.**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, striving 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.**Global Merchant & Network Services (GMNS) brings together American Express' merchant-and network related businesses to enable a sharp focus on using the power of our network to provide unique value to all our mutual customers. The organization manages the relationships with the millions of merchants around the world that accepts American Express and runs the company's payment network and manages bank partnerships globally.The objective of the GMNS Control Management Governance team is to establish the Operational Risk and Controls strategy for GMNS, set up a foundational governance structure that ensures operational risks are identified, assessed, and managed in compliance with enterprise Operational Risk Management programs and reporting.GMNS is looking for a Analyst of Governance focused on ensuring control management is embedded in the day-to-day operations of our organization. It will involve extensive collaboration with multiple partners across numerous business units, functional areas, and geographies.BU Specific Responsibilities**:**The Analyst, GMNS Governance will**:- Assists in specific areas of execution plans for operational risk management within the business unit (BU), including BU specific guidelines, project plans, etc.- Develop and execute Control Management project plans- Support the implementation of parts of the operational risk framework to enable effective risk management and decision making in the BU- Monitor the progress of business unit activities and assess our ongoing winning framework- Assists in the development of portions of BU-specific procedures related to the execution of the Operational Risk Management programs- Help facilitate the understanding and use of the risk governance framework basics across BUs through regular communication- Support the day-to-day internal and external exam management process, working with the Enterprise functions (e.G