GRA Manager, GRA

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking talented individuals to join their governance, risk, and assurance team. This role offers a unique opportunity to apply your advisory skills within a global environment, working closely with senior leaders to drive business change. You will be responsible for scoping and executing critical workstreams while providing insights on governance and risk management best practices. This position is ideal for those passionate about fostering best practices and ensuring a trusted experience for customers worldwide. If you thrive in dynamic settings and are eager to make an impact, this role could be your next career move.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in audit, advisory, or consulting.
• Demonstrable expertise in governance, risk management, or data.

Responsibilities

• Scope, design, and execute governance, risk, and assurance workstreams.
• Advise on best practices around governance and risk management.

Skills

Governance

Risk Management

Audit & Assurance

Data Analysis

Communication Skills

Project Management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's degree or MBA

Job description

Job ID: 2926271 | Amazon Payments UK Limited

Are you ready to apply your professional services advisory skills to Amazon's unique environment? We are developing a new capability providing specialist internal advisory services around governance, risk management and assurance, delivering tailored functional insight and expertise to all of Amazon worldwide. We are looking for talented individuals from audit, advisory and consulting backgrounds who can demonstrate both their subject matter knowledge and delivery of customer-focused solutions around these disciplines.

Operating as a specialist global team partnering across Amazon to embed best practices in the second line of defence, you will play an integral role in building out new governance, risk and assurance capabilities throughout Amazon’s different businesses. You will be responsible for the end-to-end scoping, design and execution of workstreams, working with senior Amazon leaders to develop an in-depth understanding of their organisations to then drive business change for tangible commercial and operational benefits.

This represents a unique chance to apply your honed client-facing skills and deep professional services expertise within the global environment of Amazon, an opportunity unsurpassed in both scale and scope. You will play a vital role in ensuring that Amazon continues to deliver a trusted shopping experience worldwide, shaping the future of Amazon and its customers.

Key job responsibilities

1. Scoped, design and execute governance, risk and assurance workstreams
2. Advise on best practices and frameworks around governance, risk management and assurance
3. Engage with internal stakeholders and businesses on a cross-border basis to develop targeted governance, risk and assurance deliverables
4. Create detailed, data-driven narratives to inform senior leadership and Boards of risk levels, mitigations and impacts
5. Provide assurance on the effectiveness of internal controls and develop recommendations to address any identified control gaps and weaknesses
6. Facilitate development of new or revised policies, procedures and other governance documents
7. Operate as an ambassador for the three lines of defence model, helping to define ownership roles and responsibilities within businesses

About the team

The GRA team at RCS is building an in-house GRA offering within Amazon in order to foster and implement best GRA practices across the firm.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. Bachelor's degree or equivalent
2. 3+ years’ experience from professional services in audit, advisory or consulting
3. Demonstrable expertise in at least one of the following functional areas:
1. 1) Risk Management: risk frameworks; risk identification, assessment and reporting; Key Risk Indicators; risk appetite and tolerances
2. 2) Audit & Assurance: audit procedures; internal control testing; control design and effectiveness; process improvement reviews; project assurance
3. 3) Governance: governance effectiveness reviews; policy coverage assessments; policy development; breach monitoring; training and skills development
4. 4) Data: data governance; data operating model; data strategy; data lineage; data quality
4. Experience building cross-functional relationships and influencing senior stakeholders to deliver business change
5. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
6. Ability to manage and analyse complex data
7. Capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously whilst maintaining a delivery focus across all

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Master's degree, MBA or professional qualification
2. Experience in global programs spanning multiple jurisdictional requirements
3. Demonstrated track record of taking ownership and driving results
4. Ability to multitask in a fast-paced, technical environment

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build.