Senior Corporate Accountant - Global Close & Reporting

Amazon; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 67,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a financial accounting professional to lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities, including reconciliations, journal entries, and financial statement prep, within the Global Transfer Pricing Close and Reporting team in Austin. The role focuses on accurate intercompany pricing, arm’s length compliance, and timely bookings across Amazon’s global entity structure.

You will partner with Finance, Legal, Tax, Treasury, Technology, and other teams to understand initiatives,

Qualifications

• 3+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field.

Responsibilities

• Perform and manage monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities including reconciliations, journal entries, and financial statement preparation.
• Support the preparation, review, and filing of SEC reports (10-Q, 8-K, 10-K) and other external filings as applicable.
• End-to-end process ownership to support finance and business partners; Lead delivery of accounting tasks and projects.
• Execute judgments to keep projects moving and ensure the right decisions are reached to close the books each month.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders including Finance, Legal, Tax, Treasury, Technology, and Statutory Accounting teams to understand business initiatives and assess accounting implications.
• Assess the effectiveness of controls in your area and participate in the design of new controls for emerging and growing business activities.
• Identify and implement process improvement and automation opportunities; drive impactful global projects that enhance efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
• Proactively identify, research, and document technical accounting positions and memorandums on significant transactions.
• Assess risks, evaluate internal control considerations, and elevate issues to leadership with appropriate context and recommendations.
• Analyze complex processes and systems data to identify root causes and surface insights.

Skills

Financial analysis

Journal entries

Reconciliations

Cross-functional collaboration

Close activities

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting

Tools

GAAP research tools

FASB codification

Job description

Amazon is seeking a financial accounting professional to lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities, including reconciliations, journal entries, and financial statement prep, within the Global Transfer Pricing Close and Reporting team in Austin. The role focuses on accurate intercompany pricing, arm’s length compliance, and timely bookings across Amazon’s global entity structure.

You will partner with Finance, Legal, Tax, Treasury, Technology, and other teams to understand initiatives,