347 Compliance Head jobs in the United Kingdom

Regulatory Compliance EMEA Head of GFX
Brand: HSBC
Area of Interest: Risk and Compliance
Location:
London, GB, E14 5HQ
Work style: Hybrid Worker
Date: 16 Oct 2025
Some careers open more doors than others.
If you're looking for a career that will unlock new opportunities, join HSBC and experience the possibilities. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.
Our Risk and Compliance function has a critical role to play in supporting, challenging and advising across all areas of the business through establishing policy, monitoring profiles, and identifying and managing forward-looking risk and compliance. We focus on creating an environment that encourages our people to speak up and do the right thing, as well as protecting our customers, the organisation and the integrity of the financial markets in which we operate. Already an industry-leader in many respects, we want to continue setting standards and evolving to respond to strategic changes.
As part of the Global Markets & Securities Services Compliance (MSSC) team, you'll be providing Compliance leadership and oversight of the GFX business, a major franchise within MSS and leading industry presence, across the region and connecting with business and Compliance colleagues across the globe. The successful candidate will be advising the Businesses on compliance matters and providing support and advice with a particular focus on application of rules, laws, regulation and policies and HSBC Group standards, as well as challenging them on their control framework and risk management. This is an integral lead role that will manage an advisory team focusing on multiple product lines, building on the existing strong relationship with GFX Business heads.
As an HSBC employee in the UK, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.
In this role you will:
+ Provide Compliance leadership and oversight of the GFX businesses across the region to ensure that business is conducted in accordance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and codes of practice.
+ Provide Regulatory Compliance advice to support all areas of the GFX business, in particular but not limited to industry standards (FMSB Principles, FX and Precious Metals Global Codes, EMTA, IOSCO) and regulations that are relevant for MSS such as MIFID, MAR, DFA.
+ Manage a team of Regulatory Compliance Officers providing guidance, support and challenge to key stakeholders.
+ Foster and maintain strong working relationships with GFX Non-Financial Risk team and Chief Operating Office, Sales & Trading staff and senior management
+ Leading the review and challenge of the GFX business control framework and represent and key governance forums.
+ Lead independent oversight and challenge, ensuring the business objectives are aligned to regulatory requirements.
+ Partner with Entity, Regional and Group Compliance where required to deliver on mandated initiatives, particularly coordinating with regional Compliance counterparts to share information and best practice.
+ Attend relevant GFX/MSS meetings as Regulatory Compliance representative, present and contribute as necessary
To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:
+ Extensive compliance advisory experience in GFX products and product lines including, FX Cash, FX Options, Emerging Markets Rates, Electronic Trading, Commodities, Listed and OTC derivatives).
+ Knowledge of key UK, European and US financial services regulation including, MAR, MIFID II, EMIR, Dodd-Frank and the FCA Handbook. Deep understanding of non-financial risk and conduct oversight
+ Strong communication skills to clearly articulate issues and ideas and provide timely escalation
+ Good interpersonal skills to build strong relationship with key stakeholders
+ Strong analytical skills with an ability to understand complex workflows paired with meticulous attention to detail.
+ Prior experience managing and successfully leading a high performing team.
The base location for this role is London on a hybrid working basis.
Opening up a world of opportunity
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**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.
American Express has a network that connects millions of consumers, merchants and businesses around the globe in a payments and commerce ecosystem that creates value for all its constituents.
Our **Global Merchant and Network Services (GMNS) Risk Management Team** stands behind each of these purchases, thus protecting this network of millions of consumers, merchants and businesses. Our team makes this happen by leveraging advanced machine learning and network algorithms.
This role presents an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, leveraging large amounts of linked and unstructured data within the Third-Party Processing (TPP) Portfolios. The incumbent will be responsible for TPP Risk Management of the European portfolio.
This position requires a highly organised person with excellent analytical capabilities, with the ability to bring an innovative perspective to the strategic and operating requirements of the role.
This person must be able to thrive in a dynamic environment while influencing colleagues from partner organizations, often with conflicting priorities. This position will liaise with key partners including the Sales, Partner Oversight, Risk and Technology teams to create and drive best-in-class strategy.
**How will you make an impact in this role?**
+ Supporting the ongoing management of the consent process for recruitment of large and high-risk sponsored merchants.
+ Help to monitor and analyze portfolio performance to inform risk management and regulatory reporting, maintaining an external lens
+ Help prepare regular updates on portfolio exposures.
+ Help conduct in-depth analysis of both internal and external data sources.
+ Help drive deep-dive analytics and partner across the enterprise to enhance risk management methodology.
**Minimum Qualifications:**
+ Analytical and quantitative skills preferred
+ Balance of strategic and analytic acumen
+ Ability to cope with ambiguity and complexity
+ Proficiency in working with large volumes of structured and unstructured data
+ Programming skills and experience in SQL/SAS, object oriented or functional programming languages
+ Excellent communication skills, including the ability and willingness to present to and work with Executives.
+ Willingness to learn
+ Team player with the courage to share a point of view for the benefit to the organisation
+ Experience within the payments/payment facilitator industry is a bonus
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the UK is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
**Qualifications**
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
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
**Job:** Risk
**Primary Location:** United Kingdom-London-London
**Schedule** Full-time
**Req ID:**

