Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a customer-centric and innovative company that encourages ownership, continuous learning, and career growth. The Sr. Accountant will support accounting and reporting processes for AWS Technology Infrastructure, own end-to-end processes, assess and design internal controls, lead accounting tasks and projects, identify automation opportunities, and research and document technical accounting conclusions.
Responsibilities
- 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
Skills
- 3+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field
- CPA
- Knowledge of internal control framework (specifically COSO) to assess control design and operational efficiency
- 2+ years of Fortune 500 operational accounting experience
- Knowledge of GAAP research tools and the FASB codification
- Experience in accounting management in Big Four with Fortune 500 clients
- Experience researching and documenting support for accounting conclusions
Benefits
- Sign-on payments
- Restricted stock units (RSUs)
- Health insurance, including medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and an option for Supplemental life plans
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Mental Health Support
- Medical Advice Line
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
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