Risk Specialist II , TERA

Risk Specialist II TERA (Travel and Expense Reimbursement Audit)

Job Description

Amazons Finance Operations Risk Management Services is seeking a Risk Specialist II to join our Travel and Expense Reimbursement Audit (TERA) team within Accounts this role you will be a key driver of controllership excellence owning the strategy and execution of pre- and post-reimbursement expense audits across a dynamic global business environment.

You will work cross-functionally with multiple stakeholders and process owners to establish and maintain the highest standards for FinOps/TERA manual and automated audit processes identifying defects driving process improvements and delivering scalable solutions that enhance controllership and operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:
Carry out the vision and mission of TERA team to prevent and detect potential fraud abuse and waste at the earliest time and with the minimal financial impact to Amazon
Identify process improvement opportunities through root cause analysis and data-driven insights translating findings into automated workflows that reduce manual effort and increase defect detection rates
Develop and implement automation solutions to proactively identify defects anomalies and policy violations within expense submissions
Execute audits deep dives and special projects in a timely manner while communicating recommendations and findings to management and other stakeholders
Standardize audit and fraud detection processes to improve detection efficiency and consistency in standard work while decreasing defects.
Coordinate with different team members to conduct deep dives walkthroughs and quality reviews of evidence to resolve complex problems
Influence without authority to drive adoption of best practices and enhanced controls across global teams
Review employees expense reimbursements and spend on corporate cards for compliance with Amazon Travel and Expense reimbursement policy
Identify and clearly define issues and root causes for the potential fraud and financial abuse work with various operations team to improve their process
Understand and follow Amazons policies and procedures on expense reimbursement corporate cards and Business Code of Conduct
Influence the FinOps Cards & Expense automated expense audit roadmap in terms of increased accuracy detecting expense submissions containing potential fraud and reducing the percentage of false positives that negatively impact expense audit productivity.
Implement operational program controls by creating project plans establish SOPs process controls prioritize and coordinate workstreams as necessary
Identify and escalates gaps in existing fraud prevention/detection tools and risk assessment methodology
Drive improvement projects to build mechanisms within TERA team to prevent and detect fraud abuse and waste in timely manner
Conduct process deep dives and communicate product and program level risk to product leadership technical teams; Influence product technical operations teams to implement controls.

Basic Qualifications
MBA/Post graduate degree in finance and/or professional qualification like Chartered Accountant/Certified Fraud Examiner.
Minimum of 7 years of relevant professional experience in Internal audit external audit or accounts payable
Experience in data analysis using Excel VBA SQL python etc.
Minimum of 3 years of team lead or team management experience

Preferred Qualifications
Work experience in expense reimbursement audit internal audit corporate cards fraud investigations conflict of interest or any other forensic investigation. Prior Forensic experience or CFE would be an added advantage
Excellent organizational and prioritization skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
Strong leadership and analytical skills and ability to work independently and in a team environment
Ability to work as a team player in a fast-paced dynamic environment
Strong interpersonal skills including persuasive written and oral communication skills
Strong forensic data analysis skills with experience writing SQL or Python and using Tableau or Quick for visualization


- 4 years of compliance program management legal governance audit risk/loss prevention or equivalent experience
- Experience establishing successful partnerships with internal and external teams to execute tactical initiatives or equivalent
- 4 years of program requirements definition and data and metrics leveraging to drive improvements experience
- Experience with research and investigation skills or equivalent
- 4 years of program or project management experience
- Experience handling confidential information

- Professional auditing qualification or similar risk or compliance credentials
- Experience with SQL and Excel
- 5 years of fraud identification and detection investigation and analysis for root causing and providing suitable preventive mechanisms or 2 years of security service loss prevention asset protection investigations or law enforcement experience
- Experience leading prioritization of tasks team scheduling time management and meeting deadlines
- Experience engaging verbally and in writing with internal and external stakeholders to convey complex ideas in a clear concise manner

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