Senior Assurance Manager, GRA

Are you ready to apply your professional services advisory skills to Amazon's unique environment? We are developing a new capability providing specialist internal advisory services around governance, risk management and assurance, delivering tailored functional insight and expertise to all of Amazon worldwide. We are looking for talented individuals from audit, assurance, advisory and consulting backgrounds who can demonstrate both their subject matter knowledge and delivery of customer-focused solutions around these disciplines.
Operating as a specialist global team partnering across Amazon to embed best practices in the second line, you will play an integral role in building out and maturing our governance, risk and assurance capabilities throughout Amazon’s different businesses. You will be responsible for the end-to-end scoping, design, and execution of workstreams, working with senior Amazon leaders to develop an in-depth understanding of their organizations to drive change for tangible commercial and operational benefits.
This represents a unique opportunity to apply your client-facing skills and deep professional expertise within the global environment of Amazon, an opportunity unsurpassed in both scale and scope. You will play a vital role in ensuring that Amazon continues to deliver a trusted shopping experience worldwide, shaping the future of Amazon and its customers.
Key job responsibilities
• Lead the scoping, design and execution of governance, risk, and assurance workstreams
• Advise on best practices and frameworks around governance, risk management, and assurance
• Engage with internal stakeholders and businesses on a cross-border basis to develop targeted governance, risk and assurance deliverables
• Create detailed, data-driven narratives to inform senior leadership and Boards of risk levels, mitigations and impacts
• Provide assurance on the effectiveness of internal controls and develop recommendations to address any identified control gaps and weaknesses
• Facilitate development of new or revised policies, procedures, and other governance documents
• Operate as an ambassador for the three lines model, helping to define ownership roles and responsibilities within businesses
A day in the life
You will serve as the subject matter expert in collaboration with key strategic business partners in establishing frameworks and/or providing independent assessments of governance, risk, and assurance activities. Your role will include working with cross-functional teams to effectively mitigate the risks to our sellers and buyers and meet regulatory requirements and mitigate operational, financial, strategic, regulatory, and customer risk. You will be working within a global team of risk and compliance Amazonians within 2LoD.
About the team
You will join a small global team of 10+ professionals with diverse experience from different sectors and industries, where we value inclusive team culture, work life harmony, mentorship, and career growth. The team provides assurance, advisory, and consulting advice to Amazon businesses globally to improve internal controls, including regulatory and products/services launch/preparedness readiness assessments.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field
- Experience building strategic relationships with stakeholders, including communicating and collaborating across teams and functions
- Experience managing multiple projects and priorities across teams in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- 6+ years experience in risk management and internal audit including: performing risk assessments and audits, designing controls, managing enterprise control frameworks, and prioritizing risk
- Master's degree, or Bachelor's degree in management, business administration, economics, engineering, marketing
- Experience leading complex global or country-wide initiatives
- Experience in driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
- CPA, CMA, CISA, CIA or equivalent risk, audit, or compliance credentials
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