Accounting Manager
Accounting Manager - Global Financial Accounting Controls
Amazon is a fast paced, dynamic, high-tech company based in Seattle. Amazon's finance team is searching for bar-raising financial accounting professionals who consistently exceed expectations, who thrive in a challenging workplace, and who can actively contribute to our talented team. The global accounting organization supports our financial reporting, internal control, intercompany, and transfer pricing activities and also supports new business launches globally for Amazon in the consumer products, digital initiatives, merchant, operations, logistics, payments, and cloud computing lines of business.
This position will have responsibility for supporting all parts of our financial reporting process. In addition, this position will be expected to 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. Technical accounting research and position paper writing will also be a requirement of this position. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate they were top performers at their level.
We are currently looking for manager level candidates who have held similar positions in larger public companies or who have held a manager level position with a Big 4 public accounting firm serving Fortune 500 clients for 2 or more years. Successful candidates for this position will have the equivalent of 7+ years of professional experience with financial reporting and internal control design related responsibilities. Demonstrated experience in leading teams to accomplish unusually complex challenges will be expected as this is an ongoing requirement for this position.
- Degree in accounting or related field with sufficient experience to sit for the CPA exam (a CPA license is not required for this position)
- 7+ years of relevant experience
- Working understanding of an Internal control framework (specifically COSO) and a solid understanding of the concepts of control design and operational efficiency
- CPA (or equivalent)
- Big 4 public accounting experience with Fortune 500 clients
- Strong interpersonal written and oral communication skills
- Operational accounting experience with one or more Fortune 500 companies
- Experience working in a fast paced environment similar to a high tech start-up
- A demonstrated history of solving multiple and complex operational and accounting challenges
- Aptitude for leading teams; influencing and galvanizing others to follow you toward a solution
- Solid organizational skills along with an aptitude for information technology
- Excellent analytical skills
- Familiarity with GAAP research tools and the FASB codification
- Experience with documenting accounting conclusions related support