Sr. Lead, Sustainability Assurance, WW Sustainability

About the Role

Join us at the forefront of Amazon's sustainability initiatives to work on environmental and social advancements that support Amazon's long-term worldwide sustainability strategy. The Worldwide Sustainability (WWS) organization leverages Amazon’s scale and speed to build a more resilient and sustainable company. The Sustainability Reporting, Enablement and Governance (S-REG) team focuses on creating a scalable and trusted sustainability reporting infrastructure to meet regulatory requirements and stakeholder expectations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and scale an assurance-readiness framework for sustainability disclosures across multiple regulatory regimes (e.g., CSRD, ISSB), ensuring alignment with assurance standards (e.g., AICPA, ISSA 5000).
• Coordinate and manage external assurance engagements, including scoping, evidence gathering, walkthroughs, and remediation of findings.
• Launch mechanisms to ensure cross-jurisdictional consistency in assurance approaches, materiality conclusions, and disclosure quality.
• Conduct gap assessments of current sustainability reporting practices against evolving regulatory and assurance requirements.
• Build and maintain a centralized audit trail of evidence, methodologies, assumptions, and management judgments supporting sustainability disclosures.
• Partner with Worldwide Sustainability, Finance, Legal, and Accounting teams to align sustainability reporting with financial reporting processes.
• Synthesize complex regulatory, assurance, and sustainability concepts into clear communications for senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field, or Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of quantitative role experience (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance).
• 7+ years of experience in multiple finance and accounting roles.
• 6+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis.
• 6+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects to scale and improve controllership.
• 5+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy.
• 5+ years of leading cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy.

Preferred Qualifications

• 6+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, determining root causes, and implementing escalation plans.
• 6+ years of solving complex business challenges with financial models and analysis that impact business outcomes.
• MBA or CPA.
• Experience navigating sustainability disclosure requirements across multiple jurisdictions (e.g., EU, Australia, US, UK).
• Familiarity with sustainability data management platforms, carbon accounting tools, or GRC systems.

Pay

The base salary range for this position varies by location:

• USA, CA, San Francisco: $153,500.00 - $207,600.00 USD annually
• USA, NY, New York: $153,500.00 - $207,600.00 USD annually
• USA, VA, Arlington: $139,500.00 - $188,700.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Seattle: $139,500.00 - $188,700.00 USD annually

Final compensation includes sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs), determined by experience, qualifications, and location.

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits, including:

• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D, EAP, Mental Health Support)
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off and parental leave
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in compliance with local fair chance ordinances.