Description

Amazon has an immediate opening for a Financial Transformation Manager to join our Lease Accounting Finance and Business Integration team.

This position supports and directly influences the launches of Amazon’s global process transformation and business initiatives in the Worldwide Leasing space. This leader will work closely with the global Accounting Operations, Finance, Tax, Lease Administration, Business and Financial Systems teams driving lease transactions and will represent Accounting to various stakeholders. In this role, the candidate will be part of a team that collaborates with business, finance and technical teams to deliver world class solutions that are highly scalable, secure, and flexible. This person will have operated successfully in a fast-paced, global, results-oriented environment, have strong oral and written communication skills, as well as the ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope business requirements and prioritize.

Successful candidates will have thorough experience operationalizing systems and processes in accordance with US GAAP, financial processes, financial account reconciliations, project management, accounting requirements documentation, process design, user acceptance testing and demonstrated experience in leading teams to accomplish unusually complex challenges.

Key job responsibilities

Owns and manages the lifecycle of a high impact, complex and cross-functional program where the business problem and program strategy may not be well defined.
Identify and drive implementation of process and technology improvements that can be leveraged globally within the lease accounting organization.
Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) for, and represent, lease accounting functions with teams across the organization.
Own delivery of accounting requirement documentation.
Execution of user acceptance testing.

Basic Qualifications

5+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience
Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field

Preferred Qualifications

CPA
Knowledge of internal control framework (specifically COSO) to assess control design and operational efficiency
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
Strong familiarity with ASC 842 Lease Accounting Standards