Senior Finance Analyst

Job 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 supports operational accounting for European digital music businesses and will have responsibility for:

• Supporting various aspects of our accounting and reporting process.

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• End-to-end process ownership to support finance and business partners.

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• 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.

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• Execute judgments to keep projects moving and ensure the right decisions are reached to close the books each month.

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• Escalating risks and issues as necessary to leadership.

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• Strong sense of ownership.

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• Ability to identify process improvement and automation opportunities to drive positive change across the organization.

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• Lead delivery of accounting tasks and projects.

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• Enhance partnerships between Accounting and various business and IT groups.

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• Research, conclude and memorialize technical accounting position papers.

Candidate Description

• Degree in accounting or related field

• Five or more years of related work,

• CPA (or equivalent)

• Accounting management experience with Big Four (public) with Fortune 500 clients

• Operational accounting experience with one or more Fortune 500 companies for two or more years

• Working knowledge of the COSO internal control framework and a solid understanding of the concepts of control design and operational efficiency

• Familiarity with GAAP research tools and the FASB codification

• Experience working with a fast-paced, high-tech start-up or complex company

• Experience with researching and documenting support for accounting conclusions

• Demonstrated history of solving multiple complex operational and accounting challenges

• Aptitude for team leadership-influencing and galvanizing others to follow you toward a solution

• Natural propensity for organization and an aptitude for information technology

• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills

• Excellent analytical skills