Principal Accounting Manager, Amazon Stores

Amazon Inc.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 139,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon's Stores business seeks a high-analytic Principal Accounting Manager to own end-to-end accounting for leasing and financing activities across the network. You will design frameworks, strengthen controls, and drive system implementations with cross-functional partners in Finance, Treasury, Tax, Legal, FP&A, and Tech.

Responsibilities include leading close processes, policy memos, and cash flow modeling under ASC 842, ASC 815, and ASC 360, ensuring audit readiness and scalable operations

Qualifications

• 12+ years of finance, accounting, or related analytical field experience.
• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, tax, economics, or a related analytical field.
• MBA or CPA preferred to strengthen leadership and technical depth.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end accounting lifecycle for Stores CapEx, infrastructure, and leasing financing transactions.
• Assess accounting for new events and structures across ASC 842, ASC 815, ASC 360 and determine treatment.
• Lead the implementation of accounting structures for new lease structures across Stores network.
• Design and execute accounting processes in Amazon systems to support lease and financing workflows.
• Develop and maintain lease and financing accounting models including PV calculations and ASC 842 assessments.
• Partner with Treasury, Tax, Legal, FP&A, Finance, Business, and Tech to evaluate financing structures and provide guidance.
• Set and enforce a high controllership bar with SOX-compliant internal controls and full audit-readiness.
• Prepare and review technical accounting memos for complex lease/financing arrangements.
• Own monthly close activities for leasing and financing portfolio including journal entries and reconciliations.
• Lead cross-functional projects to stand up new leasing and financing programs.
• Identify and drive process improvements and automation to scale operations.

Skills

12+ years of finance, accounting, or A

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, tax, economics, or a related analytical field

MBA or CPA (preferred)

Job description

Description

Amazon's Stores business is the heart of how we serve hundreds of millions of customers worldwide — spanning our fulfillment network, transportation and logistics, physical stores, and the capital infrastructure that powers them. Supporting the continued expansion of this business requires individuals with deep accounting experience AND the entrepreneurial aptitude to accelerate decision making and management of the business and its accounting. Also needed is the intellectual capacity to produce innovative ideas/analysis and the willingness to take end-to-end ownership in implementing those decisions.

As the Stores Infrastructure Technical Accounting subject matter expert, you will own the end-to-end accounting for new financing initiatives that support Amazon's worldwide operations and infrastructure expansion. This includes real estate and equipment leasing, fleet and material-handling-equipment (MHE) financing and/or leasing arrangements, build-to-suit and sale-leaseback structures, and other emerging capital programs across the Stores network. You will be surrounded by people that are exceptionally talented, bright, and driven, and believe that world class support is critical to customer and business success. To support this quickly growing business, you must be highly analytical and possess a strong passion for analytics and accountability, setting high standards, and making decisions that are right a lot.

As the Principal Accounting Manager, you will serve as the single-threaded owner of accounting policy, controls, and reporting for the Stores leasing and financing activities — upholding an exceptionally high controllership bar across every transaction, control, and disclosure. Your ability to make a difference and take ownership begins on Day One. You will partner cross-functionally with Finance, Business, Treasury, Tax, Legal, FP&A, and Tech teams to stand up new accounting frameworks, design and strengthen the control environment, drive system implementations, and ensure compliance with relevant accounting standards.

Key job responsibilities

This position will be responsible for:

• Own the end-to-end accounting lifecycle for Stores CapEx, infrastructure, and leasing financing transactions.
• Assess the accounting for new business events, transactions, and structures across the relevant technical literature including ASC 842 (Leases), ASC 815 (Derivatives and Hedging), and ASC 360 (Assets Held for Sale) and determine the appropriate treatment.
• Lead the implementation of accounting structures for new and evolving lease structures across the Stores network (real estate, fleet, and equipment).
• Drive the design and execution of accounting processes in Amazon systems to support lease and financing origination, modification, and termination workflows.
• Develop and maintain lease and financing accounting models, including present value calculations, classification assessments, and ongoing measurement under ASC 842.
• Partner with Treasury, Tax, Legal, FP&A, Finance, Business, and Tech teams to evaluate new financing structures and provide accounting guidance on proposed transactions.
• Set and enforce a high controllership bar: design, implement, and maintain SOX-compliant internal controls over leasing and financing processes, including journal entries, reconciliations, and disclosures, with full audit-readiness.
• Prepare and review technical accounting memos for complex lease/financing arrangements, including sale-leaseback, variable lease payments, embedded lease assessments, embedded derivatives, and held-for-sale conclusions.
• Own monthly close activities for the leasing and financing portfolio, including journal entries, flux analysis, balance sheet reconciliations, and financial statement disclosures.
• Lead cross-functional projects to stand up new leasing and financing programs, coordinating requirements across accounting, systems, operations, and business teams.
• Identify and drive process improvement and automation opportunities to scale leasing and financing operations and enhance the control environment.

Basic Qualifications

• 12+ years of finance, accounting, or related analytical field experience
• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, tax, economics, or a related analytical field

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA, or CPA
• Experience in a leadership position managing finance, accounting and operational processes

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

USA, CA, Culver City - 139,100.00 - 188,200.00 USD annually

USA, MA, Boston - 139,100.00 - 188,200.00 USD annually

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USA, TN, Nashville - 125,200.00 - 169,400.00 USD annually

USA, TX, Austin - 139,100.00 - 188,200.00 USD annually

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USA, WA, Seattle - 139,100.00 - 188,200.00 USD annually