Accounting Transformation Program Manager, Payments FBI

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon in Seattle is seeking an Accounting Transformation Program Manager to join the Payments Finance and Business Integration (FBI) team. You will collaborate with Product and Technical teams to deliver scalable, secure, and flexible financial solutions, influencing product launches and strategic architecture.

Strong communication and quantitative analysis are required as you own program lifecycles, automate processes, and support expansion across Amazon businesses.

Qualifications

• Experience in Accounting, Program Management and Finance Systems.
• Experience leading teams to accomplish complex challenges.
• Experience with documenting requirements, design, and test strategies.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage program and project lifecycles from planning to stakeholder engagement for multiple projects.
• Lead automation initiatives to design processes and tools for accurate financial statements.
• Support expansion by ensuring controlled processes across Amazon’s financial statements.

Skills

Accounting

Program Management

Finance Systems

Stakeholder Management

Tools

GenAI tools

Job description

Amazon has an immediate opening for an Accounting Transformation Program Manager to join our Payments Finance and Business Integration (FBI) team.

Amazon Payments collaborates with all Amazon strategic businesses (Stores, AWS, Digital, Devices & Services, Leo) to support their payments acceptance requirements. Payments FBI represents Accounting's interests in Amazon Payments strategic projects and product launches and directly influences its product launches and strategic architecture decisions.

In this role, the candidate will be part of a team that collaborates with Product and Technical teams to deliver world class solutions that are highly scalable, secure, and flexible.

Strong oral and written communication skills are crucial, as well as ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope requirements and prioritize.

Key job responsibilities

Successful candidates will have deep experience of Accounting, Program Management and Finance Systems and have operated successfully in a fast-paced, global, results-oriented environment. Strong oral and written communication skills are crucial, as well as ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope business requirements and prioritize.

Candidate experience should cover financial processes, project management, accounting requirements documentation, process design, and test strategy and user acceptance testing responsibilities. Demonstrated experience in leading teams to accomplish unusually complex challenges is expected as this is an ongoing requirement for this position. Practical experience with implementing GenAI agentic solutions to automate processes will be beneficial.

A day in the life

As a Payments FBI Program Manager, you will:

1. Own and Manage: You’ll own and manage program and project lifecycle activities from beginning to end (planning, requirements gathering, technology team partnerships, UAT planning and performance, project closing, and stakeholder engagement) for multiple projects simultaneously.
2. Automate: You’ll work on automation projects and lead the coordination of designing processes and tools to make financial statement processes easier and more accurate.
3. Support Expansion: You’ll support the expansion of Amazon business by ensuring implementation of controlled processes to keep Amazon’s financial statements materially correct.
4. Consult: You’ll operate as a valued consultant to partner with many different stakeholder teams across Amazon.
5. Make Decisions: You’ll be an empowered, impactful decision maker who drives the direction of a project to completion.
6. Collaborate: You’ll collaborate with Amazonians of diverse backgrounds.