Audit Manager - IAG Privacy
American Express•London, England, UK
fulltime
Other
5+ years
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. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.
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.
Our Internal Audit Group is a worldwide function with 300+ team members and offices across nine countries within American Express. Our mission is to protect and enhance organizational value by providing independent, objective, risk-based assurance, advisory services and to influence the way the company manages risk.
We are committed to growing our audit staff significantly as we continue to expand and enhance the Internal Audit Group. Our assurance and risk professionals have diverse backgrounds including internal controls, consumer compliance, technology, operational risk, financial accounting, data analytics, and banking operations. Our audit teams align to key risk areas and business units to ensure IAG can provide comprehensive and risk-based audit coverage. In addition, IAG has a Professional Practices group responsible for managing audit operations, quality, and standards; regulatory relations; reporting; training and professional development; and key internal capabilities and technologies.
This Audit Manager role is within the IAG Privacy team, which is part of the broader IAG Financial Crime, Compliance, and Privacy audit portfolio. This privacy-focused role will be based in either London (United Kingdom) or India and will organizationally report into an IAG Privacy Audit Director & Team Leader located in London.
This role will involve working with various audit colleagues and client stakeholders located in different countries around the world, and from different teams and business units. The role will involve heightened privacy focus/specialism regarding international markets and various privacy risk/domain areas, whilst also supporting certain global, US, and international activities. The role may also involve executing some limited audit work across the broader Financial Crimes and/or Compliance audit portfolio.
How will you make an impact in this role?
Minimum Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Prior experience working at a Big Four / G-SIB
Relevant experience in data privacy, data protection and/or compliance (ideally within financial services, banking, or card-products industries).
Moderate/strong understanding of existing & evolving privacy laws, regulations, and regulatory guidance, and regulatory enforcement trends.
Currently has (or is willing to develop) deep knowledge and experience regarding certain key / complex / evolving privacy risk/domain areas – for example: privacy considerations associated with the use of Artificial Intelligence; cookies & digital trackers; privacy-by-design-and-default; privacy rights; privacy program management; privacy-enabling/enhancing technologies; privacy notices; privacy choice and consent.
Attained or currently working towards (or willing to work towards) relevant privacy certifications – for example:
Experience with data analytic tools, data visualization, key risk indicators (KRIs), key performance indicators (KPIs), information systems / technology, and scorecards / dashboards, etc.
Interest in working with data, interpreting results, analytic best practices and experience with data analytics tools and data visualization
Strong written & verbal communication skills that deliver quality, actionable and beneficial feedback to management on potential control issues & solutions to close gaps/deficiencies.
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the UK is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
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:
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.