Risk Specialist I, TERA
DESCRIPTION
Amazon is seeking a Risk Specialist to support the Finance Operations Risk Management Services in Accounts Payable at Amazon. We are looking for a candidate that will take ownership and drive change in a dynamic global business environment. This individual will ensure Amazon's Finance Operations processes stay ahead of risks in areas of process design, internal control effectiveness, computer system integration, and other relevant areas through a culture of continuous inspection of our processes, systems, and key business initiatives.
This individual must be a team player, driving efficiencies and contributing to team’s goals. This individual must have process knowledge, data analysis, auditing skills and customer obsessed.
Key job responsibilities
• Carry out the vision and mission of TERA team to prevent, detect, and investigate issues of potential fraud and financial abuse by employees within the company
• Performs investigations and deep dives in a timely manner while communicating recommendations and findings to management and other stakeholders
• Review employees expense reimbursements and spend on corporate cards for compliance with Amazon Travel and Expense reimbursement policy
• Identify and clearly define issues and root causes for the potential fraud and financial abuse, work with various operations team to improve their process
• Understand and follow Amazon’s policies and procedures on expense reimbursement, corporate cards and Business Code of Conduct
• Implement operational program controls by creating project plans, establish SOPs, process controls, prioritize and coordinate workstreams as necessary
• Identify and escalates gaps in existing fraud prevention/detection tools and risk assessment methodology
• Drive improvement projects to build mechanisms within TERA team to prevent and detect fraud, abuse and waste in timely manner
• Makes recommendations to managers for input into product and technology roadmap discussions
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• MBA/Post graduate degree in finance and/or professional qualification like Chartered Accountant/Certified Fraud Examiner.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in relevant risk management areas such as internal/external audit, risk management and/or investigation
• Experience in data analysis using Excel, VBA, SQL, python etc.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Work experience in expense reimbursement audit, corporate cards fraud, employee investigations, conflict of interest or any other forensic investigation. Prior Forensic experience or CFE would be an added advantage
• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Strong leadership and analytical skills, and ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Ability to work as a team player in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Written and verbal communication skills including the ability to comfortably engage with internal and external stakeholders
• Forensic data analysis skills with experience writing SQL or Python and using Tableau or QuickSight for visualization
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