Accounting Automation & Controllership Manager

Amazon Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon seeks an Accounting Manager, Automation in Seattle to lead controllership improvements and analytics across FOAA. You will partner with finance and operations teams to identify risks, design scalable automation, and drive data-driven decision-making.

Ideal candidates bring extensive experience in financial modeling, forecasting, and process improvements, with a track record of delivering measurable savings and operational enhancements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in tax, finance or related analytical field.
• 6+ years applying KPIs to analyses.
• 6+ years building financial/operational reports for decision-making.
• 6+ years creating automation-driven process improvements.
• 6+ years contributing to continuous improvement to scale controllership.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics or related analytical field.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational excellence initiatives with strategic significance and high exposure.
• Improve controllership by identifying risks and designing scalable solutions.
• Execute recurring and holistic analytics to support business decisions.
• Build analytical frameworks used by cross-functional teams.
• Design and implement process improvements across operations and accounting.
• Partner with stakeholders across organizations to drive results.

Skills

Financial modeling

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Data interpretation

Problem solving

Leadership

Controllership

Education

Bachelor's in finance/accounting

MBA

CPA

Tools

SQL/ETL

MS Access

Essbase

Cognos

Oracle

SAP

JD Edwards

Lawson

Job description

Amazon seeks an Accounting Manager, Automation in Seattle to lead controllership improvements and analytics across FOAA. You will partner with finance and operations teams to identify risks, design scalable automation, and drive data-driven decision-making.

Ideal candidates bring extensive experience in financial modeling, forecasting, and process improvements, with a track record of delivering measurable savings and operational enhancements.