Risks and Controls Manager, Amazon Leo Accounting, Amazon Leo Accounting Controllership
About the role
The Risk and Controls Manager position is within Amazon Leo Accounting Controllership team. The team drives internal controls over financial reporting for Amazon Leo launches, performs internal process, system and control readiness assessments, and collaborates with business, tech, finance, and accounting teams to design controls that mitigate financial statement risks. This role requires a deep understanding and experience with all aspects of internal controls including financial information technology systems for a complex, high-growth stage organization.
Requirements
- 5+ years of compliance, audit or risk management experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in accounting management in Big Four with Fortune 500 clients
Key job responsibilities
- Driving end to end process discovery and documentation exercises for complex processes
- Driving control design and implementation with engineering, business, finance and accounting teams
- Assisting with system implementation and migration and respective SDLC controls
- Plan and manage multiple parallel projects
- 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
- Train control owners and technical teams about controls, testing, and risk management. Perform control testing, as needed.
- Assisting in the evaluation of identified control deficiencies and monitoring of remediation efforts
About the team
This role involves collaborating with business, finance, and technical teams to deliver world-class control solutions that are highly scalable, secure, and flexible. The candidate will operate successfully in a fast-paced, global, results-oriented environment. Strong oral and written communication skills are crucial, along with the ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope business requirements, and prioritize.