Sr. Risk Manager, Finance Operations, Finance Operations Risk, Governance, & Experience

Amazon is seeking a Senior Risk Manager to support the Finance Operations (FinOps) Controllership team at Amazon. We’re looking for someone who can take lead in understanding complex FinOps processes and identify the full range of risks related to processes, regulatory compliance, organization, policy, and technology. This individual will ensure FinOps processes stay ahead of risks associated with process design, internal control effectiveness, computer system integration, and other relevant areas.
As a Senior Risk Manager on the FORGE team, you won't just find problems, you'll architect solutions. You will lead high-impact audits and risk programs across Finance Operations (FinOps), with a primary focus on Global Real Estate & Facilities. Your work will directly strengthen the control environment, protect Amazon from material risk, and drive the kind of operational excellence that lets Finance scale with confidence.

In this role, you will lead and oversee projects, such as inspections, risk assessments, and advisory services, that shape process and control design to mitigate risk and drive a continuous controllership culture. Responsibilities will also include preparation of findings and engagement with stakeholders to complete action items. Your subject matter expertise is critical to develop strong working knowledge of processes, current initiatives, and organizational changes.

This role requires strong leadership skills to influence others and/or self-serve in order to achieve critical inspection objectives. You will be expected to identify risks in our processes and work with the appropriate owners to mitigate risks. You will need to dive deep to understand Amazon’s disparate and complex processes and related applications and work through ambiguity to deliver results.

Key job responsibilities
Successful candidates must be eager to dive deep into processes and have a proven record of delivering meaningful risks and recommendations to the business. The candidate should have strong auditing skills, problem solving skills, systems and process knowledge, and a passion for customer service. Specific core responsibilities are below:
• Perform risk assessments of the organization
• Perform end to end audits, including scoping, fieldwork, and reporting
• Evaluate design and effectiveness of FinOps controls
• Evaluate policy and process exceptions
• Prepare clear, compelling audit reports, executive narratives, and leadership-ready communications. Present findings, recommendations, and risk trade-offs to senior leaders (Director and above) with precision and confidence
• Provide training that improves and raises the bar on controllership with respect to policies and other requirements
• Support ad hoc inspections, deep dives, and reviews across broader FinOps and upstream business processes as new risks emerge or business needs evolve
• Provide strategic perspective on risk-related business and technology decisions. Help stakeholders see around corners, prioritize the right mitigation investments, and avoid building risk into new processes

A day in the life
• Lead scoping, planning, and execution of complex audits and risk assessments across FinOps processes.
• Own end-to-end lifecycle of high-impact, cross-functional risk programs.
• Identify control gaps, evaluate control effectiveness, and drive sustainable remediation plans.
• Define project objectives, success criteria, and risk reduction metrics.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to prioritize risk initiatives, influence decisions, and drive execution.
• Develop data-driven audit reports and executive communications presenting findings and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Influence stakeholders to implement scalable, automated controls and eliminate recurring risks.
• Leverage data, automation, and technology to improve risk detection and audit efficiency.

About the team
Finance Operations Risk, Governance & Experience (FORGE)’s mission is to improve controllership across Finance Operations (FinOps) by identifying risks, protecting assets, designing to-be controls, testing existing controls, and as appropriate, assisting process owners with risk mitigation or remediation. In addition, FORGE collaborates with teams within and beyond FinOps on risk assessments, compliance, corporate social responsibility, regulatory, and governance matters. FORGE also serves as FinOps's program manager for the global external audit, provides controllership support for non-integrated subsidiaries, and is the contact for FinOps owned Internal Audit findings.

Basic qualifications

- 7+ years of compliance, audit or risk management experience
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and applications at an advanced level
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Preferred qualifications

- Master's degree or equivalent
- Experience at consulting firms or equivalent
- Experience working across teams and influencing teams that are not your own
- Experience in relevant finance roles, or experience in identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes

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