Sr. Sustainability Specialist, ESG Reporting, WW Sustainability

Amazon.com Services LLC hiring for Sr. Sustainability Specialist, ESG Reporting, WW Sustainability jobs in Seattle, WA, US

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-eX team's mission is to build a lasting, scalable and trusted ESG reporting infrastructure to satisfy regulatory requirements and stakeholders’ expectations. We translate external requirements into internal needs and build tools and mechanisms that enable Amazon businesses to meet their ESG reporting obligations and effectively manage their ESG opportunities and risks.

The Worldwide Sustainability ESG Reporting team is looking for a detail focused, results-oriented and collaborative individual to support Amazon’s global ESG disclosure processes.

This individual will work cross functionally to understand our ESG programs and key metrics so that they can scale our regulatory ESG reporting infrastructure.

You will be responsible for delivering Amazon’s regulatory ESG reports in a rapidly evolving global regulatory environment. This will involve establishing external reporting processes, collecting key metrics from partner teams, drafting disclosures, preparing benchmarking and presenting the results to senior leadership on legal, accounting and finance teams.

Your experience in delivering reports under existing regulations will also help Amazon prepare for compliance with emerging regulations including the proposed SEC Rule on Climate-Related Disclosures, CSRD/ESRS, the EU Taxonomy and ISSB. You will work cross functionally with worldwide sustainability, legal and finance to ensure disclosures are clear, transparent, and provide the right level of context to users of the information.

To do well in this role, you must be able to confidently handle complex projects and provide a point of view in situations of high ambiguity. You must also show good judgment and continually improve Amazon’s business model, and emerging ESG reporting requirement best practices.

Key job responsibilities
- Prepare Amazon to deliver existing and future regulatory reports in multiple jurisdictions around the world.

- Design and implement enhanced governance mechanisms to ensure adequate oversight and control over ESG reporting.

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

- Prepare Benchmarking of voluntary and regulatory disclosures across environmental, social and governance topics.

- Analyze ESG performance against key goals. Draft performance narratives in partnership with the finance and accounting teams.

- Work with worldwide sustainability subject matter experts to understand our calculation methodology, and draft transparent disclosures for inclusion in our voluntary and regulatory ESG reporting. These disclosures will need to meet the requirements of external reviewers and will provide a transparent summary of Amazon’s criteria and methodology used to calculate key metrics (i.e. Net zero, 100% Renewable Energy, GHG emissions, waste, water usage, diversity).


About the team
Diverse Experiences:
World Wide Sustainability (WWS) values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Inclusive Team Culture:
It’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Work/Life Balance:
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

Mentorship and Career Growth:
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Minimum 8 years of experience working in ESG reporting, corporate social responsibility, social impact, financial reporting, or legal fields.
- Experience creating new disclosures in accordance with specific criteria (i.e. US GAAP, ISSB/SASB, GHG protocol)
- Ability to create and execute an ESG disclosure strategy that aligns with the needs of various stakeholders.
- Experience understanding complex transactions and creating clear and transparent disclosures for external consumption.
- Deep understanding of 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.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- Experience with external reporting solutions such as Workiva.
- Ability to apply strategic thinking and demonstrate understanding of requirements to execute.
- Ability to deliver in ambiguity, work autonomously and multi-task in an agile environment.
- Works effectively in a dynamic environment with changing priorities.
- Experience simplifying processes and creating detailed technical requirements for automation.
- Experience directly performing independent third-party assurance or managing external audit firms. - - Deep understanding of the emerging ESG regulatory environment (Proposed SEC Rule on Climate-Related Disclosures, CSRD/ESRS, EU taxonomy).


Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $125,600/year in our lowest geographic market up to $207,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.