Accounting Manager, AWS Revenue Accounting

About the role

AWS needs individuals that bring the accounting experience AND the entrepreneurial aptitude to accelerate decision making and management of the business and accounting. Also needed is the intellectual capacity to produce innovative ideas/analysis and the willingness to do the heavy lifting to implement those decisions.

Responsibilities

• Supporting various aspects of our accounting and reporting process for AWS revenue, including billing, AR, aging, deferred revenue, bad debt, and write-offs.
• End-to-end process ownership to support finance and business partners.
• Lead delivery of accounting tasks and projects.
• Execute judgments to keep business and accounting projects moving and ensure the right decisions are reached to close the books each month.
• 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.
• Escalate risks and issues as necessary to leadership.
• Enhance partnerships between accounting and business, finance, tax, and IT groups.
• Research, conclude and memorialize technical accounting position papers.

Requirements

Basic Qualifications:

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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 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

Qualifications

Strong sense of ownership.

Ability to identify process improvement and automation opportunities to drive positive change across the organization.

Skills

Strong analytical skills.

Benefits

See details [here](https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits).