Risks and Controls Manager, Amazon Leo Accounting, Amazon Leo Accounting Controllership

Amazon • Nashville, TN

13h • $109,000 - $163,900 • Remote

About The Position

The Amazon Leo Accounting Controllership team has an immediate opening for a Risk and Controls Manager. This position is expected to have a deep sense of ownership, strong passion in understanding complex processes, ability to identify financial statement risks, drive positive change across the organization and deliver results. The Amazon Leo Controllership team drives internal controls over financial reporting for Amazon Leo launches, performs internal process, system and control readiness assessments, collaborates with business, tech, finance, accounting teams to design controls that mitigates financial statement risks. We are subject matter experts that consult process, control and system owners across Amazon Leo processes. This role will require a deep understanding and experience with all aspects of internal controls including financial information technology systems for a complex, high-growth stage organization. Requirements for this position also include a deep knowledge the COSO 2013 framework and SEC/PCAOB regulations, as well as the demonstrated ability to design and monitor an effective global risk-based internal control environment. We are currently looking for experienced candidates who have held similar positions in large public companies or who have held a similar position within the advisory practice of a Big 4 public accounting firm serving Fortune 500 clients for 6+ years. Demonstrated experience in working collaboratively to accomplish challenges will be expected as this is an ongoing requirement for this position. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate they were top performers at their level.

Requirements

• 5+ years of compliance, audit or risk management experience
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in accounting management in Big Four with Fortune 500 clients
• deep knowledge the COSO 2013 framework and SEC/PCAOB regulations
• demonstrated ability to design and monitor an effective global risk-based internal control environment
• held similar positions in large public companies or who have held a similar position within the advisory practice of a Big 4 public accounting firm serving Fortune 500 clients for 6+ years
• Demonstrated experience in working collaboratively to accomplish challenges
• Candidates will be expected to demonstrate they were top performers at their level.

Responsibilities

• Driving end to end process discovery and documentation exercises for complex processes
• Driving control design and implementation with engineering, business, finance and accounting teams
• Assisting with system implementation and migration and respective SDLC controls
• Plan and manage multiple parallel projects
• Advising on and designing controls and compliance programs
• Providing ongoing support to process owners/control owners and cross-functional teams to ensure controls are designed and implemented effectively
• Participating in annual walkthroughs with process/application/control owners across the company and external auditors
• Train control owners and technical teams about controls, testing, and risk management. Perform control testing, as needed.
• Assisting in the evaluation of identified control deficiencies and monitoring of remediation efforts

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree