Financial Analyst II, Global Payroll Compliance

Do you want to ensure Amazon employees are paid accurately, on time, and in full compliance with local regulations? As a Financial Analyst II on the Payroll Compliance team, you will partner with the Payroll Compliance Manager to build compliance tools, develop metrics, and produce reports that monitor risk across Amazon's countries in the region. You will apply your expertise in international payroll, employment tax, social security legislation, and cross-border worker regulations to directly impact how Amazon discovers, measures, and resolves payroll compliance risks. If you are detail-oriented, analytical, and motivated to make a tangible difference, this is the role for you.

Key job responsibilities

-Partner with project teams and stakeholders to embed payroll compliance requirements from day one for new country and entity launches, applying knowledge of local employment tax and social security legislation.

-Develop and maintain management reporting and metrics using Excel and compliance tools, tracking statutory requirements and ensuring effective monitoring of identified risks across multiple countries.

-Identify new risk areas and potential non-compliance issues, perform root cause analysis, and drive resolution through to full compliance while collaborating with Tax, Accounting, Human Resources, and Global Mobility teams.

-Manage and facilitate audits of operational payroll processes and statutory obligations, including Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance activities, and develop remediation plans to close identified gaps.

-Identify opportunities to automate and simplify compliance workflows, partner with technology teams to deploy solutions that reduce processing time and errors, and provide ongoing guidance and training to payroll teams on compliance matters.

Basic Qualifications

A day in the life

You start by reviewing compliance dashboards and validating payroll data inputs across countries in the region. From there, you may join a working session with the Payroll Compliance Manager to assess an emerging risk area, then shift to building out a new metric in Excel or your compliance tooling. You regularly connect with Tax, Accounting, Human Resources, and Global Mobility partners to align on statutory deadlines, and you carve out time to document processes and train payroll team members on updated compliance requirements.

About the team

The Payroll Compliance team sits within Amazon's broader finance organization with a clear mission: pay employees accurately and on time with the highest controllership and compliance standards. We partner with payroll operations, Tax, Human Resources, Global Mobility, and external advisors to monitor and resolve compliance risks across multiple countries. You will join a collaborative team that values knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, and professional growth as we scale our tools and processes to support Amazon's expanding presence.

Basic qualifications

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