Risk Specialist II , TERA

Risk Specialist II, TERA (Travel and Expense Reimbursement Audit) Job Description Amazon's Finance Operations Risk Management Services is seeking a Risk Specialist II to join our Travel and Expense Reimbursement Audit (TERA) team within Accounts Payable. In 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 Amazon’s 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