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American Express

Issues credit cards and runs a payment network

Senior Analyst Control Management

Program ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeFrankfurt, GermanyIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A university degree in business administration, economics, finance, engineering, risk management, law, or a related field, and at least four years of equivalent professional experience.
  • Relevant experience in PMO, business operations, risk management, governance, audit, compliance, regulatory matters, or project delivery in a multinational or regulated environment.
  • Demonstrated experience coordinating cross-functional projects or work packages, tracking actions and risks, and managing implementation with multiple stakeholders.
  • Experience preparing management reports, dashboards, executive presentations, or governance materials.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and accuracy skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and take responsibility for defined deliverables with appropriate guidance.
  • Ability to build effective working relationships and communicate clearly; confidently follow up, constructively challenge, and escalate when needed.
  • Fluency in German and English, including leading working sessions, preparing executive materials, and communicating with regional and global stakeholders.
  • Advanced user proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Experience with SharePoint and shared document or evidence repositories.
  • Knowledge of SQL and Google Cloud, especially BigQuery, for data queries, analysis, and reporting.
  • Ability to create and maintain trackers, dashboards, project plans, action lists, process documentation, and management reports.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate assigned AEPE Business Operations programs and work packages, maintaining project plans, milestones, actions, dependencies, decisions, and implementation risks.
  • Prepare governance materials, status updates, action trackers, and management reports for regional committees and executive meetings.
  • Follow up with owners across markets and functions, escalate delays or blockers, and document decisions and task completion in a traceable manner.
  • Support portfolio prioritization and create consolidated visibility into demand, capacity, and implementation progress in Business Operations.
  • Coordinate PMO activities for cross-market internal and external audits, regulatory examinations, questionnaires, testing, and Second Line of Defense critical challenge, including information and communication technology reviews and related remediation.
  • Coordinate evidence requests, contributions from markets and stakeholders, response deadlines, submission tracking, and remediation actions.
  • Maintain structured SharePoint repositories and audit-ready documentation so information is accessible, consistent, and traceable.
  • Prepare progress reports and escalate overdue actions, evidence gaps, dependencies, or risks to timely delivery.
  • Coordinate and support additional compliance and regulatory projects as needed.
  • Prepare recurring and ad hoc dashboards, governance materials, Business Update Review materials, and executive presentations.
  • Consolidate information from different markets and functions into concise, decision-oriented reporting.
  • Maintain central operational and governance metrics covering requests, audits, regulatory activities, actions, risks, and remediation status.
  • Review and analyze data to identify trends, implementation issues, and opportunities for targeted action and improvement.
  • Develop and maintain SharePoint solutions, trackers, approval workflows, and reporting tools for Business Operations processes.
  • Support Power Automate and other digital solutions to reduce manual effort, improve traceability, and increase scalability.
  • Document work instructions, governance frameworks, process ownership, and control requirements in a central repository.
  • Identify opportunities to standardize processes and improve data quality, controls, user experience, and management transparency.
  • Support the launch and ongoing operation of regional governance processes, including Business Operations requests, contract and training governance, recurring surveys, and reporting requirements.
  • Coordinate with stakeholders across markets and with Risk Management, Compliance, Control Management, Legal, regulatory reporting, and Internal Audit.
  • Support new initiatives and regulatory changes by clarifying requirements, organizing implementation, and tracking readiness in affected markets.
  • Contribute to third-party management by advancing third-party onboarding, conducting ongoing monitoring, and enforcing completion of delegated tasks as a Third Party Lifecycle Manager.
  • Contribute to a collaborative, control-conscious, continuously improving culture within AEPE Business Operations.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with Power Automate, Power BI, workflow automation, or comparable reporting and process tools is particularly desirable.
  • Knowledge of additional European languages is an advantage.
  • Understanding of risk, control, audit, regulatory, or remediation processes is an advantage.

About the Company

American Express

Issues credit cards and runs a payment network

American Express issues credit and pay-in-full charge cards to consumers and businesses, and unlike most card issuers it also runs the payment network its cards use. Its Travelers Cheque, launched in 1891, made carrying money abroad safer, and in 1959 it became the first major issuer of plastic cards. Cardholders earn points toward flights and hotels plus perks such as airport lounges, while companies use its corporate cards for employee travel and expenses. American Express earns a fee from merchants on each purchase, plus annual fees and interest on balances cardholders carry. Henry Wells and William Fargo, who later started Wells Fargo, co-founded it in 1850 as a freight delivery business; it is based in New York City.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
1850

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