Job Description The Global Risk & Compliance (GRC) organization serves as American Express’ independent risk management function. GRC maintains the enterprise risk framework, provides oversight and challenge, and monitors key risks. By embedding risk discipline into strategy and operations, GRC enables responsible growth, innovation, and long-term value creation while protecting customers and shareholders.
Job Description The Integral Risk & Compliance (GRC) organization serves as American Express’ independent risk management function. GRC maintains the enterprise risk framework, provides oversight and challenge, and monitors key risks. By embedding risk discipline into strategy and operations, GRC enables responsible growth, innovation, and long-term value creation while protecting customers and shareholders.
American Express Integral Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC) provides independent second-line oversight and policy, advisory and control support to help the Company meet its financial crime legal, regulatory and risk management obligations globally, including Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter Terrorist Financing (CTF), Sanctions and Anti-Bribery & Corruption.
Reporting to the Regional Head of Financial Crimes Compliance for EMEA, the Regional Financial Crime Strategy Manager will support the execution of the regional FCC agenda and help drive consistent, effective delivery across markets.
The successful candidate will act as a trusted partner to the Regional Head, helping coordinate priorities, strengthen governance routines and enable alignment across Country MLROs, Legal Entity Compliance Officers (LECOs),



Regional FCC teams and Enterprise Financial Crime stakeholders.
This role requires a highly organized, collaborative and commercially aware professional with sound judgement, excellent communication skills and the ability to influence outcomes across multiple jurisdictions and functional teams without direct reporting authority.
The ideal candidate will bring exceptional communication skills, strong influencing capability and a practical understanding of Financial Crime Compliance. They will help create alignment across the regional FCC team, ensure consistent engagement with markets and serve as a reliable point of reference for information flows, stakeholder updates and follow-through.
Responsibilities Regional Strategy & Execution Partner with the Regional Head of FCC to help define, prioritize and execute the regional Financial Crime Compliance agenda, with a strong focus on coordination, alignment and delivery discipline
Coordinate execution of regional priorities across markets, jurisdictions and key workstreams
Track progress against regional objectives, identify dependencies and execution risks, and support timely escalation of material issues
Support the ongoing enhancement of the Regional FCC operating model, including governance routines, engagement mechanisms and delivery disciplines
Governance & Market Coordination Act as a central point of reference for market engagement, coordinating regional information requests, responses, updates and follow-up actions to ensure consistency, clarity and timely execution
Coordinate engagement across Country MLROs and Legal Entity Compliance Officers (LECOs), taking into

📌 Regional Financial Crimes Strategic Manager (Madrid)
🏢 American Express
📍 Madrid