Risks and Controls Manager, Amazon Leo Accounting, Amazon Leo Accounting Controllership

About the role

The Risk and Controls Manager position is within the 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.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of the COSO 2013 framework and SEC/PCAOB regulations
• Demonstrated ability to design and monitor an effective global risk-based internal control environment
• 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