At Amazon we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth, and that includes protecting our customers and their data. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. Global Internal Audit is a fast paced, dynamic team focused on business and operational processes and the technologies that support risk management, governance, and internal controls for the company. We are one of many mechanisms at the company with the aim of continuous improvement. We look across the entire company and the technologies that support them, evaluating risks that could harm our customers, the company, or prevent us from achieving objectives.
We are looking for an experienced internal audit professional to help maintain a high-bar and scale our organization.
To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate high judgment, clear communication and a consistent track record of delivering results. You will thrive in a fast-paced environment, work autonomously in an ambiguous environment, and understand the importance of operationalizing key mechanisms, high quality executive management, board-level, and external reporting and deliverables, and staying abreast on industry and professional practice standards, emerging risks, and trends. Role will also include internal reporting requests, metrics development, tracking, monitoring, and reporting to monitor and manage program effectiveness. You will be a key interface, collaborator, and partner across all levels of the global IA team and other business stakeholders. You will coach and mentor audit team members, identify training needs, increase awareness of the business and risks, and stay current with professional practice changes and internal auditing best practices. You will earn the trust of the global audit team and lead through influence. You will exhibit a bias for action and a passion for operational excellence, driving continuous improvement to our processes and standards while you invent and simplify and will insist on the highest standards.
You will also be responsible for developing and implementing other departmental-wide programs and initiatives such as learning and development, audit systems and tooling mechanisms to continuously drive process improvements and efficiencies in the audit process.
Key job responsibilities
Key responsibilities include leading board, executive, and regulatory reporting; metrics development and monitoring for the Internal Audit (IA) function; and learning and development program initiatives and other programs across IA. Perform quality reviews of IA and board or external reporting submissions and other audit activities. Strong technical writer with attention to details.
A day in the life
Demonstrate high judgement, clear communication and deliver results. Thrive in a fast-paced environment, work autonomously in an ambiguous environment, and partner with cross functional teams.
High focus on quality and detailed-oriented.
Coach and mentor audit team members, identify training needs and stay current with professional practice changes and internal auditing best practices.
Exhibit a bias for action and a passion for operational excellence, driving continuous improvement to our processes and standards.
About the team
The Internal Audit Professional Practices team helps drive continuous improvement which fundamentally change the way auditing is done by optimizing our processes and leaning into technology. The Professional Practices team’s mission is very simple: We define and execute a roadmap to align IA from a process and technology standpoint to improve auditing and reporting (accuracy, consistency, velocity), while making the audit teams’ jobs easier (capacity).