**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?**
Credit Risk Analysts in CRU are responsible for rating and underwriting credit exposures in their assigned region, industry, and business line.
The Analysts' fundamental credit assessment incorporates a thorough review of business, financial, industry and country risk coupled with support from internal and external rating model outputs.
Analysts will also need to show an understanding of the need for credit extension, profitability of the relationship, risk mitigation and program structures.
**Minimum Qualifications**
+ Fluency in English mandatory; at least one other Western European language would be highly advantageous.
+ Bachelor's degree/equivalent in Finance or a related subject.
+ Experience in fundamental credit analysis and / or underwriting of commercial enterprises (1-2 years)
+ Understanding of fundamental financial analysis including the ability to review corporate financial statements to determine key risk drivers, an appropriate probability of default and the ability of the obligor to honour its credit obligations to American Express.
+ Comfortable determining appropriate credit capacity, structuring of facilities, and risk mitigation techniques.
+ Ability to prepare accurate company-specific and industry-wide credit risk memorandums.
+ Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
+ Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
+ Understanding of banking regulations, particularly those imposed by Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.
+ Understanding of current macroeconomic trends and how to provide recommendations to improve the Probability of Default estimation based on the business cycle.
Depending on factors such as business unit requirements, the nature of the position, cost and applicable laws, American Express may provide visa sponsorship for certain positions.
**Qualifications**
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
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
**Job:** Risk
**Primary Location:** United Kingdom-London-London
**Schedule** Full-time
**Req ID:**

**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.
UK Credit Risk Team team's objective is to define and develop credit risk strategies to drive growth and provide good customer outcomes at acquisition and through the customer lifecycle.
The person will be responsible for conducting detailed analysis and implementing new credit risk strategies for UK consumer and small business card portfolio. This person will also focus on tracking and explaining Acquisitions and Portfolio metrics, developing & evaluating new data sources, and working on projects together with our business partners.
**How will you make an impact in this role?**
+ Generate analytical insights and spot hidden trends from data to react quickly to emerging credit trends across the customer lifecycle
+ Evaluate new data sources and stay abreast of industry trends to build upon existing frameworks and deliver profitable risk strategies as well as better customer outcomes
+ Develop strong relationships with colleagues from the Central Risk organization, as well as Operations, Product, Acquisitions and Compliance teams to drive enterprise wise successes for the UK market
**Minimum Qualifications**
+ At least 1 year experience in risk management or data analytical roles
+ Bachelor's or equivalent in quantitative field (e.g. Finance, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science and Economics)
+ Coding skills in SQL or Python with hands-on experience is required
+ Strong technical and analytical skills with the ability to apply both quantitative methods and business knowledge to create insights and deliver results
+ Knowledge of underwriting and consumer/commercial bureau data
+ Good communication and persuasion skills with an ability to translate technical analysis into business strategy recommendations; conceptualize and sell ideas to internal and external partners
+ Ability to build strong relationships with business partners across the enterprise
+ Proven track record to work independently and within a matrix organization; partnering with capabilities, decision sciences, technology teams and external vendors to deliver solutions quickly and effectively
+ Results driven with strong project management skills and ability to work on multiple priorities
+ Ability to learn quickly and work independently with complex, unstructured initiatives
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Understanding of statistical concepts
+ Knowledge of UK regulatory landscape for consumer lending
+ Past experience working on affordability for consumer lending is a plus
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the UK is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
**Qualifications**
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
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
**Job:** Risk
**Primary Location:** United Kingdom-London-London
**Schedule** Full-time
**Req ID:**

