Risk Manager, Foaa, Amazon

B.A. or B.S. in Information Technology/Systems, Accounting, Business, Finance or other Business-related field

• 7+ years' experience with audits, including IT control assessments

Amazon is seeking a Risk Manager with a strong IT audit background to join the Finance Operations Accounting and Analysis (FOAA) team. The top priority for this role is controllership across FOAA globally. In this position, you must be able to understand technologies used for managing our business processes and identify the full range of risks related to processes that may include financial, regulatory compliance, operations, and organization policy. You should be comfortable interacting with technical software development engineers, accounting professionals and business leaders.

Key job responsibilities

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

• Utilize knowledge of operational and financial controls controls to evaluate, the design and operating effectiveness of controls for complex systems and business processes.
• Collaborate on controls and processes for new business processes and technology initiatives and the redesign of existing controls and processes based on best practices.
• Build effective working relationships with Global teams
• Be a strong partner with the FinOps Risk and SOX teams for system related projects impacting FOAA.
• Provide oversight for FOAA’s SOX controls ensuring documentation is updated and GRC controls completed timely.
• Be a self-starter, deal well with across functional teams and ambiguous situations
• Be a natural leader with ability to train and 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’s controllership model.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects under tight deadlines
• Work globally within FOAA to coordinate internal and external audit requests.

Heredia, H, CRI

• CISA, or other relevant independent certification or education experience
• CPA, or other relevant independent certification or education experience
• Big 4 Accounting firm experience
• Familiarity with AWS solutions such as S3 and Redshift
• Extensive knowledge of BI and Visualization platforms i.e. Tableau and AWS Quicksight
• Proven ability in understanding complex process flows and improving processes.
• Proven ability to take ownership, self-motivate, and deliver results in highly ambiguous environments.
• Ability to exercise sound judgement, problem solve, and make decisions in complex situations.
• Ability to think and innovate at scale.
• Demonstrated ability to stay organized and meet deadlines while managing multiple priorities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive level presentations