Principal, ESG Reporting & Analysis, WW Sustainability

Join us at the cutting edge of Amazon's sustainability initiatives to work on emerging sustainability data and reporting requirements and support Amazon's long term worldwide sustainability strategy. At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people.

The Worldwide Sustainability (WWS) team capitalizes on Amazon’s scale, speed, and ability to invent and simplify to create a better and more resilient company. We manage our social and environmental impacts globally, and we drive solutions that enable our customers and our business to become more sustainable.

The ESG Reporting team is looking for an experienced, multi-disciplinary, and collaborative leader to enhance our ESG Insights and Analysis program.

In this role you will be responsible for working cross functionally to deeply understand the drivers of ESG performance against key goals.

You will also develop and maintain a mechanism for reporting and explaining progress against key goals at consolidated, business unit, and regional levels.

You'll have the opportunity to enhance and develop processes for goal setting in partnership with subject matter experts.

Lastly, you will work closely with finance to develop models that capture the intersection of ESG metrics and financial performance.

The ideal candidate must show good judgment, and continually improve their knowledge of the ESG reporting landscape, Amazon’s business model, and the drivers of Amazon's ESG performance.

Key job responsibilities
• Lead ESG materiality assessments.

• Build and own the metric consolidation process, and year over year variance analysis for mandatory ESG disclosures.

• Work with subject matter experts to document the causes of significant variances from plan for internal management reporting.

• Own the ESG performance narrative in support of voluntary and future statutory ESG reporting.

• Design and roll out a standardized, global process for ESG goal setting and approval.

• Provide requirements to sustainability technology team to help automate mandatory ESG reporting processes.


About the team
Inclusive Team Culture:
Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

Work/Life Balance:
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.

Mentorship & Career Growth:
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Basic Qualifications

• 15 + years of experience working in ESG reporting, accounting, or finance.

• Experience with ESG regulatory environment and corresponding data requirements (Proposed SEC Rule on Climate-Related Disclosures, CSRD/ESRS, EU Taxonomy, ISSB).

• Experience with ESG reporting criteria such as the GHG protocol, and also the underlying assumptions that support common ESG targets such as net zero, 100% renewable energy etc.

• Experience with building and owning an external or internal reporting process (ESG or Financial).

• Experience with performing financial or ESG modeling and analysis and presenting conclusions to executive leadership.

• Experience developing long range plans (financial or ESG) and working with subject matter experts to execute against those plans.

Preferred Qualifications

• Finance or Accounting experience in a large multinational organization.

• Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (FSA).

• Experience with external reporting solutions such as Workiva.


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