Senior Financial Analyst , AWS EMEA Accounting

Amazon Inc.; Cork; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Ireland Support Services Limited in Cork, Ireland seeks a Senior Financial Accountant to own month-end close processes for AWS EMEA across multiple entities. You will prepare journals, perform analytical reviews, and drive process improvements while partnering with Tax, FP&A and expansion teams.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting and professional accounting qualifications; fluency in English and strong data analysis skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field.
• Knowledge of US GAAP, IFRS, or local GAAP with application in daily activities.
• Speak, write, and read fluently in English.
• Experience supporting month-end closing and financial reporting.
• Experience with controls or audits over financial reporting environments.

Responsibilities

• Own AWS EMEA Corporate Accounting close processes across multiple entities, journals, reviews and reconciliations.
• Identify and drive process improvements and automation to standardize globally.
• Lead onboarding of new entities, new business offerings and activities with proper controls before launch.
• Apply technical accounting knowledge to new product launches and complex transactions.
• Partner with Tax, FP&A and AWS Expansion teams on key initiatives.
• Represent EMEA Accounting on cross-functional projects and reporting.
• Develop deep knowledge of AWS business for internal and external reporting.
• Prepare and review complex statutory financial statements and reports.

Skills

US GAAP

IFRS

English fluency

Month-end close

Financial reporting

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting

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

Tools

Cognos

Redshift

Excel (advanced)

Power BI

Python

SQL

Tableau

Job description

Job ID: 10487272 | Amazon Ireland Support Services Limited

Are you looking for your next big Finance role? If you want to be part of history, this is your opportunity to work with one of the world’s most successful companies. Amazon Web Services(“AWS”) is a key part of the Amazon group and is a high-growth, fast-moving business, where new and diverse opportunities arise every day. To meet the growing demand for AWS Services in EMEA, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people to join our team in Cork. We are currently recruiting a Senior Financial Accountant to join the AWS EMEA Accounting team. This individual will be an experienced accounting professional, who consistently exceeds expectations, thrives in a challenging workplace environment and will take ownership of monthly, quarterly and annual close processes for both group and statutory reporting purposes.

Key job responsibilities

• Ownership of AWS EMEA Corporate Accounting close processes in multiple legal entities. This will include the preparation and review of journals, analytical review of monthly results and account reconciliations;
• Identifying and driving process improvements and automation initiatives to reduce manual effort and drive toward Global standardization;
• Managing projects entailing the on-boarding of new entities, new business offerings and activities, ensuring that processes and controls are in place prior to launch;
• Demonstrating strong technical accounting acumen to be able to conclude on accounting treatment of new product launches, projects and complex transactions;
• Business partnering with key stakeholders including Tax, FP&A, AWS Expansion teams;
• Representing EMEA Accounting on significant cross functional projects;
• Developing in depth knowledge of the AWS business and products to facilitate preparation of analytical review for internal and external reporting;
• Participating in preparation and review of the more complex statutory financial statements;
• Being a strong team player, who can operate globally, cross-functionally and at all levels of the organization, taking ownership and demonstrating self-initiative.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field, or experience or equivalent experience in finance roles
• Knowledge of one or multiple accounting frameworks (including US GAAP, IFRS, or local GAAP frameworks), with the ability to apply them in day-to-day financial activities
• 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 environmentsExperience using financial models, KPIs, and data analysis to support business decisions

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA, or equivalent)
• Knowledge of of financial reporting tools (Cognos, Redshift)
• Experience developing financial models in Excel with advanced functions (pivot tables, macros, VBA, Power Query)
• Experience with data analytics platforms (Power BI, Python, SQL, Tableau)

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