Accounting Manager, AWS Revenue Accounting

Key job 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.
• Strong sense of ownership.
• Able to identify process improvement and automation opportunities to drive positive change across the organization.
• Enhance partnerships between accounting and business, finance, tax, and IT groups.
• Research, conclude, and memorialize technical accounting position papers.

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