Amazon has invited applications for the post of Accountant, Special Projects.
The Accountant will be hands-on and have an entrepreneurial spirit/start-up mindset as they support the operational accounting of a global team, which includes day-to-day management of financial accounts, indirect tax support, and annual audit support. They will provide analytical support for key business decisions and participate in strategic planning. They will prepare key metrics and weekly, monthly, quarterly financial reporting as well as support processes for analyzing performance to understand business variations.
Resposibilities:
- Own operational accounting for multiple countries worldwide – day-to-day management of financial accounts, indirect tax support, and annual audit support.
- Own IN accounting/compliance and build/maintain relationships with Amazon Finance, Legal, Accounting, and Tax teams.
- Support in ongoing financial reporting, analysis, and forecasting.
- Perform deep-dive analysis to understand drivers of business.
- Work with other teams to ensure our financial reporting is in sync with other systems.
- Participate in the business and improve processes to grow the business.
- Support tax teams by providing audited FS, other documents for tax compliance
Qualification:
- CPA / Indian CA (or equivalent)
- Degree in accounting or related field with sufficient experience to sit for the CPA exam (a CPA license is not required for this position)
- 3+ years of accounting experience
- Experience with start-up, entrepreneurship.
- Advanced knowledge of Excel.
- Financial acumen including familiarity with forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and related skills.
- Experience working with large-scale data mining tools (e.g., SQL and/or Cognos TM1). Willingness to roll up your sleeves and do whatever is necessary; general manager/owner mentality.
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment and taking ownership of multiple priorities to drive projects to completion.
- Experience with finance in business such as E-Commerce, Retail, Retail Operations Finance.
- High attention to detail and comfortable dealing with ambiguity and taking action
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka
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