Internal Controls Manager, Global Financial Risk & Controls

Responsibilities

• Executing on controls strategies
• Driving control design and implementation with engineering, business, and accounting teams
• Contributing to deep dives on process areas to define the set of risk and controls in addressing financial reporting risk
• Ensuring there are adequate controls over critical components of the ecosystem
• Advising on and designing controls and compliance programs
• Providing ongoing support to process owners/control owners and cross-functional teams to ensure controls are designed and implemented effectively
• Participating in annual walkthroughs with process/application/control owners across the company and external auditors
• Supporting the quarterly 302 sub-certification process and related reporting
• Assisting in the evaluation of identified control deficiencies and monitoring of remediation efforts
• Assisting with system implementation and migration and respective SDLC controls
• Using AI technologies to drive process efficiency and innovation in the lifecycle of risk assessment, internal controls design and documentation, maintenance and evaluation.

Requirements

• A deep knowledge of the COSO 2013 framework, SEC/PCAOB regulations
• The demonstrated ability to design and monitor an effective global risk-based internal control environment
• Experience in large public companies or the advisory practice of a Big 4 public accounting firm serving Fortune 500 clients for 6+ years
• Demonstrated experience in working collaboratively to accomplish challenges

About the team

The Global Financial Risk & Controls (GFRC) team’s key purpose is to preserve Amazon’s financial reputation by promoting strong controllership that supports internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) designed to provide reasonable assurance that Amazon’s consolidated and statutory financial statements are complete and accurate. We partner closely with our global customers to identify and mitigate key financial reporting risks to achieve the company’s control objectives. We do this by maintaining the overall ICFR framework in the GRC platform and supporting the teams responsible for designing, documenting, executing, and assessing their processes, systems, and controls in their respective business environments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of compliance, audit or risk management experience
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and applications at an advanced level
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification
• Master's degree or equivalent
• CPA
• Certified Information Systems Auditor