Description

Are you ready to apply your risk and compliance expertise to Amazon's unique environment? We are looking for a candidate with demonstrated Risk Management expertise who will play a key role in building out new exciting programs across Amazon’s different organizations. The Risk Manager will drive risk assessments, escalation, and mitigation strategies across a diverse group of partners and risk disciplines, playing a vital role in ensuring that Amazon complies with local and global legal and compliance requirements and maintaining Amazon as being the place for a trusted shopping experience. You will join a team that partners across the organization to shape the future of Amazon’s evolving risk and compliance programs and where we value ownership, insight, intellectual flexibility, and sound business judgment.

Responsibilities·

• Second-line program level ownership which may include product risk, business continuity and resiliency, and third-party risk.

• Identify and develop appropriate data sources and elements which contribute to risk-based assessments.

• Own, maintain, and annually update policies, procedures, and other governance documents, as necessary.

• Develop detailed, data driven narratives to inform leadership/Board members of risk levels, mitigations, and impacts.

• Perform operational deep dives on processes and systems. Understand business processes, regulations, and controls and work with partners to identify root cause of issues.

• Identify, track, and report key risk indicators.

• Coach non-risk professionals on key elements on Risk management best practice.

• Manage several projects simultaneously with a sense of urgency.

• Own internal data integrity.

Key job responsibilities

Value ownership, the ability to dive deep on issues to produce data driven analysis, and the ability to invent mechanisms and simplify data into key business information. Learn and understand a broad range of Amazon's risks and controls and how to analyze them to drive informed decisions.

A day in the life

• Break problems into manageable pieces, ruthlessly prioritizing, and delivering results in a global environment.

• Own the design, development, and maintenance of ongoing metrics, reports, analyses, dashboards, etc. to drive key business decisions.

• Dive deep into the control environment and understand the effectiveness of design and operations.

-Engage with multiple stakeholders to gather information and put it together in a cohesive manner.

-Draft reports and track metrics.

About the team

Inclusive team culture

At Amazon we embrace our differences and we are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

Work Life Balance

We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives while working in one of our Corporate offices three days a week.

Mentorship & Career Growth

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

London, GBR

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent

• Experience handling confidential information

• • 5+ years of experience in a risk function

• • Experience with risk-based analysis of products, vendors, and significant operational changes.

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• Ability to manage and analyze data.

• Demonstrated track record of taking ownership and driving results.

• • Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.

• • Ability to travel internationally – approximately once per quarter.

Preferred Qualifications

• • Payments controls, modern transactions processing in a financial institution

• • Experience in global risk programs addressing multiple regulatory regimes.

• • Ability to think both strategically and tactically.

• • Ability to multitask in a fast-paced, technical environment.

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need an adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please contact the Applicant-Candidate Accommodation Team (ACAT), Monday through Friday from 7:00 am GMT - 4:00 pm GMT. If calling directly from the United Kingdom, please dial +44 800 086 9884 (tel:+448000869884). If calling from Ireland, please dial +353 1800 851 489 (tel:+3531800851489).