Staff Accountant, FAAS

Job description

Amazon is a US-based multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Amazon.com started as an online bookstore, but soon diversified into many other categories, with a vision to be earth's most customer-centric company & to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online.

Amazon's Finance as a Service (FAAS) team is a fast-paced, team-focused, dynamic environment and delivering great experiences for our customers is top priority. FAAS R2R is seeking a Staff Accountant to support our accounting team.

The responsibilities include month end closing activities, preparation of monthly/quarterly/annually reconciliations and balance sheet analysis.

This position will support the Management in all aspects of financial accounting, reporting systems, procedures, and policies.

This position will also play an important role in promoting systems/process development within department to ensure ongoing efficiency and control improvements.

The successful candidate will have a strong desire in innovating processes and exceed expectations in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Knowledge & Skills/ Business Acumen/ Education & Experience

· Must be a Certified Accountant with CA / ICWA/

CIMA/ CMA or CPA.

· Prior experience in Retail or Market Place or Financial Retail Services is a plus

· Strong interpersonal skills — including written and oral communication skills.

· Zeal towards Operational Excellence/Process improvement & simplifications

· Excellent knowledge of financial controls and procedures, US GAAP knowledge would be plus

· Advance level excel and knowledge of SQL is a must

· Experience of Oracle/SAP

· Flexible, adaptable, well organized

· Knowledge of Six Sigma defect reduction techniques (Lean, etc) preferred

· Proactive behavior

· Strong team skills

· Self motivated , enthusiastic