Risk Specialist II, TERA (Travel & Expense Reimbursement)

Amazon is seeking a Risk Specialist II, TERA (Travel Expense & Reimbursement Audit) to support the Finance Operation’s Risk Management and fraud detection Services in Accounts Payable at Amazon. We are looking for a leader that will take ownership and drive change in a dynamic global business environment. This individual will ensure Amazon's Finance Operation’s global processes stay ahead of risks in areas of process design, internal control effectiveness, fraud detection, and other relevant areas through a culture of continuous inspection of our processes, systems, and key business initiatives. The individual executes programs that support TERA's organizational goals and carry out the vision and mission of TERA which is to prevent, detect, and investigate employee fraud, abuse and waste (FAW) within Amazon’s Global Travel and Expense (T&E) Reimbursement Policies.
This individual must have a passion for leadership; driving efficiencies with those around them. This individual must have outstanding process knowledge, strong data analysis, auditing and interpersonal skills.
Key job responsibilities
• Owns the operational aspects of programs such as carrying out expense dive deeps, performs quality reviews of case documentation.
• Implement operational program controls by creating project plans, process controls, prioritize and coordinate workstreams as necessary. The Individual demonstrates Bias for Action and is quick to connect with stakeholders for high-priority investigations or high-priority escalations and resolves them with urgency.
• Able to reduce False positive and develop efficiency metrics reports for leadership review
• Individual is responsible for weekly, monthly, and quarterly updates on their project by creating mechanisms to provide Senior Managers and Directors visibility into only the most important metrics and escalations. The Individual must discern what to escalate and when by applying a highly developed judgement.
• Individual can run effective meetings and able to convey high-level plans. Their verbal and written style are clear and concise. They are able to transform raw thoughts into clear documentation and requirements (e.g., statement of work, standard operating procedures, responsibility matrix, implementation approach, audit results, reporting).
• Individual can identify red flags in spend patterns by independently analyzing employee expenses and conducting Deep Dives, coordinating with stakeholders with minimal oversight. They Execute projects in a timely manner while communicating recommendations and findings to management and other stakeholders. They take Ownership of the entire investigation life cycle.
• Individual is a single-threaded owner responsible for the execution, and delivery of straightforward risk (e.g., financial, regulatory, reputational, safety, Amazon policy, business continuity) projects and activities related to an existing program for a defined risk strategy.
• Must Insists on High Standards and provides recommendations to improve TERA’s fraud detection systems.
• They also design program controls and testing mechanisms in collaboration with internal teams and provide continuous feedback to BI & Analytics, AP Expense and policy team to improve their process and close these gaps. Also, as necessary, the individual is responsible for creating Standard Operating Processes (SOPs).
• Identify and clearly define issues and root causes for the potential fraud and financial abuse, work with various operations team to improve upstream and downstream process.
• Provide recommendations to product and technical teams to improve technical risk management solutions to drive program efficiencies.
A day in the life
• Individual is responsible for weekly, monthly, and quarterly updates on their project by creating mechanisms to provide Senior Managers and Directors visibility into only the most important metrics and escalations. The Individual must discern what to escalate and when by applying a highly developed judgement.
• Individual can run effective meetings and able to convey high-level plans. Their verbal and written style are clear and concise. They are able to transform raw thoughts into clear documentation and requirements (e.g., statement of work, standard operating procedures, responsibility matrix, implementation approach, audit results, reporting).
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Pune, MH, IND
- Minimum of 5+ years of relevant professional experience in Internal audit, Statutory audits, forensic audits or fraud analytics, digital and corporate forensics.
- Experience in data analysis using different tools
- MBA/Post graduate degree in finance and/or professional qualification like Chartered Accountant/Certified Fraud Examiner/Certified Internal Auditors
- Work experience in expense reimbursement audit, corporate cards fraud, employee investigations, conflict of interest or any other forensic investigation. Prior Forensic experience or Certified Fraud Examiner would be an added advantage • Organizational and prioritization skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously • leadership and analytical skills, and ability to work independently and in a team environment • Experience in writing audit reports, audit committee document and leadership review documents. • Ability to work as a team player in a fast-paced, dynamic environment • Interpersonal skills, including persuasive written and oral communication skills • Forensic data analysis skills with experience writing SQL or Python and using Tableau or QuickSight for visualization