Position summary

Amazon’s Worldwide Sustainability (WWS) organization is hiring a Carbon Inventory Manager within its Carbon Measurement & Governance team, whose mission is to build a lasting, scalable, and trusted ESG reporting infrastructure that satisfies regulatory requirements and stakeholder expectations. The role is responsible for the continuous improvement of Amazon’s global carbon accounting and reporting program.

Why this role matters

Amazon’s sustainability goals and regulatory disclosures rest on a carbon inventory that is accurate, complete, and assurance-ready. This role enhances the centralized system and evidence base that let Amazon’s businesses meet their ESG reporting obligations and manage their climate opportunities and risks at scale.

Key responsibilities

• Enhance the carbon inventory system by leading continuous improvement of Amazon’s centralized system to track, analyze, and report Scope 1, Scope 2, and relevant Scope 3 emissions.
• Build a stakeholder coalition across global business units, finance teams, internal technology/software teams, and other departments to ensure comprehensive data collection.
• Understand data sources by engaging department leads and subject-matter experts on the systems and processes needed for accurate greenhouse gas tracking and reporting.
• Report and inform decisions by preparing periodic carbon accounting reports, dashboards, and communications that drive progress against sustainability goals.
• Act as internal SME on carbon accounting, providing training and guidance to cross-functional teams on emissions data collection, analysis, and interpretation.
• Manage external assurance engagements with third-party providers, including scoping, evidence gathering, walkthroughs, and remediation of findings.
• Maintain an audit trail of evidence, methodologies, assumptions, and management judgments supporting disclosures, keeping documentation assurance-ready and defensible.

Team and stakeholders

The role sits within the WWS Carbon Measurement & Governance team and works across Amazon’s global business units, finance teams, internal technology/software teams, and third-party assurance providers.

Key details

This role is based in Arlington, VA, or Seattle, WA. The package includes sign-on payments and restricted stock units.

Requirements

Essential

• 7+ years of experience in finance and accounting, corporate sustainability, environmental management, or carbon accounting.
• Experience dissecting financial and operations data and identifying patterns that support business strategy.
• Experience in sustainability reporting, assurance, or environmental data management.
• Experience owning and driving large-scale cross-functional programs.
• Strong understanding of carbon accounting frameworks (GHG Protocol, Scope 1/2/3).

Preferred

• 6+ years of experience identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, diagnosing root causes, and implementing escalation plans.
• 6+ years of experience improving, automating, standardizing, or simplifying finance or business tools and processes.
• 4+ years participating in continuous improvement projects to scale and improve controllership with measurable results.
• MBA or CPA.
• Experience with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (e.g. SQL, MS Access, Essbase, Cognos) and financial systems (e.g. Oracle, SAP).