Senior Risk Specialist – Finance Operations Job For 4-50 Year Exp In Amazon Bengaluru / Bangalore, India – 3320724

DESCRIPTION
Amazon seeks a brilliant, creative and passionate audit professional to join the Finance Operations Risk Intelligence (FORI) team. The Finance Operations organization manages corporate procurement, vendor payables and payments, employee payroll, customer receivables, and real estate & facilities. It is a global organization that supports multiple Amazon businesses and subsidiaries. FORI provides controllership across Finance Operations with a mission to identify risks, protect assets, design to-be controls, and as appropriate assist process owners with risk mitigation or remediation. The top priority of the team is to provide controllership across Finance Operations processes.
This individual will raise the bar on our processes by continuously evaluating the internal controls and improving them through audits, process evaluations and remediation assistance. The individual will be responsible to plan and scope the audits/ process reviews, execute the audit plan, prepare written findings and facilitate business responses and action items. The individual would also provide consultative support to the business partners to identify opportunities for control improvements. Audit areas may include both finance and operational processes for Accounts Receivable and other operational processes. Additionally, the individual may also participate in adhoc assignments as the need may be.
This individual should be self-driven, be able to work independently in a fast-paced environment, be flexible with the ability to prioritize workloads and have attention to details. This role will have regular interaction with multiple business units across Amazon and requires strong interpersonal and communication skills. The individual should have a strong background in risk, controls, governance, and accounting.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
· 4-year degree in accounting, finance or related field
· 5+ years of relevant financial audit experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
· Experience working with US-based companies
· Familiarity with Sarbanes-Oxley
· Foundational knowledge of Accounts Receivable, Procurement, Accounts Payable, and Payroll processes
· Proven ability in understanding complex process flows and improving processes.
· Strong written and verbal communication skills
· Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
· Flexible with work hours to overlap with US time zones
· Flexible to travel