Senior Accountant, Global Financial Accounting & Controls, Corporate Restructure

DESCRIPTION

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. If you are a financial accounting professional who consistently exceeds expectations, who dares to make bold decisions, and whose ears perk up at the prospect of a challenge, then Amazon is a place where your career can flourish. This position will be responsible for supporting the accounting function for intercompany settlement. Working with cross-department business leaders, tax, treasury, and local 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 intercompany settlement activity impacting the global accounting organization. Previous experience with intercompany accounting is considered a plus. This role requires excellent communication and organization skills, including the ability to anticipate, identify and communicate risks cross-functional teams. Key job responsibilities
- Working independently to lead projects to support Amazon's corporate structure to ensure appropriate business support and controllership.
- Responsibility for delivery of complex cross functional projects.
- Prioritize work for global project teams, monitoring transactions to ensure standards are maintained.
- Identifying and communicating project risks to senior leadership, along with clear recommendations for resolution or mitigation.
- Partner with corporate legal, tax and financial operations team on communication of key operational and accounting issues identified.
- Proactively identifying, researching, consulting, and drafting technical memorandums on significant transactions.
- End to end accounting ownership for recording and reporting transactions under common control.
- 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.
- Managing and attracting talent into Amazon. We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Austin, TX, USA | Portland, OR, USA | Seattle, WA, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree
- 3+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience
- 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 working with stakeholders