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Job summary
Amazon is seeking a data-driven, highly motivated and organized Investigator and Risk Manager of Corporate Fraud Prevention, to support investigations into Vendor & Transaction Accuracy’s (VITA) growth into Corporate Fraud detection. The team is responsible for detecting and preventing fraudulent payments to vendors globally, is uniquely situated within Finance Operations, and uses signals in transactional data such as invoices and payments as indicators of theft, fraud, waste or abuse. We are looking for a technical minded strong leader who has a proven track record of investigating vendor fraud in procure-to-pay lifecycle and building systems to detect fraud the moment it hits the financial system. The leader will take ownership of fraud investigations and has a proven track record of developing other fraud investigators to root out bad actors. This individual will ensure Amazon’s Finance Operations stays ahead of risks while working collaboratively and effectively with multiple stakeholders, businesses, and leaders is a highly visible role. A successful candidate is comfortable working with data to derive patterns and assumptions and communicating recommendations and findings to senior leaders at a high level in weekly, monthly or quarterly updates.

A successful candidate must have a passion for fraud prevention and analytics who can drive efficiencies with those around them through effective lateral and upward management. The Corporate Fraud Prevention program is one of many fraud prevention programs in Finance Operations with the ultimate goal of preventing fraud, waste, and abuse across Amazon. The leader will work with global Corporate AP, Finance, Legal, and technical support teams. The ideal candidate must be able to write complex case summaries with clear recommendations for Legal or management.

Key job responsibilities
• Carry out the vision and mission of VITA to prevent, detect, and investigate issues of erroneous payments to vendors
• Execute complex investigations, deep dives and special projects in a timely manner while communicating recommendations and findings to management and other stakeholders
• Drive productivity of the Operations teams that support investigations by creating efficient processes and reporting to meet goals
• Summarize evidence, facts and next steps to leaders at all levels in periodic business reviews
• Exercise judgement and bias for action to escalate incidents of fraud in a highly controlled environment
• Demonstrate effective writing through clear, concise and persuasive narrative creation that documents complex fraud investigations, new program ideas, and periodic senior leadership updates
• Carry out the vision and mission of VITA to prevent, detect, and investigate issues of erroneous payments to vendors
• Understand and follow Amazon’s policies and procedures on invoice entry and transaction processing for Corporate vendors

highest levels of controllership

About the team
We have a mission to prevent erroneous payments globally for Amazon. Our customers are Amazon’s shareholders as well as the teams that we support to close investigations. The individual will lead the India Operations team and will proactively close open investigations while inventing new ways to detect fraud. The individual will work with team members all over the globe including U.S., Costa Rica, Slovakia, India and U.K.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field, such as Accounting, Computer Science, Operations, Business, Mathematics or Finance
• 6+ years of Finance, procurement, fraud investigation or related experience
• Minimum of 5+ years of conducting fraud investigations
• 2+ years of coding in SQL
• Strong forensic data analysis skills with experience navigating large dataset
• Strong leadership and analytical skills with the ability to work across geographies to meet the team’s objectives
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate complex issues clearly

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Professional certification (CPA, CIA, PMP, CFE)
• Proficiency in forensic data analysis, data modeling and/or data mining techniques to detect patterns of fraud
• Experience working in a high paced environment with a high degree of ambiguity
• Direct management of virtual or internationally distributed team
• Work experience in public accounting or internal audit or external audits and SOX compliance practice
• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously