Senior Accountant, Amazon Devices & Services Accounting
Amazon Devices and Services is at the forefront of innovation, bringing cutting-edge technology into customers' homes and hands through products like Echo, Fire TV, Kindle, Ring, and the services that power them. Our team takes pride in our single-minded obsession over customer satisfaction and our ability to maintain a curious 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.
About the role
The Devices and Services Accounting team supports one of Amazon's most dynamic and complex business segments—spanning hardware manufacturing, digital content, subscription services, and emerging technologies. You'll navigate unique accounting challenges including revenue recognition for bundled hardware and service offerings, inventory and cost accounting for physical devices, deferred revenue for subscriptions and extended warranties, and the financial reporting complexities that come with a rapidly evolving product portfolio. This role requires someone who can think critically about how accounting standards apply to new and innovative business models that don't always fit neatly into existing frameworks.
Responsibilities
- Support 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.
- 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
Basic Qualifications
- 3+ 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
Benefits
Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including:
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and option for Supplemental life plans)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health Support
- Medical Advice Line
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
Learn more about our benefits at amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
Pay
- USA, CA, Culver City: 72,600.00 - 117,100.00 USD annually
- USA, MA, Boston: 66,900.00 - 117,100.00 USD annually
- USA, OR, Portland: 66,900.00 - 117,100.00 USD annually
- USA, TN, Nashville: 60,200.00 - 105,400.00 USD annually
- USA, TX, Austin: 66,900.00 - 117,100.00 USD annually
- USA, VA, Arlington: 66,900.00 - 117,100.00 USD annually
- USA, WA, Seattle: 82,700.00 - 117,100.00 USD annually
Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.