Senior Assurance Manager, Risk and Compliance Solutions
Senior Assurance Manager, Risk and Compliance Solutions
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23-07-2025
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Come build the future with us!
At Amazon we expect no more and no less from you. Ever since Amazon opened its virtual doors our aim has been to become the most customer-centric company in the world. How By having people like you who make sure that our customers can find everything that they are looking for online at great value and convenience. Immerse yourself in an environment that is fast-paced growing and continuously innovating to offer great opportunities for our customers and for you!
We are looking for a Compliance Assurance Professional to join the MEA Risk and Compliance team and support our regulated payments in the Middle East and Africa. The successful candidate should help the rollout and execution of our second line of defense risk monitoring in the region and has ideally extensive knowledge of Payments and Financial Regulation. 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 role is uniquely placed to work directly with Compliance Officers across the MEA region to drive scalable risk and compliance testing solutions across many areas to help maintain a compliant status vis--vis regulatory requirements. The successful candidate will therefore work closely with the Global Assurance team stakeholders (Compliance Officers Payments 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 successful candidate is ideally responsible for assessing risks producing regulatory analysis and reports and designing continuous testing solutions. The candidate is also a quick learner with an ability to absorb the nuances of Amazons varied offerings their risks and internal systems and practices.
Key job responsibilities
The successful candidate should have strong business and communication skills able to influence senior stakeholders via data-driven and actionable insights. The successful candidate will also:
Maintain an up-to-date knowledge and solid understanding of Financial Regulation including relevant anti-money laundering countering terrorism regulations and consumer protection.
Significantly contribute to the design development implementation and execution of assurance testing for MEA lead issue validation activities with stakeholders and report to Senior Management;
Ability to learn and understand business processes regulations internal controls and develop meaningful tests to determine control design adequacy and operating effectiveness;
Perform operational deep dives to understand and find gaps in compliance-related processes and services;
Identify and assess inherent and residual risks related to control deficiencies;
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;
Participate in process improvement initiatives including identifying and implementing best practices in effective and innovative ways.
Continuously Identify industry best practices and contribute to the improvement of the Assurance Program;
Embrace the use of data analytics to increase value and reduce costs of compliance-related assurance activities;
Manage several projects simultaneously with precision and accuracy.
About the team
The MEA Compliance regional team supports Amazons regulated entities across the Middle East and Africa 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.
- 7 years of compliance audit or risk management experience
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and applications at an advanced level
- Bachelors degree or equivalent
- Experience in internal audit and risk management or equivalent
- Masters degree or equivalent
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
At Amazon we expect no more and no less from you. Ever since Amazon opened its virtual doors our aim has been to become the most customer-centric company in the world. How By having people like you who make sure that our customers can find everything that they are looking for online at great value and convenience. Immerse yourself in an environment that is fast-paced growing and continuously innovating to offer great opportunities for our customers and for you!
We are looking for a Compliance Assurance Professional to join the MEA Risk and Compliance team and support our regulated payments in the Middle East and Africa. The successful candidate should help the rollout and execution of our second line of defense risk monitoring in the region and has ideally extensive knowledge of Payments and Financial Regulation. 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 role is uniquely placed to work directly with Compliance Officers across the MEA region to drive scalable risk and compliance testing solutions across many areas to help maintain a compliant status vis--vis regulatory requirements. The successful candidate will therefore work closely with the Global Assurance team stakeholders (Compliance Officers Payments 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 successful candidate is ideally responsible for assessing risks producing regulatory analysis and reports and designing continuous testing solutions. The candidate is also a quick learner with an ability to absorb the nuances of Amazons varied offerings their risks and internal systems and practices.
Key job responsibilities
The successful candidate should have strong business and communication skills able to influence senior stakeholders via data-driven and actionable insights. The successful candidate will also:
Maintain an up-to-date knowledge and solid understanding of Financial Regulation including relevant anti-money laundering countering terrorism regulations and consumer protection.
Significantly contribute to the design development implementation and execution of assurance testing for MEA lead issue validation activities with stakeholders and report to Senior Management;
Ability to learn and understand business processes regulations internal controls and develop meaningful tests to determine control design adequacy and operating effectiveness;
Perform operational deep dives to understand and find gaps in compliance-related processes and services;
Identify and assess inherent and residual risks related to control deficiencies;
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;
Participate in process improvement initiatives including identifying and implementing best practices in effective and innovative ways.
Continuously Identify industry best practices and contribute to the improvement of the Assurance Program;
Embrace the use of data analytics to increase value and reduce costs of compliance-related assurance activities;
Manage several projects simultaneously with precision and accuracy.
About the team
The MEA Compliance regional team supports Amazons regulated entities across the Middle East and Africa 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.
- 7 years of compliance audit or risk management experience
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and applications at an advanced level
- Bachelors degree or equivalent
- Experience in internal audit and risk management or equivalent
- Masters degree or equivalent
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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