Sr. Accountant, AWS Technology Infrastructure

About the role

Amazon's accounting group offers opportunities at the Accounting Manager level in Legal Entity & Intercompany, Accounting Policy & Reporting, Operations and Capital, Transportation, Payments & Merchant Services, Retail Operations, Digital, and AWS Accounting.

Key job responsibilities

• Supporting AWS Data Center accounting and reporting process.
• End-to-end process ownership on Capex and Opex 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.
• Escalating risks and issues as necessary to leadership.
• Strong sense of ownership.
• Ability 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.

Basic Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA
• 2+ years of Fortune 500 operational accounting experience
• Knowledge of GAAP research tools and the FASB codification
• Experience in accounting management in Big Four with Fortune 500 clients
• Knowledge of internal control framework (specifically COSO) to assess control design and operational efficiency
• Experience researching and documenting support for accounting conclusions

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

Benefits

Amazon offers 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) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Your Amazon package will also include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

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