GRA Manager, GRA

Amazon Payments UK Limited; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking individuals with professional services expertise to join their governance, risk, and assurance team. In this role, you'll be responsible for scoping and executing vital workstreams that enhance risk management and governance practices across the entire organization, influencing senior leadership and shaping the future of Amazon. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in audit, advisory, or consulting, and must demonstrate excellent communication skills and the ability to manage complex projects within a global firm.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in professional services (audit, advisory, or consulting).
• Demonstrable expertise in risk management, audit & assurance, governance, or data.
• Excellent communication and ability to manage complex data.

Responsibilities

• Scope, design and execute governance, risk and assurance workstreams.
• Advise on governance best practices and frameworks.
• Engage with stakeholders to develop governance deliverables.

Skills

Risk Management

Audit & Assurance

Governance

Data Analysis

Stakeholder Engagement

Communication Skills

Project Management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's degree, MBA or professional qualification

Job description

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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
•Scoped, design and execute governance, risk and assurance workstreams
• Advise on best practices and frameworks around governance, risk management and assurance
• Engage with internal stakeholders and businesses on a cross-border basis to develop targeted governance, risk and assurance deliverables
• Create detailed, data-driven narratives to inform senior leadership and Boards of risk levels, mitigations and impacts
• Provide assurance on the effectiveness of internal controls and develop recommendations to address any identified control gaps and weaknesses
• Facilitate development of new or revised policies, procedures and other governance documents
• 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

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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

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