AWS EMEA Accounting Lead — Financial Close & Insights

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Cork; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Ireland Support Services Limited is recruiting a Senior Financial Accountant for the AWS EMEA Accounting team in Cork. The role owns monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes across multiple entities and supports statutory reporting.

You will drive process improvements, partner with Tax and FP&A, and contribute to complex financial statements. The position requires a finance/accounting degree, professional qualification, and strong English, with experience in month-end close,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field, or experience or equivalent experience in finance roles.
• Knowledge of US GAAP, IFRS, or local GAAP frameworks.
• Speak, write, and read fluently in English
• Experience supporting month-end closing processes and contributing to financial reporting under established procedures
• Experience supporting the implementation of controls or contributing to audits over financial reporting environments
• Experience using financial models, KPIs, and data analysis to support business decisions

Responsibilities

• Ownership of AWS EMEA Corporate Accounting close processes across multiple entities, including journals, monthly results analysis and account reconciliations.
• Identify and drive process improvements and automation to reduce manual effort and move toward global standardization.
• Manage projects onboarding new entities and activities, ensuring controls before launch.
• Contribute to determining accounting treatment for new product launches and complex transactions.
• Partner with Tax, FP&A, and AWS Expansion teams on key issues.
• Represent EMEA Accounting on cross-functional projects.
• Develop knowledge of AWS business to prepare analytical reviews for internal and external reporting.
• Assist in preparation and review of complex statutory financial statements.
• Collaborate globally with teams, taking ownership and showing initiative.

Skills

English fluency

Month-end close

Financial reporting

Controls and audits

Financial modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field

Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA)

Tools

Cognos

Redshift

Power BI

Python

SQL

Tableau

Excel

Pivot tables

Macros

VBA

Power Query

Job description

Amazon Ireland Support Services Limited is recruiting a Senior Financial Accountant for the AWS EMEA Accounting team in Cork. The role owns monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes across multiple entities and supports statutory reporting.

You will drive process improvements, partner with Tax and FP&A, and contribute to complex financial statements. The position requires a finance/accounting degree, professional qualification, and strong English, with experience in month-end close,