Amazon is seeking a Corporate Counsel to support its Treasury and Risk Management operations. You will provide day-to-day legal advice on worldwide general treasury matters, including cash management and investments, banking relationships, foreign exchange, and account documentation, and support capital markets transactions, insurance/risk management programs, and Treasury special projects, as needed. Principal duties include reviewing, structuring, drafting, and negotiating complex arrangements and advising on related regulatory implications. You will work directly with Treasury leadership, business legal teams, and outside counsel across a broad range of initiatives spanning multiple jurisdictions.
Key job responsibilities
A day in the life
You will provide day-to-day legal advice to Amazon"s Treasury teams across their full range of operations. A typical day might involve advising on a banking agreement with a global financial institution, reviewing account documents for new international entities, advising on FX documentation, or supporting a capital markets transaction, insurance renewal, or claims management and captive insurance matters. You will navigate complex financial instruments, manage competing priorities, and provide practical legal advice in a fast-paced environment with the augmentation of AI tools.
About the team
Treasury & Risk sits within the larger Corporate and Securities team (which also handles periodic reporting, proxy, securities, and governance matters). Treasury serves as Amazon"s central financial hub managing corporate liquidity, funding, capital allocation, and financial infrastructure. GRMC operates as Amazon"s risk management organization, managing insurance programs. As these functions span the entire company, you will have the opportunity to advise on a broad range of business initiatives across all of Amazon"s businesses.