Job Description
DESCRIPTION
Amazon is seeking an Senior Assurance Manager to join our Denied Party Screening (DPS) team focused on denied party and sanctions screening systems and processes. This team enables Amazon to comply with regulations as well as understand and manage sanctions risk.
We are seeking a candidate that has good analytical skills, solid business judgment, a controllership focus, and the capability to drive the right results with a focused and pragmatic approach. You are an effective project manager that plans and conducts assurance assessment and testing from beginning to end, and often managing multiple projects at once. You will be responsible for prioritizing findings and recommendations in tune with our corporate strategy and regulations. You should be able to facilitate multiple stakeholders to agree on appropriate solutions and verify that risks are mitigated appropriately. You will also provide subject matter expertise and guidance to cross-functional teams on sanctions compliance obligations and risk mitigation strategies. We value personality, insight, intellectual flexibility, and sound business judgment. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build.
Key job responsibilities
As a Senior Assurance Manager, you will:
• Support the development and execution of a comprehensive sanctions compliance assurance program.
• Lead the planning, scoping, execution, and reporting of assurance activities based on identified compliance risks impacting various Amazon businesses.
• Design and implement robust testing frameworks to validate the effectiveness of sanctions screening processes, procedures, and controls.
• Analyze and perform deep dives of sanctions-related data to assess control effectiveness and detect potential control gaps.
• Partner closely with the stakeholders, legal, and business teams to identify risks and gaps and drive remediation actions.
• Define and improve processes, tools, and drive automation to support end-to-end assurance program.
• Provide consultative support to business partners to identify opportunities for control improvements with the objective of mitigating risk and improving compliance and operational performance.
• Use excellent writing skills to succinctly communicate complicated issues, risks and remediation efforts. You will prepare reports, make presentations to senior level management to improve controls with the objective of mitigating compliance risks.
• Work independently and remain flexible, with the ability to prioritize workloads and maintain a resilient attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.
About the team
About Amazon Security:
At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services.
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why Amazon Security
At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.
Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.
Mentorship and Career growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 6+ years of compliance, audit or risk management experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
Job Tags
Full time, Flexible hours,