Accounting Manager, Global OpEx Accounting

About the role

The Global OpEx Accounting team ensures the complete and accurate recognition of global operating expenditures for Amazon. The team supports global initiatives designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of month-end close processes.

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.
• 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.
• 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.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field
• CPA preferred
• Knowledge of internal control framework (specifically COSO) to assess control design and operational efficiency
• Knowledge of GAAP research tools and the FASB codification preferred
• Experience in accounting management in Big Four with Fortune 500 clients preferred
• Experience researching and documenting support for accounting conclusions preferred