Risk Manager - AI and Automation in Finance Operations

Risk Mgr- AI Automations-FORGE, FinOps Risk, Governance & Experience (FORGE)

Risk Manager - AI Automations, FORGE


Summary

Join Amazon's Finance Operations team as a Risk Manager where you'll leverage artificial intelligence and automation to transform how we manage financial risk and compliance. You'll partner with our controllership and self-inspection teams to identify vulnerabilities, design innovative solutions, and implement cutting-edge technologies that strengthen our risk posture while improving operational efficiency.


A Day in the Life

As a Risk Manager supporting Finance Operations, you'll spend your time diving deep into complex financial processes to uncover potential risks and opportunities for improvement. You might begin your day analyzing control effectiveness across our systems, then collaborate with process owners to design automation solutions using AI and machine learning tools. You'll evaluate policy exceptions and work cross-functionally with audit, compliance, and technology teams to develop strategies that enhance our controllership framework. Your work directly influences how we protect assets, prevent issues before they occur, and respond effectively when challenges arise. You'll balance strategic thinking about our long-term risk mitigation approach with hands-on problem-solving to deliver tangible solutions that make a measurable difference.



About the Team

We are the Finance Operations Risk, Governance & Experience team—a collaborative group dedicated to strengthening controllership across Amazon's financial operations. Our mission centers on identifying risks early, protecting assets, designing effective controls, and supporting process owners with remediation when needed. We work closely with colleagues across Finance Operations and beyond, partnering on risk assessments, compliance initiatives, regulatory matters, and governance challenges. We also manage relationships with external auditors and serve as the central point of contact for internal audit findings. Our team values proactive risk prevention and swift, thoughtful action when issues emerge. When you join us, you'll be part of a group that takes pride in recommending controls that prevent problems and responding decisively when they occur. We're excited to work with someone who shares our commitment to building a stronger, more resilient financial operation.



Key Job Responsibilities

Conduct comprehensive risk assessments across Finance Operations processes to identify vulnerabilities and recommend technology-enabled solutions and mitigation strategies

Evaluate the design and effectiveness of financial controls to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal standards

Develop and implement automation solutions using artificial intelligence and machine learning tools to reduce risk, improve control effectiveness, and enhance operational efficiency

Analyze policy and process exceptions to identify systemic issues and design mechanisms that strengthen our controllership framework and raise standards for how we operate

Support audit and regulatory activities by responding to external auditor requests, providing documentation, and collaborating on compliance assessments

Basic Qualifications

Experience in compliance program management, legal, governance, audit, risk management, or loss prevention

Demonstrated ability to assess complex processes and identify control gaps and risks

Experience designing or implementing process improvements or automation solutions

Knowledge of regulatory compliance frameworks and internal control principles

Ability to communicate findings and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with artificial intelligence, machine learning, or robotic process automation applications in a business context

Background in financial operations, accounting controls, or Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance

Experience working with cross-functional teams across multiple business units or geographies

Familiarity with financial systems, enterprise resource planning platforms, or data analysis tools

Advanced degree in business, finance, law, or a related field


About the team
Finance Operations Risk, Governance & Experience (FORGE) aims to strengthen controllership across Finance Operations (FinOps) by identifying risks, safeguarding assets, designing future-state controls, and testing existing ones. It also supports process owners with risk mitigation and remediation when needed. Additionally, FORGE partners with teams within and outside FinOps on risk assessments, compliance, corporate social responsibility, regulatory, and governance initiatives. The team manages the global external audit program for FinOps, provides controllership support to non-integrated subsidiaries, and serves as the primary contact for internal audit findings owned by FinOps.

At its core, FORGE adds value by recommending controls that prevent issues and taking action when they arise.

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Experience in compliance program management, legal, governance, audit, risk/loss prevention, or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience establishing successful partnerships with internal and external teams to execute tactical initiatives or equivalent
- Background in financial operations, accounting controls, or Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance
- Experience working with cross-functional teams across multiple business units or geographies
- Familiarity with financial systems, enterprise resource planning platforms, or data analysis tools
- Advanced degree in Alteryx, UiPath, Tableau, Power Automate, OpenAI solutions knowledge

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Experience Level

Senior Level