**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?**
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 
+ Privacy Support: Acting as a subject matter expert in privacy by supporting the BUs with privacy queries and projects impacting privacy/data protection across EMEA 
+ Digital Tracker Governance: Support the governance process by reviewing intake forms and ensuring they include necessary information in correct format, by ensuring approved details are transferred to the digital tracker inventory, intake tool enhancements, and by supporting training and awareness
+ Enterprise Web Catalogue: Manage the process on webpages/microsites owned by the Privacy Practices team by completing attestations, updating records, registering websites and supporting the Business if they have questions on the privacy pages
+ Privacy Notice Support: Support on the creation & update processes of Cookie Notices as well as supports the Business on questions related to Privacy Statements
+ Training and Awareness: support the creation and the maintenance of training material. To be proactive on supporting awareness campaigns across the business, promoting privacy culture and educate on changes to laws and regulations
+ Governance Framework: Support activities in relation to maintenance of the privacy governance framework. Partner with ICS Risk and Control teams across International to implement and execute high-quality privacy risk management standards and practices to increase awareness of privacy standards, controls, regulations, and industry best practice
+ Privacy Risk Assessments: support the business in completing privacy assessments (e.g., DPIA, LIA, etc.) and driving consistent guidance. Issue Prevention: support the Business activities to prevent and resolve privacy issues, granting effective process and controls execution
**Minimum Qualifications:**
+ Experience in Risk/Control Management
+ Privacy knowledge and understanding of Privacy regulations in EMEA
+ Proficiency in English
+ Excellent attention to detail and commitment to quality; strong analytical and problem-solving skills
+ Self-motivated, business and customer focused with excellent relationship and organizational skills
+ Aptitude to operate within a policy & process driven environment and to maintain risk management / policy standards
+ Good team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills
Preferred Qualifications:
+ Experience in digital tracking and Privacy regulations related to it (GDPR/UK GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, PECR)
+ Data Protection and Privacy Professional Certification (e.g., CIPP/E, CIPP/A, CIPP/US)
Non-considerations for sponsorship:
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United Kingdom is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
**Qualifications**
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
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
**Job:** Risk
**Primary Location:** United Kingdom-London-London
**Other Locations:** United Kingdom-East Sussex-Brighton
**Schedule** Full-time
**Req ID:**

**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?**
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 
+ Privacy Support: Acting as a subject matter expert in privacy by supporting the BUs with privacy queries and projects impacting privacy/data protection across EMEA 
+ Digital Tracker Governance: Support the governance process by reviewing intake forms and ensuring they include necessary information in correct format, by ensuring approved details are transferred to the digital tracker inventory, intake tool enhancements, and by supporting training and awareness
+ Enterprise Web Catalogue: Manage the process on webpages/microsites owned by the Privacy Practices team by completing attestations, updating records, registering websites and supporting the Business if they have questions on the privacy pages
+ Privacy Notice Support: Support on the creation & update processes of Cookie Notices as well as supports the Business on questions related to Privacy Statements
+ Training and Awareness: support the creation and the maintenance of training material. To be proactive on supporting awareness campaigns across the business, promoting privacy culture and educate on changes to laws and regulations
+ Governance Framework: Support activities in relation to maintenance of the privacy governance framework. Partner with ICS Risk and Control teams across International to implement and execute high-quality privacy risk management standards and practices to increase awareness of privacy standards, controls, regulations, and industry best practice
+ Privacy Risk Assessments: support the business in completing privacy assessments (e.g., DPIA, LIA, etc.) and driving consistent guidance. Issue Prevention: support the Business activities to prevent and resolve privacy issues, granting effective process and controls execution
**Minimum Qualifications:**
+ Experience in Risk/Control Management
+ Privacy knowledge and understanding of Privacy regulations in EMEA
+ Proficiency in English
+ Excellent attention to detail and commitment to quality; strong analytical and problem-solving skills
+ Self-motivated, business and customer focused with excellent relationship and organizational skills
+ Aptitude to operate within a policy & process driven environment and to maintain risk management / policy standards
+ Good team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills
Preferred Qualifications:
+ Experience in digital tracking and Privacy regulations related to it (GDPR/UK GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, PECR)
+ Data Protection and Privacy Professional Certification (e.g., CIPP/E, CIPP/A, CIPP/US)
Non-considerations for sponsorship:
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United Kingdom is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
**Qualifications**
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
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
**Job:** Risk
**Primary Location:** United Kingdom-London-London
**Other Locations:** United Kingdom-East Sussex-Brighton
**Schedule** Full-time
**Req ID:**

