Accounting Program Manager, Digital Finance & Business Integration

Job description

Amazon has an immediate opening for an Accounting Program Manager to join our Finance and Business Integration (FBI) team.

This position supports and can directly influence the launches of some of Advertising's global business initiatives. This leader will work closely with the global financial systems team, accounting operations teams, tax, treasury, and others and represent the accounting organization 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. Strong oral and written communication skills are crucial, as well as ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope business requirements and prioritize.

Key job responsibilities

As an Accounting Program Manager, you will:

1.

Own and Manage

You’ll own and manage lifecycle activities from beginning to end (planning, requirements gathering, technology team partnerships, UAT planning and performance, project closing, and stakeholder engagement) for multiple projects simultaneously.

2.

Automate

You’ll work on automation projects and lead the coordination of designing processes and tools to make financial statement processes easier and more accurate.

3.

Support Expansion

You’ll support the expansion of Amazon business by ensuring implementation of controlled processes to keep Amazon’s financial statements materially correct.

4.

Consult

You’ll operate as a valued consultant to partner with many different stakeholder teams across Amazon.

5.

Make Decisions

You’ll be an empowered, impactful decision maker who drives the direction of a project to completion.

6.

Collaborate

You’ll collaborate with Amazonians of diverse backgrounds.

Successful candidates will have deep experience in the following three disciplines – Accounting, Program Management and Financial Systems. Candidate experience should cover financial processes, project management, accounting requirements documentation, process design, and user acceptance testing responsibilities. Demonstrated experience in leading and influencing teams to accomplish unusually complex challenges is expected as this is an ongoing requirement for this position.

About the team

This team drives financial business integration for Amazon Advertising, ensuring billing accuracy, accounting readiness, and scalable financial processes across one of Amazon's fastest-growing businesses