Amazon.com - Seattle, WA

posted 1 day ago

Full-time - Mid Level
Seattle, WA
General Merchandise Retailers

About the position

Amazon is a pioneering, dynamic, and energetic company that thrives on unique and peculiar ways. We take pride in our single-minded obsession over customer satisfaction and our ability to maintain a curious and vibrant culture no matter how large the company grows. We endeavor to build our legacy as Earth's most customer-centric company and to continue to cultivate and nourish our innovative environment through our mission to hire the best. If you are a financial accounting professional who consistently exceeds expectations, who dares to make bold decisions, and whose ears perk up at the prospect of a challenge, then Amazon is a place where your career can flourish. When working at Amazon, your ability to make a difference and take ownership of your career begins on day one. You can expect a collaborative, team-driven environment that encourages employees to learn, be curious, and have a bias for action. Part of this propensity for continuous learning shows itself in Amazon's strong encouragement of movement and growth within the Accounting department and within the company as a whole. We aim to hire and develop those who will raise the bar over the course of their career at Amazon (and not just in their first position). Amazon's accounting group offers opportunities at the Accounting Manager level in Legal Entity & Intercompany, Accounting Policy & Reporting, Operations and Capital, Transportation, Payments & Merchant Services, Retail Operations, Digital, and AWS Accounting.

Responsibilities

  • Supporting various aspects of our accounting and reporting process.
  • End-to-end process ownership to support finance and business partners.
  • Understand internal control design concepts sufficient to assess the effectiveness of controls in their area and to design new processes and controls for emerging and growing business activities.
  • Execute judgments to keep projects moving and ensure the right decisions are reached to close the books each month.
  • Escalating risks and issues as necessary to leadership.
  • Strong sense of ownership.
  • Ability to identify process improvement and automation opportunities to drive positive change across the organization.
  • Lead delivery of accounting tasks and projects.
  • Enhance partnerships between Accounting and various business and IT groups.
  • Research, conclude and memorialize technical accounting position papers.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field
  • 5+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience

Nice-to-haves

  • CPA
  • Knowledge of internal control framework (specifically COSO) to assess control design and operational efficiency
  • Knowledge of GAAP research tools and the FASB codification
  • Experience in accounting management in Big Four with Fortune 500 clients
  • Experience researching and documenting support for accounting conclusions

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Sign-on payments
  • Full range of medical benefits
  • Financial benefits
  • Other forms of compensation
Hard Skills
Business Partnering
1
Internal Controls
1
Operational Efficiency
1
Operative Report
1
Process Improvement
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