We are looking for an experienced Assurance Professional with demonstrated expertise in the EU and UK licensed payment and electronic money services to join our second line of defense (2LoD) assurance team, based in Sao Paulo. The successful candidate will be responsible for executing 2LoD testing/audit-like assurance on our regulated entities across the EU and UK, ensuring our regulated products and services meet regulatory obligations.

The successful candidate is an ambitious self-starter, with a proven capability to work independently and as part of a team, has strong analytical and organizational skills, and a sound knowledge of relevant Assurance or Audit practices. The candidate is ideally responsible for assessing risks, producing regulatory analysis and reports, and designing continuous testing solutions and will work closely with RCS Assurance stakeholders (Compliance Offices, Risk, Governance, Internal Audit and other Operational and Support teams) to provide Senior Management with adequate visibility on regulatory risk exposure and the status of internal controls.

The candidate is also a quick learner with an ability to absorb the nuances of Amazon's varied offerings, their risks and internal systems, tools and practices.

Key job responsibilities
Perform operational deep dives in regulatory compliance / anti-money laundering, countering terrorism financing (AML/CTF) risk management topics to understand and find gaps in compliance-related processes and services.

Work with compliance office personnel, business units legal, and technology partners to identify deficiencies in internal controls and operational processes and identify root cause of issues.

Identify and assess inherent and residual risks related to control deficiencies.

Maintain an up-to-date knowledge and solid understanding of relevant regulatory requirements across supported jurisdictions (e.g. complaints, safeguarding, AML/CTF, InfoSec, Financial Prudential), in order to effectively assess and deploy a risk-based control testing plan.

Ability to learn and understand business processes, regulations, internal controls, and develop meaningful tests to determine control design adequacy and operating effectiveness.

Support issue validation activities with stakeholders and report findings/outcomes to Senior Management.

Leverage data analytics to increase value and reduce costs of compliance-related assurance activities.

Manage several projects simultaneously with precision and accuracy.

About the team
Risk and Compliance Solutions (RCS) is Amazon’s financial crime and regulatory compliance gate keeper for licensed payment and e-money activities. The team supports Amazon's regulated entities across the EU and UK to implement 2LoD controls that enable them to demonstrate compliance with regulation and manage their risk effectively. We do this while keeping customers at heart.