Senior Accountant, Kindle Content, Digital Accounting

DESCRIPTION

The Kindle Content Accounting team supports many of Amazon’s Digital Content businesses, including eBooks and Kindle Unlimited. This position requires a self-starter that will be responsible for supporting new product launches, expansion efforts, and various aspects of our monthly accounting and reporting process. Amazon is a pioneering, dynamic, and energetic company that thrives on unique and peculiar ways. 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. When working at Amazon, your ability to make a difference and take ownership of your career begins on day one. You can expect a collaborative, team-driven environment that encourages employees to learn, be curious, and have a bias for action. Part of this propensity for continuous learning shows itself in Amazon’s strong encouragement of movement and growth within the Accounting department and within the company as a whole. We aim to hire and develop those who will raise the bar over the course of their career at Amazon (and not just in their first position). This position will have responsibility for:
- Supporting various aspects of our accounting and reporting processes.
- End-to-end process ownership to support finance and business partners.
- Understanding accounting and financial principles and how to apply them.
- Understanding 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 judgment 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.
- Analysis of complex processes and systems data. We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Arlington, VA, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

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