DESCRIPTION

Amazon is seeking a Risk Specialist I, TERA (Travel Expense & Reimbursement Audit) for Pune location 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.

Individual must have a passion for leadership; driving efficiencies with those around them. This individual must have good process knowledge, data analysis, auditing and interpersonal skills.


Key job responsibilities
• Carry out the team's vision to prevent, detect, and investigate issues of potential fraud, abuse, and waste by employees’ expenses within the company. This involves taking ownership of the operational aspects of programs, such as conducting expense dive deeps and performing quality reviews of case documentation.
• Execute audits, deep dives, and special projects in a timely manner while communicating recommendations and findings to management and other stakeholders
• Maintain productivity targets and timelines and understand and follow Amazon’s policies and procedures on expense reimbursements and corporate cards
• Identify and clearly define issues and root causes for the potential fraud and financial abuse by the employees and provide recommendations on controls to mitigate the risk.
• Reduce False positive and develop efficiency metrics reports for leadership review
• Run effective meetings and able to convey high-level plans. Their verbal and written style are clear and concise. Able to transform raw thoughts into clear documentation and requirements
• Identify red flags in spend patterns by independently analyzing employee expenses and conducting Deep Dives, coordinating with stakeholders with minimal oversight. Execute projects in a timely manner while communicating recommendations and findings to management and other stakeholders. Take Ownership of the entire investigation life cycle.
• Must Insists on High Standards and provides recommendations to improve TERA’s fraud detection systems.
• 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).

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Hyderabad, TS, IND

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• MBA/Post graduate degree in finance and/or professional qualification like Chartered Accountant/Certified Fraud Examiner/Certified Internal Auditors
• Minimum of 3+ years of relevant professional experience in Internal audit, Statutory audits, forensic audits or fraud analytics, digital and corporate forensics.
• Experience in data analysis using Excel, VBA, SQL, python etc.
 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 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