Apprentice

Job Description

Global Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC) is an organization within Global Risk & Compliance (GRC) and is responsible for leading the enterprise-wide Anti-Money Laundering, Sanctions, and Anti-Corruption compliance functions. This team has global responsibility for identifying, investigating, and reporting suspicious activity, including money laundering and terrorist financing, and provides broad analytical and operational support for the company's enterprise-wide GFCC control framework.

The newly created second line GFCC Enablement organization will lead efforts across strategic and transformational program development initiatives and projects, synchronizing the function's ongoing operations, and will provide senior oversight of the function's systems, data and tools. The Portfolio Management and Transformation Oversight team supports the oversight of all transformation efforts across GFCC through the development, implementation, and oversight of tools that will serve as a synchronized, consistent, and transparent GFCC Command Center. This apprenticeship role is designed to provide hands-on experience in project coordination and business support activities. The apprentice will assist in maintaining visibility across initiatives, ensuring accurate documentation, and supporting day-to-day operational tracking.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update centralized trackers (e.g., Airtable, Excel, SharePoint) for initiatives, milestones, and status updates.
• Help organize project documentation and maintain structured repositories.
• Capture detailed meeting notes, decisions, and action items, distribute, and track follow-ups.
• Create and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs), trackers, and templates.
• Maintain logs for invoices, budgets, or vendor-related tracking.
  
  

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office with strong organizational and attention-to-detail skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and follow through on deadlines
• Excellent communication, and interpersonal skills, with an ability to interact and obtain buy-in from senior BU/tech counterparts.
• Ability to maintain a positive attitude in the face of challenges.
  
  

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Benefits

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:

• Cab facility
• Free meals
• Flexible working model with hybrid arrangement
• Training and development opportunities
  
  

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.

Offer of contractual employment as an Apprentice with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.