Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate Accounting - Global Entity Expansion and Restructure

About the role

The Global Entity Expansion and Restructure team is the centralized accounting function responsible for the program management and consolidated postings for legal entity formation, restructure and closure. The team sets processes and standards in support of the diligence, document preparation and leadership approval of these corporate projects, as well as evaluating accounting impact for both consolidated and standalone legal entity results. In this capacity, our accounting team members work across stakeholder groups, including Accounting, Business, Tax, Legal, and Treasury ensuring controllership, consistency and accuracy of our posting and reporting for these critical corporate projects. Acting as an accountant, the team owns the project accounting assessment, coordination with our global accounting teams and centralized posting for entity restructures. This position will be responsible for supporting the accounting on both consolidated and legal entity level for restructuring and closures. In this role you will work with cross-department business leaders and functional accounting teams to ensure a seamless process through proposal, approval and posting into the company's financial statements. Candidates will work in a fast-paced environment, manage through ambiguity and complexity while supporting multiple, simultaneous project launches impacting the global accounting organization. Key Leadership Principles for this role include Think Big, Earn Trust, Ownership, Are Right A Lot, Dive Deep, Invent and Simplify, Bias for Action, and Deliver Results. This role requires excellent communication and organization skills, including the ability to anticipate, identify and communicate risks to senior leadership. Candidate experience should cover financial processes, project management, accounting conclusion documentation, and process design.

Responsibilities

• Work independently to lead projects to support Amazon's corporate structure to ensure appropriate business support and controllership.
• End-to-end accounting ownership for recording and reporting transactions under common control.
• Responsible for delivery of complex cross-functional projects.
• Proactively identify, research, consult, and draft technical memorandums on significant transactions.
• Prioritize work for global project teams, monitoring transactions to ensure high standards are maintained.
• Identify and communicate project risks to senior leadership, along with clear recommendations for resolution or mitigation.
• Partner with corporate legal, tax, and financial operations teams on communication of key operational and accounting issues identified.
• Manage risks across disparate business functions, driving mitigation and resolution.
• Build relationships across multiple teams within Amazon to foster a collaborative and productive working relationship.

Basic qualifications

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

Preferred qualifications

• 2+ years of Fortune 500 operational accounting experience
• 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

Base salary ranges by location (annual USD):

• USA, CA, Culver City: $72,600 – $117,100
• USA, MA, Boston: $66,900 – $117,100
• USA, OR, Portland: $66,900 – $117,100
• USA, TN, Nashville: $60,200 – $105,400
• USA, TX, Austin: $66,900 – $117,100
• USA, VA, Arlington: $66,900 – $117,100
• USA, WA, Seattle: $82,700 – $117,100

Compensation package includes sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation determined by experience, qualifications, and location.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k)