Operational Risk Manager, Amazon

Account Compliance

Salary not provided
SQL
Excel
Mid level
London
Amazon

The largest online retailer and technology provider

Open for applications

Amazon

The largest online retailer and technology provider

1001+ employees

B2CB2BMarketplaceCloud ComputingeCommerce

Open for applications

Salary not provided
SQL
Excel
Mid level
London

1001+ employees

B2CB2BMarketplaceCloud ComputingeCommerce

Company mission

Amazon aims to be Earth’s most customer centric company. Their mission is to continually raise the bar of the customer experience by using the internet and technology to help consumers find, discover and buy anything, and empower businesses and content creators to maximise their success.

Role

Who you are

  • 3+ years of experience in Risk Management, Assurance, Compliance, or Audit roles
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to coordinate with multiple stakeholders
  • Project management experience or experience working on complex projects
  • Proven track record of creative problem-solving and a desire to create and build new processes
  • Comfort with challenging the status quo, even in confrontational situations
  • Strong time management, multitasking skills, and attention to detail
  • Proficient in MS Office Suite, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and SharePoint
  • Ability to provide concise and effective answers to questions, offering expertise on procedures to associates and management across diverse sites. Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience in generating risk intelligence reports and analysis
  • Demonstrated ability to make sound decisions, take ownership, and deliver results in a management capacity
  • Proven ability to challenge norms, improve performance, and enhance efficiency
  • Ability to analyze data and existing processes to identify risks and opportunities
  • Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to build relationships and positively influence decision-making
  • Proven ability to meet deadlines while managing multiple complex work streams
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent
  • Experience in compliance program management, legal, governance, audit, risk/loss prevention, or equivalent
  • Experience handling confidential information

Desirable

  • 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

What the job involves

  • The Account Compliance team at Amazon are dedicated to making the organization the safest and most trusted place to buy and sell
  • Our primary goal is to protect our customers' interests while balancing risk management with exceptional customer experience
  • This is achieved through our global first line of defense (1LoD) risk program
  • We are now seeking an experienced Operational Risk Manager to join our Global 1LoD risk program
  • The role involves supporting the implementation of operational risk objectives and contributing to the development and execution of risk strategies, with a primary focus on the governance and management of the Risk & Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) framework
  • Conduct Ongoing RCSAs: Lead and support regular Risk & Control Self-Assessments to identify, assess, and review the adequacy and effectiveness of risk management and control systems
  • Develop Operational Risk Strategies: Assist in formulating procedures that define operational risk strategy and program goals
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with stakeholders to drive risk mitigation through comprehensive risk assessment and treatment plans
  • Project Management: Play a key role in managing projects related to the implementation of risk management systems
  • Reporting: Produce detailed reports on risk management across multiple functions within Account Compliance, working closely with cross-functional teams to gather input, and providing updates to senior leadership at varying cadences (Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly)
  • Risk Consistency: Collaborate with various functions to ensure consistent understanding and awareness of operational risks across the organization
  • Presentation of Findings: Present risk assessment findings and recovery strategies to key stakeholders across 1st and 2nd Line
  • Risk Treatment Management: Partner with relevant teams to coordinate risk treatment plans identified through the risk assessment process and assist in responding to significant disruptions, influencing globale prioritization roadmaps
  • Facilitate Workshops: Organize RCSA workshops to help identify unknown operational risks
  • Training and Awareness: Identify opportunities for training and enhancing awareness of operational risk methodologies

Salary benchmarks

Our take

Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.

More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.

Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.

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Company benefits

  • Employees have opportunities to own Amazon stock, participate in 401(k) plans with company match, and enroll in paid life and accident insurance
  • Financial counseling and estate planning services are also available, plus paid short-term and long-term disability if needed
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage to all our regular full-time employees, regardless of their level, tenure, or position
  • Amazon employees have free access to a network of more than 2 million caregivers, including nannies, babysitters and special-needs caretakers
  • Employees receive discounts on certain day care centers, and Amazon provides a variety of free resources for parents of children with autism, ADHD and developmental disabilities
  • Adoption assistance for qualified domestic and international adoption expenses including attorney fees, court costs, and travel
  • Leave Share program allows employees to give six weeks of paid parental leave to a spouse or partner who isn’t eligible for parental leave from their employer

Company values

  • Customer obsession rather than competitor focus
  • Passion for invention
  • Commitment to operational excellence
  • Long-term thinking

Company HQ

South Lake Union, Seattle, WA

Leadership

Jeff Bezos

(Founder & Executive Chairman)

Jeff is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. As well as founding Amazon, Jeff founded Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company and also owns The Washington Post.

Andy Jassy

(President & CEO)

Joined Amazon as a Marketing Manager in 1997. Developed AWS with Jeff Bezos, and became CEO of Amazon in 2021.

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