Sr. Lead Climate Reporting, WW Sustainability

Amazon.com Services LLC; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a detail-driven professional to support global sustainability regulatory reporting. The role focuses on planning, collecting metrics, and drafting disclosures for CSRD and ISSB frameworks, partnering with Legal, Finance, and Environmental teams to deliver accurate reports.

The ideal candidate brings extensive experience in GHG accounting and climate risk analytics, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and drive robust reporting programs across worldwide

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of experience in sustainability reporting, sustainability assurance, environment, or legal fields.
• Deep understanding of the emerging sustainability regulatory environment (e.g., CSRD, ISSB, EU taxonomy).
• Strong expertise in GHG Scope 1, 2, and 3 accounting.
• Technical experience performing climate risk assessments and/or data analytics to uncover insights.
• Ability to create and execute a sustainability disclosure.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate emerging regulations, standards, and frameworks and develop preparation plans, with a focus on climate metrics and disclosures.
• Execute reporting processes such as double materiality assessments and value chain mapping.
• Design and implement governance mechanisms to ensure oversight and control over sustainability reporting.
• Analyze sustainability performance against key goals and draft narratives on climate mitigation, adaptation, and energy use in collaboration with relevant teams.
• Work with subject matter experts to develop precise disclosures of calculation methodologies and ensure external assurance readiness.

Skills

Sustainability reporting

GHG accounting

Data analytics

Regulatory standards

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Join us at the forefront of Amazon's sustainability initiatives to work on environmental and social advancements to support Amazon's long term worldwide sustainability strategy. At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people.

The Worldwide Sustainability (WWS) organization capitalizes on Amazon's scale and speed to build a more resilient and sustainable company. We manage our social and environmental impacts globally, and drive solutions that enable our customers, businesses, and the world to become more sustainable.

The Worldwide Sustainability Regulatory Reporting team is looking for a detail focused, results-oriented and collaborative individual to support Amazon's global sustainability disclosure processes. Your work will help scale Amazon's regulatory reporting infrastructure and deliver high‑quality sustainability disclosures by partnering cross‑functionally to understand Amazon's environmental programs and key metrics.

You will be responsible for preparing for compliance with climate-related reporting under emerging regulations, including the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and required reporting based on the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) frameworks, and delivering Amazon's regulatory reports in a rapidly evolving global environment. This will involve establishing external reporting processes, assessing and collecting key metrics from partner teams, resolving reporting decisions, and drafting disclosures. You will work cross-functionally with Worldwide Sustainability, Legal, Finance, and Accounting and will present results to senior leadership.

To do well in this role, you must be able to confidently handle complex projects and provide a point of view in situations of high ambiguity. You must also show good judgment to continually improve Amazon's business model to develop robust and integrated reporting efforts and enhance emerging sustainability reporting best practices.

Key job responsibilities

• Evaluate emerging regulations, standards, and frameworks and develop preparation plans, with a particular focus on climate metrics and disclosures.
• Execute reporting processes such as double materiality assessments and value chain mapping.
• Design and implement enhanced governance mechanisms to ensure adequate oversight and control over sustainability reporting.
• Analyze Sustainability performance against key goals. Draft performance narratives, including narratives related to climate mitigation, adaptation, and energy use, and in partnership with the Accounting, Finance, Legal, and Environment teams.
• Work with Worldwide Sustainability subject matter experts to develop precise disclosures of Amazon's calculation methodologies for voluntary and regulatory sustainability reporting. Ensure disclosures meet external assurance standards and provide stakeholders with clear explanations of the criteria and methodologies used to calculate key metrics (e.g., greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, GHG mitigation and carbon credits, and climate risk assessment results).

About the team

Diverse Experiences:

World Wide Sustainability values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.

Inclusive Team Culture:

It's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (inclusive diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth:

We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum 7 years of experience working in sustainability reporting, sustainability assurance, environment, or legal fields.
• Deep understanding of the emerging sustainability regulatory environment (e.g., California Climate Rules, CSRD, European Sustainability Reporting Standards, EU taxonomy, and ISSB), and of specific sustainability reporting frameworks and standards (e.g., GHG Protocol and Global Reporting Initiative).
• Strong expertise in GHG Scope 1, 2, and 3 accounting.
• Technical experience performing climate risk assessments and/or data analytics to uncover insights.
• Experience understanding complex data and creating new disclosures in alignment with specific reporting criteria.
• Ability to create and execute a sustainability disclosure