You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back. With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally. At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, targeting to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong. Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together. IAG is a worldwide function with 200+ team members and offices across nine countries within American Express. 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. Most IAG team members hold at least one professional certification. Our audit teams align to key risk areas and business units to ensure IAG can providecomprehensive 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. How will you make an impact in this role?

• Participate as a key team member on audit projects to document processes under review, execute audit tests (including technology control tests) competently in accordance with policies and procedures
• Collaborate with audit teams to understand the data behind key processes, risk and controls to develop analytic control tests and analyze and interpret their results
• Proficient use of automated work papers, analytics and other department and company tools
• Perform root cause analysis on identified control gaps
• Validate that actions taken by management to address findings are appropriate and document the results
• Summarize and communicate results and recommendations to close identified control gaps
• Monitor a portfolio of audit analytics, assess analytic results, use the analytic data to tell the potential business story, and work with audit and business colleagues to validate that story
• Assist team leaders, senior managers, and managers in accomplishing audit objectives in a team environment
• Document or complete administrative planning, fieldwork tasks with a minimal level of input and supervision
• Maintain internal audit competency through ongoing professional development

Minimum Qualifications

• 2+ Years of experience in relevant fields such as cybersecurity, IT, audit, or risk management
• BA or BS in or equivalent in Information Systems, Computer Science, Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field
• Professional Certification within IT Audit (CIA, CISA, CPA, or equivalent) expected to be obtained during first year of role
• Understanding of cybersecurity risks and concepts
• Understanding of emerging technologies and its impact to control practices
• Demonstrated proficiency of technology auditing control disciplines
• Knowledge and experience in control theory and professional auditing practices
• Ability to identify problems and recommend solutions to complex control or technical issues
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to deliver high quality, actionable feedback on variety of complex issues to management on control issues and potential solutions to close control gaps
• Effectively works independently within a team construct, while supporting teamwork and achievement of team objectives

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ Years experience in relevant fields such as cybersecurity, IT, audit, or risk management
• Technical Cybersecurity certification (CISSP, CCSP, CEH, etc.) is preferred
• Demonstrated experience in applying cybersecurity concepts and countermeasures in public cloud environments
• Experience with technology control testing including automated processing, interface inputs, reports, application
• security, business continuity and third parties

Salary Range: $55,000.00 to $105,000.00 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 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:

• 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. 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. US Job Seekers/Employees - Click here to view the “Know Your Rights” poster and the Pay Transparency Policy Statement. If the links do not work, please copy and paste the following URLs in a new browser window: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters to access the three posters. Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.