15 Oct
Amazon Payments UK
London
Job description
Come build the future with us!
At Amazon we expect no more and no less from you. Ever since Amazon opened its virtual doors, our aim has been to become the most customer-centric company in the world.
How? By having people like you who make sure that our customers can find everything that they are looking for online at great value and convenience.
Immerse yourself in an environment that is fast-paced, growing and continuously innovating to offer great opportunities for our customers and for you!
We are looking for an Assurance Manager to join our fast-growing Global Assurance team. The successful candidate should help the rollout and execution of our second line of defense risk monitoring across,
and to provide advisory support to entities seeking to enhance their control environments.
The successful candidate is an ambitious self-starter, with a proven capability to work independently and as part of a team, has strong analytical and organizational skills, and a sound knowledge of relevant Assurance or Audit practices.
The role is uniquely placed to work directly with Regional Leaders to drive scalable risk and compliance testing and monitoring solutions across many areas to help maintain a compliant status vis-à-vis regulatory requirements.
The successful candidate will therefore work closely with the Global Assurance team stakeholders (Compliance Officers, Payments Risk, Governance, Internal Audit and other Operational and Support teams) to provide Senior Management with adequate visibility on regulatory risk exposure and the status of internal controls.
The successful candidate is ideally responsible for translating regulatory requirements to actionable recommendations and controls for the first line of defense by assessing risks, producing regulatory analysis and reports, and designing continuous risk monitoring solutions.
The candidate is also a quick learner with an ability to absorb the nuances of Amazon's varied payment offerings, their risks and internal systems and practices.
Key job responsibilities
The successful candidate should have strong business and communication skills, able to influence senior stakeholders via data-driven and actionable insights.
The successful candidate will also :
- Maintain an up-to-date knowledge and solid understanding of product compliance as well as regulatory compliance relating to financial services;
- Significantly contribute to the design, development, implementation,
and execution of compliance assurance testing, lead issue validation activities with stakeholders and report to Senior Management;
- Ability to learn and understand business processes, regulations, internal controls, and develop meaningful tests to determine control design adequacy and operating effectiveness;
- Perform operational deep dives to understand and find gaps in compliance-related processes and services;
- Identify and assess inherent and residual risks related to control deficiencies;
- Work with compliance office personnel, business units legal, and technology partners to identify deficiencies in internal controls and operational processes and identify root cause of issues;
- Participate in process improvement initiatives,
including identifying and implementing best practices in effective and innovative ways.
- Continuously Identify industry best practices and contribute to the improvement of the Assurance Program;
- Embrace the use of data analytics to increase value and reduce costs of compliance-related assurance activities;
- Manage several projects simultaneously with precision and accuracy.
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 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Experience in compliance program management, legal, governance, audit, risk / loss prevention, or equivalent
- Experience handling confidential information
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Professional auditing qualification, or similar risk or compliance credentials
- Experience with SQL and Excel
- Experience in program requirements definition, together with data and metrics leveraging to drive improvements
▶️ Assurance Manager
🖊️ Amazon Payments UK
📍 London