Staff Accountant, FAAS

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

Basic qualifications

• - Knowledge of standard software including Excel, Access, Oracle, Essbase, SQL and VBA skills
• - Experience using data to influence business decisions
• - Experience in corporate finance including budgeting/planning, forecasting and reporting
• - CA with upto 0-4 Years of post-qualification experience in Month end closing of Books of accounts / working on various Sub-ledgers / Accounting Knowledge / Balance sheet Reconciliation & Reporting activities

Preferred qualifications

- Experience in TM1, Data Warehouse and SQL

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