Suspect Fraud Team Leader-Operations

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Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

This Team Leader is responsible for coaching and developing a team of 10-15 Fraud Investigation Specialists who effectively manage the customer experience while protecting American Express from risk. This Team Leader will also be responsible for ensuring proper performance metrics (production, quality, compliance) are met and effective coaching and training of their colleagues. They will regularly communicate the status of the business, progress against goals and ensure that colleagues are well informed about issues that affect them and their workload. The coaching they provide will include real time feedback and resolution of escalated issues. Additionally, the Leader will provide guidance in situations when the goal is not always clearly defined and will require strong collaboration with peers to meet business objectives.  The Leader will collaborate with peers and business partners to drive continuous improvement of the operation and manage change effectively to motivate and retain colleagues.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Lead a group of 10-15 Account Protection Specialists (APS) who are responsible for providing service to our Global Fraud Protection Services customers.
• Coach and develop APS to drive customer engagement to ensure referrals are handled professionally, in accordance with company policies, procedures, service level agreements and legislative requirements.
• Provide feedback and direction to APS by assessing skill levels and overall readiness.
• Encourage and support a customer focused consultative environment while driving business results by means of effective process improvement, change management and employee development.
• Act as a conduit for communication to ensure direct reports are well informed about issues that affect them and their customers.
• Accountable for service and quality in support of Fraud Protection accounts.
• Shape future productivity and employee engagement through inspiration, robust coaching, collaboration, and sharing of best practices.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A driven individual with proven success in being strategic, forward thinking, and able to inspire.
• Be a solid collaborator across the team, peers, and all levels of the organization.
• Be highly analytical with the ability to identify the root cause of a situation, while keeping the big picture in perspective
• Demonstrated thought leadership is essential.
• This candidate should be a strong negotiator with ability to make decisions quickly.
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally as well as in writing.
• Exceptional organizational skills and follow up.
• Demonstrated ability to drive continuous process improvements and manage multiple tasks and competing priorities successfully.
• Must be able to work within business operating hours: Monday-Friday from 6:00AM - 4:30 PM AZ Time.  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Analytical
• Strong Presentation and Communication Skills.

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 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:

• 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.

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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.

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