Amazon is looking for a Finance Risk Manager to join Finance Operations Accounting and Analysis (FOAA). In this role, you will be the team site leader and 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 collaborate cross-functionally with Corporate Accounting, tech engineers, project managers, and FOAA accountants to validate that automated solutions meet the controllership bar. You will own and/or contribute to the FOAA Risk MBR and QBRs. You will also lead 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, test control effectiveness, etc.). You will also act as a mentor that guides and coaches junior team members. In addition, you will help develop the annual project roadmap and serve as a point of contact with external auditors. You will partner with Amazon Global Financial Risk and Controls (GFRC) to drive FOAA’s completion of SOX requirements. 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
You will be required to
• Utilize knowledge of SOX controls and business processes to evaluate and propose design changes to complex systems and business controls.
• Define controls and processes for our new businesses and adapt/drive new best practices for existing businesses.
• Collaborate directly with global teams.
• Lead quarterly business reviews and contribute to annual goal planning.
• Develop project proposals.
• Be a self-starter, deal well with across functional teams and ambiguous situations.
• Be a natural leader with ability to influence others.
• Influence business decisions by effective verbal and written communication, data driven analysis, and presentation of alternatives.
• Monitor and improve the operational excellence of FOAA internal controls program to move from a reactive findings-based program to a proactive monitored program.
• Ensure all FOAA SOX documentation is kept current within GRC system and manage timely completion of GRC controls.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects under tight deadlines.
• Work globally within FOAA to coordinate and provide all external audit requests timely and meet or reduce EY budgeted hours.