About This Role
An Accounting Manager at Amazon supports the Global Accounting organization across various high-growth business areas, including AWS Revenue Accounting, AWS Technology Infrastructure, Amazon MGM Studios, and Amazon Advertising. This role suits a financial accounting professional who consistently exceeds expectations and is ready to tackle challenges within a fast-paced, global, and results-oriented environment.
Responsibilities
- Own and manage the monthly/quarterly close process, including preparing journal entries, analyzing variances, and delivering meaningful financial reporting to management
- Manage period-end close by ensuring accurate and timely completion of all accounting entries and reconciliations
- Perform analytical review of balances and provide balance sheet account movements to support cash flow reporting
- Own critical financial reporting deliverables, including 10-K and 10-Q disclosures
- Coordinate quarterly reviews and approvals of estimates, presenting conclusions to senior leadership
- Research, conclude, and memorialize technical accounting position papers
- Review licensing agreements and interpret contractual terms to determine appropriate revenue recognition under ASC 606
- Prepare and review technical accounting memos under US GAAP, ensuring regulatory compliance
- Execute quarterly reviews and sign-offs on SOX 404 key controls, ensuring robust internal control framework
- Understand internal control design concepts sufficient to assess the effectiveness of controls and design new processes and controls for emerging and growing business activities
- Partner closely with cross-functional teams including Finance, Production, Tax, Sales, and Technology to ensure alignment and effective information flow
- Build trust and credibility with senior leadership through clear, concise communication
- Own end-to-end processes to support finance and business partners
- Drive projects, provide accounting guidance, and often serve as the first point of contact for finance and business partners to launch new projects and resolve issues
- Enhance partnerships between Accounting and various business and IT groups
- Evaluate existing processes and recommend, develop, and drive improvements to increase efficiency and scalability
- Drive AI and automation solutions for operational improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy across accounting processes
- Identify process improvement and automation opportunities to drive positive change across the organization
- Create process improvements with automation and analysis to scale and improve controllership with measurable results
- Lead delivery of accounting tasks and projects across multiple business verticals
