ACCOUNTING MANAGER, ACCOUNTING

DESCRIPTION Amazon is a fast paced, dynamic, high-tech company based in Seattle, WA USA.
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, initiatives, merchant, operations, logistics,, and cloud computing lines of business.
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).
We are currently looking for a manager level candidate to act in an individual contributor role to help support the business growth in Latin America, based in Amazon’s Sao Paulo, Brazil office.
Successful candidates will have experience with financial reporting and internal control related responsibilities and have held similar positions or have held a manager level position in accounting or finance in public or private companies.
Demonstrated experience in leading teams to accomplish unusually complex challenges is also expected.
This position will have responsibility for supporting the Latam South Accounting team to oversee all parts of our financial accounting and reporting functions in Brazil.
In addition, this person will be expected to understand internal control design concepts sufficient to assess the effectiveness of controls in their area and to influence the design of systems, processes and controls for emerging and growing business activities.
Technical accounting research and position paper writing may also be a requirement for this position.
Key job responsibilities This position will have responsibility for.
• Supporting various aspects of our accounting and reporting process.
• End-to-end process ownership to support finance and business partners.
• 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.
• Execute judgments 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.
• Enhance partnerships between Accounting and various business and IT groups.
• Research, conclude and memorialize technical accounting position papers.
• Prepare/review statutory related obligations for countries in Latin America BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - Finance and accounting roles experience - Experience building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making - Experience creating process improvements with automation and analysis - Experience participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience - Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Experience identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan - Experience solving complex business challenges by delivering accurate and timely financial models, analysis, and recommendations that have a proven impact on business (e.
., financial savings, operational improvements, or customer benefits) - MBA, or CPA - Experience in accounting management in Big Four with Fortune 500 clients