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Amazon Operational Risk Manager, EU / UK Risk Team in London, United Kingdom

Description

Are you ready to apply your operational risk management expertise to Amazon's unique environment?

We are looking for an experienced Operational Risk Manager to lead on implementation and maintenance of second line risk programs for our payments entities in the UK and Europe. You will also work closely with our first line risk and control partners to provide guidance and oversight of implementation of risk program requirements.

Key job responsibilities

• Second-line program level ownership for risk programs (e.g risk appetite, risk assessment process, risk training, change management process, etc);

• Maintain a strong understanding of best in class risk and control principles, and regulatory expectations – embed governance processes to perform recurring gap analysis against those expectations, and drive remediation where necessary.

• Identify and develop appropriate data sources and elements which contribute to risk-based assessments.

• Own, maintain, and annually update policies, procedures, and other governance documents, as necessary.

• Board and Executive Management level document and report writing. Develop detailed, data driven narratives to inform Board members of risk levels, mitigations, and impacts.

• Perform operational deep dives on compliance-related processes and systems. Understand business processes, regulations and controls, work with partners to identify root cause of issues.

• Manage several projects simultaneously with a sense of urgency.

We value ownership, the ability to dive deep on issues to produce data driven analysis, intellectual flexibility, and sound business judgment.

If you are interested, please apply!

Key job responsibilities

Second-line program level ownership for risk programs (e.g risk appetite, risk assessment process, insurance distribution, operational resilience, business continuity, change management process, etc)

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

London, GBR

Basic Qualifications

• 3-5yrs in a risk management related role • Proven experience of report or paper writing • Experience of project / program management • English language skills

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred skills • 3-5yrs in a financial services firm (e.g. fintech, payments, banking) • Presentation and communication skills • Influencing skills

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