Senior Analyst - Data Governance & Management

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?

Enterprise Digital & Data Solutions (EDDS) Organization within the Enterprise Services Group is a dynamic environment of digital product and analytics professionals that drive significant value for American Express through innovative solutions. Enterprise Acquisition Products & Platforms (EAPP) is part of the larger EDDS organization with the core purpose to drive continuous, efficient revenue growth through seamless acquisition & new accounts onboarding experiences.

Our Team: Process Monitoring & Data Operations (PMDO)

PMDO is responsible for managing and governing digital acquisition data from application capture. The team supports various initiatives to empower our business unit with accurate, reliable, and accessible data to drive business success, while ensuring compliance with data regulations, promoting data understanding, and minimizing operational risk

This role will work across multiple domains of data risk simultaneously supporting data pulls, audit requests, risk identification and mitigation strategies, and participating in broader data governance initiatives. The ideal candidate is skilled in SQL, understands risk management principles, and demonstrates strong project coordination and communication skills.

As a Senior Analyst on the team, you will:

• Write and optimize SQL queries for data profiling, issue investigation, and reporting.
• Participate in enterprise data governance activities, including control design, implementation, and monitoring.
• Support the identification, documentation, and mitigation of data-related risks across business processes.
• Take ownership of assigned tasks while remaining flexible to changing priorities and ambiguous scenarios.
• Collaborate with product, risk, compliance, and audit teams to fulfill data-related requests, including ad-hoc data pulls and structured reporting.
• Assist in project planning, tracking milestones, and coordinating deliverables for data governance and data risk initiatives

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, business, or a related field
• 2+ Years of experience in a data analysis leveraging SQL or Python, demonstrating a track record of delivering actionable insights
• Solid understanding of data risk concepts and willingness to work with data risk mitigation strategies.
• Leadership potential with a proactive and accountable approach to ownership and delivery.
• Delivery of impactful communications (clear, concise & meaningful - both written and oral) for multiple audiences.
• Comfortable working in ambiguous situations with a problem-solving mindset.
• Familiarity with Archer platform is a plus

Salary Range: $60,000.00 to $110,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

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
• 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 Colleague Benefits Site.

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. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

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.

*Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

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