Search jobs > Atlanta, GA > Risk specialist

Risk Specialist, Relay Product and Tech

Amazon.com Services LLC
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Full-time

Amazon - Middle Mile is seeking a Risk Specialist to assist with identity verification and fraud mitigation for daily freight movements flowing into and out of our North American fulfillment centers and our associated fulfillment network.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a new team in a huge growth area for Amazon.

Amazon is looking for a Risk Specialist that has a background in transportation, risk management and data driven problem resolution skills.

In this role the Risk Specialist will continuously work with stakeholders to build trust-based relationships in order to investigate suspicious activity and address escalations while creating long-term, systemic solutions for a world-class customer experience.

In this role, the Risk Specialist will be responsible for a wide range of duties related to identity verification.

Key job responsibilities

  • Provide data analysis & conduct investigations
  • Pull data from numerous databases (using Excel, Access, SQL and / or other data management systems) and to perform ad hoc reporting and analysis as needed
  • Take appropriate action to identify and help minimize the risk posed by fraud or abuse patterns and trends
  • Identify and eliminate root causes of defects in order to drive efficiency in Amazon’s transportation operations
  • Understand the business impact of the trends and make decisions that make sense based on available data
  • Knowledge to systematically escalate problems or variance in the information and data to the relevant owners and teams
  • Work within various time constraints to meet critical business needs, while measuring and identifying activities performed
  • Written and verbal communication experience, as you will be required to create a narrative outlining your weekly findings and the variances to goals, and present these finding in a review forum
  • Participate in ad-hoc projects and assignments as necessary
  • Partner with cross functional teams across Amazon for collaboration on fraud risks and investigations
  • Apply risk management best practices to mitigate issues, identify operational inefficiencies and improve processes

A day in the life

  • Define SOPs, document new methods of abuse / frauds, and partner with stakeholder teams to drive gaps to closure
  • Constantly monitor metrics to identify deviations, and spot emerging frauds / MOs that are adopted by bad actors
  • Drive program / process goals independently with minimal to no intervention from leadership
  • Partner with multiple fraud / abuse teams to learn and implement industry wide best practices and other identity verification mechanisms

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

Atlanta, GA, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • 2+ years of work experience in logistics / transportation industry
  • Experience working on identity verification / fraud detection processes
  • Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university or equivalent
  • Knowledge of MS Excel based tools and familiarity with Excel spreadsheets and ability to navigate and interpret data through SQL

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Experience in Lean and Six Sigma
  • Experience in manufacturing, transportation, customer service, and / or distribution environments
  • Data management & data quality control experience with experience pulling and analyzing large sets of data
  • Knowledge using data to drive root cause elimination and process improvement
  • Knowledge in data and experience spotting the trends and fixing gaps
  • 30+ days ago
Related jobs
Promoted
Georgia Tech
Atlanta, Georgia

To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, ...

Promoted
VirtualVocations
Decatur, Georgia

A company is looking for a Risk & Compliance Specialist to uphold information security and compliance. ...

Promoted
McKinsey & Company
Atlanta, Georgia

You will make it simple and clear for product teams to understand risk requirements, do risk reviews, and implement controls in products to reduce the risk of mis-development or mis-use of products. You will work with the Product Risk Operations and Experience team to design, implement, and operatio...

Promoted
VirtualVocations
Decatur, Georgia

A company is looking for a Product Manager for Connect Risk and Compliance Experiences. ...

Promoted
Ernst & Young
Atlanta, Georgia

As a member of our national Risk Technology practice, you will belong to a network of professionals helping our clients implement trusted technology solutions to enrich and improve decision making, provide visibility and transparency of risk and compliance to stakeholders, and integrate efficient an...

Promoted
Worldpay
Atlanta, Georgia

The Operational Risk Management team works collaboratively with the business and throughout the Company to mitigate risk while supporting responsible growth of Worldpay. Experience with sound risk management practices including evaluation of risk and controls. When you join Worldpay, you join a glob...

Truist
Atlanta, Georgia

Support and challenge other programs impacting change and approved change frameworks including their identification, prioritization, funding, risk and mitigation, and implementation of significant changes. Identify and document issues, monitor remediation efforts, recommend appropriate interventions...

MAS Global Consulting
Atlanta, Georgia

As a Product Specialist passionate about the employee digital experience, you will be responsible for managing and executing the vision of the products within your purview and ensuring they follow the firm’s technology policy and standards. Based in Tampa, Florida with a strong presence in Col...

iboss
Atlanta, Georgia

The IT GRC Specialist will make an impact on iboss’ security program and services through experience with various areas including data governance, risk management, metrics, audit, policy, and standards development. Develop and oversee IT compliance and IT Risk strategies, ensuring alignment with reg...

Asurion
Atlanta, Georgia

Drive own vehicle safely and responsibly to and from locations in a variety of situations including heavy traffic and inclement weather. And more! Asurion offers a wide range of perks and benefits for mental, physical and financial health. Floating Retail Specialist - Sales, Repair & Tech. Provide t...