Regional Accounting Manager, LATAM Stores Accounting Team

Amazon; Ciudad de México; Presencial; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

This innovative firm is seeking a dynamic manager to join its payments accounting team in Mexico City. The role demands a seasoned professional with extensive experience in controllership and compliance, capable of leading teams through complex challenges. You will handle global payment processing, implement process improvements, and support financial reporting. Emphasizing diversity and inclusion, this organization fosters a collaborative environment where your contributions will significantly impact business growth. If you are passionate about finance and looking to make a difference, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Formación

• 8+ years of experience in controllership and compliance roles.
• Proficient in Excel with automation and analysis experience.
• Fluent in English and Spanish, with strong GAAP knowledge.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and support payments accounting operations and process improvements.
• Handle journal entries, reconciliations, and analytics.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to enhance financial processes.

Conocimientos

Controllership

Compliance

Process Improvement

Excel

GAAP Knowledge

Data Analytics

Project Management

Bilingual (English & Spanish)

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting

CPA or MBA

Herramientas

SQL

Descripción del empleo

DESCRIPTION

Amazon is a fast paced, dynamic, high-tech company. The LATAM Stores Accounting organization supports our financial reporting, internal control, and also supports new business launches for Amazon in the consumer products, initiatives, merchant, operations, logistics and payments.

We are currently looking for a manager level candidate to help support the business growth in Amazon's Mexico city, Mexico office supporting payments accounting. Successful candidates may have held manager accounting or finance positions in public or private companies and demonstrated experience in leading teams to accomplish unusually complex challenges is also expected.

A day in the life
Payments Accounting at Amazon is a specialized team responsible for handling all payments processed globally, including various payment products like Gift Cards, Credit Cards, Pay By Invoice, Shop With Points, Amazon Coins, and Amazon Currency Converter. The Payments Operational Accounting team is responsible for day-to-day operations, such as recording journal entries, performing reconciliations and analytics, implementing process improvements, and supporting key stakeholders.

About the team
At Amazon Mexico we value Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in all our job positions, therefore, we act intentionally so that our internal environment reflects the plurality of the businesses we play and the customers we serve.

In Mexico, we have a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion squad, which is formed by representatives from different roles and areas, as we understand that this agenda must have different perspectives and multiple experiences. Our leadership is committed and understands more and more their role in sharing and acting on our leadership principles, with the purpose of 'Strive to Be Earth's Best Employer'. Understanding our responsibility and our need for change, we are conscientious that 'Success and Scale Bring Broad Responsibility'
Our affinity groups are built from and by volunteers from different businesses and they are an active part of our DE&I strategies definition. Besides that, they act as ambassadors of this agenda, and they will support you from Day1. Remember, at Amazon 'It's always Day1'.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field
- 8+ years of controllership or compliance experience
- 8+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience
- 8+ years of transactional accounting field experience
- 8+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- Experience in Excel (macros, index, conditional list, arrays, pivots, lookups)
- Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis
- Thorough knowledge of International, Mexican and U.S. GAAP (including the FASB Codification) and related research tools
- Experience with accounting closing process, including preparing and reviewing reconciliations and financial statements
- Written and spoken fluency in English and Spanish required

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- CPA, or MBA
- Experience of project management and an understanding of project management concepts
- Operational accounting experience with international companies
- Experience handling big amount of data and concepts of data analytics and SQL is desirable

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.