Salman Affandi
Program & Project Manager | PMP, CSM, MSc, ACCA, BSc | American Express | Managing Programs and Projects at high standards for over 15 Years | I.T., Compliance, Business Processes, Risks & Controls and Dev Specialist.
- Role
- Senior Program Manager at American Express
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Salman Affandi
14 years of experience in expertly implementing improved business processes, I.T. solutions and delivering regulatory, compliance, cyber, risk and control focused programs within the financial, insurance and banking sector.I have extensive experience in the financial, insurance, and banking sectors, where I’ve led numerous high-impact projects. My career began at Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) as a Compliance and Audit Consultant, which evolved into a role as a Business Analyst. This foundation helped my transition into Project Management of the high profile and critical initiatives. I advanced to a Senior Project and Program Manager position at Wolters Kluwer Financial Services (WKFS), where I was responsible for the AI-driven development and implementation of industry-changing solutions for Fortune 500 financial institutions, as well as overseeing compliance implementation programs. I moved to Fiserv managing diverse portfolios as a Portfolio and Program Manager, overseeing initiatives in mobile development, databases enhancements, web platforms, AI tools, mitigating cyber vulnerabilities, ensuring regulatory compliance and upgrading infrastructure. My role involves driving the strategic book of work from concept to completion while ensuring resilience of product. I then moved to Scotia for a global Operational Resilience initiative driven by growth. I managed implementation of Fusion within critical business services and worked with technical, cyber security, IQA, Regulatory, BCM, TPRM teams to ensure OpRes requirements were met on Day 0.Key highlights- Agile Kanban, Scrum and Waterfall- Regulatory & Compliance Implementations- Stakeholder Management- Business Transformation- Process Re-engineering for Operations- System, Process and I.T. Solutions Development- External Business Partner/Vendor Management- Remediation, EUCs, Cloud, API, Web Apps Deliveries- Up to Eight Figure Budget Management- Systems, Data, Server and Services Migration- Enterprise, Operations & Compliance Risks, Controls, and Regulations.
Experience
Senior Program Manager
Sep 2025 — Present · New York, NY, US
Focused on integrating advanced technology into the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework. Leading development and implementation of modern ERM strategies, leveraging AI, machine learning, and data analytics to enhance risk processes. The core part of the responsibility involves leading technology adoption and utilizing ServiceNow as the primary tool for the Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) program including ERM, Operational Risk Management (ORM) and Compliance Risk Management (ORM) Some of the important responsibilities include: o Program Enhancement: Collaborating with Amex GRC programs including ERM, ORM and CRM to use advanced data analytics, creating a unified risk data fabric that improves aggregation and control monitoring across three lines of defense. o Cross Functional Alignment: Using the ‘3-in-a-box’ methodology to align Business, Product, and Technology, ensuring ServiceNow implementation delivers practical, high-impact integrated risk management solutions. o Leading multiple 2nd Line owned remediation workstreams, managing delivery of audit packages and self-identified issues through structured action plans to closure within a broader enterprise program.
Education
UCL
Master of Science - MS, Professional Accountancy
2016
Oxford Brookes University
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Applied Accounting
2005 — 2009
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