risk Management, Treasurer, and the different risk committees across the enterprise. Our culture in Global Risk & Compliance is all about thinking outside the box, challenging the status quo and striving to be best-in-class.

Key Responsibilities :

  • Assess capital goals, estimation methodologies / measurements and underlying controls
  • Define the respective capital risk appetite and ensure that Treasury is operating within it
  • Advocate American Expresss risk culture throughout the Capital Planning process; educate teammates on sound risk management practices. Lead, drive and embed best practice and pragmatic risk management
  • Conduct independent reviews of all capital management processes, and communicate conclusions and required remediations to Treasury senior leadership
  • Contribute to material risk identification, stress scenario narrative development, macroeconomic variable shocks, and idiosyncratic event selection for CCAR and ICAAP
  • Independently review stress testing assumptions and forecasts for balance sheet, revenue, and loss components
  • Conduct regulatory mapping (i.e., SR 15-19) against the current Capital Planning environment to ensure Treasury and other forecast owners are meeting enhanced supervisory expectations
  • Engage with regulators, auditors, and other external stakeholders on capital management risk-related matters, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and addressing any inquiries or examinations
  • Establish a coherent and comprehensive set of risk limits that are consistent with the stated Risk Appetite through quantitative expressions of risk tolerance and capital adequacy

Minimum Qualifications :

  • 10 years of risk management experience in financial services including extensive experience in CCAR, capital planning, and risk appetite frameworks
  • Advanced degree in Business, Finance, Statistics, Econometrics, or a related field is required
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate with senior executives and cross-functional teams
  • Ability to think strategically, manage complex projects, and deliver results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
  • Strong understanding of financial services regulations and risk management best practices
  • Strong leadership skills with a demonstrated ability to effectively hire, coach, train, and develop a team and to promote collaboration across geographies
  • CFA or FRM designation preferred
  • Salary Range : $185,000.00 to $260,000.00 annually bonus equity (if applicable) benefits

    The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, well 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 .

    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.

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    Salary : $185,000 - $260,000

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