**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?**
Join our UK Credit Risk Team, where we design and deliver forward-thinking credit risk strategies that fuel business growth and deliver exceptional customer outcomes - from acquisition through the full customer lifecycle.
As a Risk Analyst and relationship manager to credit bureau, you'll play a key role in shaping how we use credit bureau data to make smarter, faster, and fairer decisions. You'll build strong relationships with our Credit Reference Agencies, explore cutting-edge data products, and uncover insights that help us stay ahead of emerging credit trends - all while ensuring compliance and governance excellence.
**Responsibilities:**
+ Lead strategic partnerships: Build and maintain long-term, trusted relationships with Credit Reference Agencies to ensure access to high-quality data and innovative solutions.
+ Unlock insights: Analyse bureau data to detect early industry credit trends, enabling proactive decision-making across the customer lifecycle
+ Drive innovation: Champion experimentation with the latest consumer and commercial data products released by Credit Reference Agencies.
+ Shape the future of risk: Evaluate new data sources and industry developments to enhance our risk frameworks, improving both profitability and customer experience.
+ Collaborate for impact: Work closely with Legal, Compliance, Technology, and Procurement teams to turn insights into scalable, business-ready strategies.
**Minimum Qualifications**
+ Bachelor's or equivalent in quantitative field (e.g. Finance, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science and Economics)
+ Coding skills in SQL with hands-on experience is required
+ Good communication and persuasion skills with an ability to translate technical analysis into business strategy recommendations; conceptualize and sell ideas to internal and external partners
+ Results driven with strong project management skills and ability to work on multiple priorities
+ Ability to build strong relationships with business partners
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Have experience in Credit Reference Agency data and products is a plus
+ Have good understanding of regulations governing Credit Reference Agency data is a plus
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United Kingdom is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
**Qualifications**
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
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
**Job:** Risk
**Primary Location:** United Kingdom-London-London
**Schedule** Full-time
**Req ID:**

**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?**
UK Credit Risk Team's objective is to define and develop credit risk strategies to drive growth and provide good customer outcomes at acquisition and through the customer lifecycle.
The person will be responsible for conducting detailed analysis and implementing new credit risk strategies for UK consumer and small business card acquisition. This person will focus on tracking and explaining acquisitions metrics, developing & evaluating new data sources, and working on projects together with our business partners.
**Responsibilities:**
+ Generate analytical insights and spot hidden trends from data to quickly react to emerging credit trends
+ Collaborate closely with marketing & product teams to help business achieve growth objectives
+ Evaluate new data sources and stay abreast of industry trends to build upon existing frameworks to deliver profitable risk strategies as well as better customer outcomes
+ Develop strong relationships with colleagues from the Central Risk organization, as well as Operations, Product, Acquisitions and Compliance teams to drive enterprise-wide projects for the UK market
+ Drive operational excellence and ensure full compliance with regulatory requirements
**Minimum Qualifications**
+ At least 4 years' experience in risk management or data analytical roles
+ Bachelor's or equivalent in quantitative field (e.g. Finance, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science and Economics)
+ Coding skills in SQL or Python with hands-on experience is required
+ Strong analytical skills with the ability to apply both quantitative methods and business knowledge to build insights and deliver results
+ Knowledge of underwriting and consumer/commercial bureau data
+ Good communication and persuasion skills with an ability to translate technical analysis into business strategy recommendations; conceptualize and sell ideas to internal and external partners
+ Ability to build strong relationships with business partners across the enterprise
+ Proven track record to work independently and within a matrix organization; partnering with capabilities, decision sciences, technology teams and external vendors to deliver solutions quickly and effectively
+ Results driven with strong project management skills and ability to work on multiple priorities
+ Ability to learn quickly and work independently with complex, unstructured initiatives
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Understanding of statistical concepts
+ Knowledge of UK regulatory landscape for consumer lending
+ Experience leading and developing junior team members
**Qualifications**
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
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
**Job:** Risk
**Primary Location:** United Kingdom-London-London
**Schedule** Full-time
**Req ID:**