Description

Amazon is looking for a Risk Manager to join the Finance Operations Accounting and Analysis (FOAA) team. The top priority for this role is controllership across FOAA globally with a mission to identify risks, document, assess and design controls, and as appropriate assist process owners with risk mitigation or remediation. In addition, you will help lead development of the annual project roadmap. You will oversee and execute internal self-assessments and any other ad hoc controllership related projects. You will ensure that external reporting analyses align with Amazon's financial records by staying current and possessing a deep understanding of operations and accounting processes. The ideal candidate will be innovative, team oriented, an effective communicator, have strong accounting and analytical skills, and appreciate a dynamic environment with rapidly changing priorities. In this role, you will collaborate and work closely with various stakeholders across the company, such as Accounting, Legal, Finance Technology, and Finance Operations.

Key job responsibilities

As the Risk Manager of FOAA, you will be required to:

+Define and evaluate controls and processes for our new businesses and adapt/drive new best practices for existing businesses

+Prepare internal control owners for walkthroughs and control testing with internal and external auditors

+Collaborate directly with Global teams

+Lead quarterly business reviews and contribute to annual goal planning

+Develop project proposals

+Be a self-starter, deal well with across functional teams and ambiguous situations

+Be a natural leader with ability to influence others

+Influence business decisions by effective verbal and written communication, data driven analysis, and presentation of alternatives

+Monitor and improve the operational excellence of FOAA internal controls program to move from a reactive, findings based program to a proactive, monitored program

+Ensure all FOAA SOX documentation is kept up to date within GRC system and manage timely completion of GRC controls

+Manage multiple concurrent projects under tight deadlines

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Arlington, VA, USA

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of compliance, audit or risk management experience

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and applications at an advanced level

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leveraging technology and implementing lean principles / Six Sigma methodologies to drive process improvements or equivalent

• Master's degree or equivalent

• Experience developing and implementing of standards, policies and programs or equivalent

• Experience building cross-functional partnerships and influencing stakeholders across the organization to act without having a direct reporting relationship

• Hold a CPA, CIA, CISA or other equivalent

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.