Sr. Financial Analyst, Digital Accounting Team
About the role
Amazon is a pioneering, dynamic, and energetic company that thrives on unique and peculiar ways. We take pride in our single-minded obsession over customer satisfaction and our ability to maintain a curious and vibrant 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.
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.
Requirements
- 3+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience.
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field.
- 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.
- Experience in project management.
Qualifications
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of internal control framework (specifically COSO) to assess control design and operational efficiency.
- Experience in accounting management in Big Four with Fortune 500 clients.
- Experience researching and documenting support for accounting conclusions.
- Experience in project management.
Skills
- Strong sense of ownership.
- Able to identify process improvement and automation opportunities to drive positive change across the organization.
- Leadership skills to lead delivery of accounting tasks and projects.
- Ability to enhance partnerships between Accounting and various business and IT groups.
- Technical accounting expertise to research, conclude and memorialize position papers.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and parental leave.
- Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).
Pay
Base salary range for this position is listed below. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.
Schedule
Work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies.