Finance Transformation Manager, PMO, Project LEO Accounting
About the role
LEO (Low Earth Orbit) Government Accounting PMO team has an immediate opening for a Finance Transformation Manager. This role supports and directly influences the launch of LEO Government product and programs across multiple verticals: satellite manufacturing, ground gateway terminals and customer terminals and Technology support teams.
The program manager will work closely with the partner financial systems teams, accounting operations teams, tax, finance operations, and others on new initiatives to provide integrated accounting requirements to the LEO Government business teams. Successful candidates will have experience in SAP, Government Accounting, GAAP Accounting, Program Management and Financial Systems.
Responsibilities
- Document Accounting requirements to cross functional stakeholders.
- Coordinate issue resolution of key architecture decisions between Business, Accounting, and Technology teams
- Review Business Requirements Documents (BRDs) and how best to implement accounting requirements within the SAP modules (Inventory, AR, AP, Manufacturing etc..).
- Ensure migration to new SAP modules in accordance with GAAP principles.
- Build project plans for accounting workstreams, identifying goals, needs, and scope
- Draft Accounting Requirements Documents (ARDs) and related Journal Entry Mappings (JEMs) that meet customer needs
- Continuously identify/ track and mitigate program risks and issues and accelerate decision making.
- Own accounting test planning and user acceptance testing
- Draft ad hoc issues based documents for leadership review
- Own leadership review and status update documents and meetings
Requirements
- 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
Pay
The base salary range for this position is $95,400.00 - $163,200.00 USD annually in CA, MA, OR, TX, VA, and WA, and $85,900.00 - $146,900.00 USD annually in TN.
Benefits
Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
Schedule
A day in the life includes planning and prioritizing daily and near term activities, representing Accounting’s interests during project rollout planning initiatives, joining weekly team scrum, and meeting with business stakeholders to review end to end process and detailed accounting use-cases.