Analyst-Data Science

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.

Model Risk Management Group (MRMG) within Global Risk and Compliance Group, is responsible for the independent risk management of all American Express (AXP) models.

Purpose of the Role :

The successful candidate will be responsible to manage and controls model risk, specifically associated to the next generation Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning based models.   This role will elevate model excellence, strengthen long term shareholder value, and adapt to the changing landscape of both model development innovation, external environment and heightened regulatory expectations.

The specific responsibilities include :

• Conduct independent oversight of enterprise-wide models with a focus on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning based models for marketing, credit, fraud or other business / risk types.
• Conduct gap assessments and establish robust framework to strengthen model risk controls and meet heightened regulatory standards
• Conduct research to explore opportunities to elevate model excellence and drive business impact
• Communicating results to partners, senior leadership and various model committees

Critical Factors to Success :

1.Business Outcomes :

2. Leadership Outcomes :

Past Experience :

0-4 years experience in analytics or big data workstreams

Academic Background :

MBA, Master's Degree In Economics, Statistics Or Related Fields From Top Tier Institute

Functional Skills / Capabilities :

Hands-on model development or validation experience.

Technical Skills / Capabilities :

Experience with atleast one of the data manipulation tools such as R, JAVA, SQL and SAS is a must have. Data Science / Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence, Expertise in Coding, Supervised and Unsupervised Teachniques - active learning, transfer learning, neural models, decision trees, reinforcement learning, graphical models, Gaussian processes, Bayesian models,map reduce techniques, Random Forest, Gradient Boosting, Deep Learning, Text Mining Algorithms

Behavioral Skills / Capabilities :

Enterprise Leadership Behaviors

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 :

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

Skills Required

Java, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Sas, reinforcement learning, Sql, Active Learning, Random Forest, Deep Learning, Data Science, graphical models , Decision Trees, Quantitative Techniques