Amazon is seeking a Senior Assurance Manager to join our Denied Party Screening (DPS) team. DPS owns enterprise-wide screening, and enables Amazon to comply with regulations as well as understand and manage sanctions risk. The Senior Assurance Manager will lead a team of experienced risk managers responsible for oversight of the DPS screening program, ensuring that systems and controls are operating effectively.

We are seeking a focused, pragmatic candidate with extensive team leadership experience, coupled with excellent analytical skills, solid business judgment, a controllership focus and an ability to drive the right results.

You are an effective project manager that plans and conducts assurance assessment and testing from beginning to end, while also overseeing and guiding the work of your team. You will be responsible for prioritizing findings and recommendations in line with our corporate strategy and regulations. You should be able to facilitate multiple stakeholders to agree on appropriate solutions and verify that risks are mitigated appropriately. You will also provide subject matter expertise and guidance to cross-functional teams on sanctions compliance obligations and risk mitigation strategies. We value personality, insight, intellectual flexibility, and sound business judgment. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build.

Key job responsibilities
As a Senior Assurance Manager, you will:

• Lead a team of experience risk managers, overseeing the planning, scoping, execution, and reporting of assurance activities based on identified compliance risks impacting various Amazon businesses.
• Support the development and execution of a comprehensive sanctions compliance assurance program.
• Design and implement robust testing frameworks to validate the effectiveness of sanctions screening processes, procedures, and controls.
• Analyze and perform deep dives of sanctions-related data to assess control effectiveness and detect potential control gaps.
• Partner closely with the stakeholders, legal, and business teams to identify risks and gaps and drive remediation actions.
• Define and improve processes, tools, and drive automation to support end-to-end assurance program.
• Provide consultative support to business partners to identify opportunities for control improvements with the objective of mitigating risk and improving compliance and operational performance.
• Use excellent writing skills to succinctly communicate complicated issues, risks and remediation efforts. You will prepare reports, make presentations to senior level management to improve controls with the objective of mitigating compliance risks.
• Work independently and remain flexible, with the ability to prioritize workloads and maintain a resilient attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.

About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security 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.

Why Amazon Security?
At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

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Work/Life Balance
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