Amazon is looking for a Finance Risk Manager to join Finance Operations Accounting & Analysis (FOAA). In this role, you drive global controllership across FOAA. You identify risks, perform inspections, and apply your subject matter expertise to assess controls that impact accounting and financial reporting. You will collaborate with process owners to develop actions that remediate or mitigate risks. You will contribute to FOAA MBRs and QBRs. You will also contribute to ad hoc projects that improve controllership (e.g. increasing quality of documentation to substantiate transactions, support Amazon’s environmental sustainability reporting, review FOAA policies for consistency and completeness, etc.). The ideal candidate has strong accounting, audit, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

FOAA owns the accounting for accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, plus the reconciliation of 46K+ balance sheet accounts.


Key job responsibilities
• Operate independently, work well with cross-functional teams and ambiguous situations.
• Influence without authority.
• Collaborate directly with global teams.
• Propose controls to solve risks identified and influence the adoption of best practices.
• Influence business decisions with effective verbal and written communication, data driven analysis, and presentation of alternatives.
• Support efforts to keep all FOAA SOX documentation current and help drive timely completion of GRC controls.
• Utilize knowledge of SOX controls and business processes to evaluate, redesign and simplify complex systems and business controls.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects under tight deadlines.