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Amazon.com has extensive financial systems for its businesses across the Globe. FOAA commenced its activities in India in 2011. Since then it has grown steadily in its size and scope into a dynamic and large team. Apart from handing basic processes such as operational reconciliations and day to day accounting activities, we perform global high end accounting activities such as month end closing of books, processing of regular and complex journal entries, managing moderately complex to high analytical accounting issues, financial reporting etc. Our continued focus is to strengthen our worldwide accounting processes that enable the activities of Amazon.com in areas of Retail and Non-Retail accounting.
We are seeking a results-focused, quality-driven accounting leader who has demonstrated extensive experience in handling accounting, finance, reporting processes (Record to Report) and MIS.
The successful candidate will be a self-starter who is comfortable with ambiguity; detail oriented and will possess the ability to work well with cross-functional teams. Equally important for success in this role is the ability to lead diverse teams of professionals to new levels of success in a variety of complex tasks as the business continues to grow.
A candidate should have strong technical GAAP accounting and hands-on experience in developing innovative solutions for enhanced Controllership and process / system improvement.
The successful candidate should have a strong desire in innovating processes and exceed expectations in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, primarily driving innovation on behalf of our stakeholders.
Key job responsibilities
1.Leading the month / quarter/ yearend activities of Retail operations including closing of sub ledgers, general ledger account reconciliations, reporting and balance sheet account analysis to deliver the accurate financial statements.
2.Leading financial close review with controllership team including month-end close call, finalization of P&L accounts, Balance Sheet and trial balance.
3.Driving controllership as a function. Responsible for preparing and reviewing the Balance sheet and P&L Schedules for the controllership review. Highlighting and driving the necessary action points.
4.Leading the team to prepare and understand the month end flux analysis for all P&L and Balance sheet accounts with the in depth analysis.
5.Understanding and influencing the design of financial systems. Ensure appropriate financial policies, procedures and internal controls are in place, documented and drive process improvements.
6.Responsible for SOX compliance, manage risk assessment, internal control and get the alignment of improvements/changes from leadership/Controllership team. Responsible for ensuring the accounting policies are strictly followed across the business and legal entity.
7.Interact and working closely with the Internal and External auditors on audit related queries and ensure timely completion of the audits.
8.Working closely with the stakeholders to provide high quality deliverables to them. Being the first point of contact to address any escalations.
9.Actively lead strategic initiatives and special projects or process improvement initiatives. Leading the teams to perform and support new business/system launches including UAT.
10.Leading, coaching and developing a team of the financial analysts, staff accountants, team leads and managers across various accounting processes to ensure consistent delivery of the high quality work by the team. This also includes goal setting, performance review management of the team, identifying improvement/ training plans and other related activities.
11.Demonstrate a proficient level of professional skill and knowledge in accounting and apply this in-depth knowledge, principles and systems design to recognize complex and unique issues and develop resolution and/or consistently consult with leadership in order to achieve resolution
About the team
Amazon.com has extensive financial systems for its businesses across the Globe. FOAA commenced its activities in India in 2011. Since then it has grown steadily in its size and scope into a dynamic and large team. Apart from handing basic processes such as operational reconciliations and day to day accounting activities, we perform global high end accounting activities such as month end closing of books, processing of regular and complex journal entries, managing moderately complex to high analytical accounting issues, financial reporting etc. Our continued focus is to strengthen our worldwide accounting processes that enable the activities of Amazon.com in areas of Retail and Non-Retail accounting.- ACA - Chartered Accountant / ICWA - Cost Accountant with 8-10 years of post-qualification experience in Business Controls / Corporate Accounting / Audits / Reporting
- Strong accounting skills.
- Experience in effectively managing and developing team.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- Strong customer focus - both Internal / External
- A work ethic based on a strong desire to exceed expectations.
- Strong interpersonal skills — including written and oral communication skills.
- Retail industry experience (Preferred)
- Experience using Oracle Financial Applications (Preferred)
- Expertise in Six Sigma defect reduction techniques (DMAIC, etc.) (Preferred)- 6+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
- 6+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience
- 6+ years of mentoring junior finance and/or business team members experience
- 3+ years of working with senior staff (e.g. c-suite) experience
- MBA from premiere institute, or CPA
- •Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (i.e. SQL, MSAccess, Essbase or Cognos) and providing recommendations based on results of ad hoc analyses to management for strategic decision-making
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