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Finance Manager, India Accounting

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In short

Amazon is seeking a Finance Manager for its India Accounting team. This role requires 8+ years of experience in financial accounting, reporting, and internal controls, with a mandatory CA, CPA, or ICWAI qualification. The successful candidate will manage accounting for a business vertical, prepare monthly accruals, drive process improvements, evaluate accounting positions, and coordinate with auditors.

Responsibilities

  • Accounting and analysis of a specific business vertical and/or function.
  • Preparation of monthly accruals as part of month close activity.
  • Driving efficiencies in business processes and guiding business teams on accounting areas.
  • Evaluating accounting positions for new projects and writing technical position paper.
  • Partnering with the members of the global accounting organization to develop process improvement initiatives, and assist in the identification of accounting standards for global consistency.
  • Coordinating with auditors for timely closure of statutory audit and tax audit.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of relevant experience in big 4 audit firms, multi-national corporate or operational accounting experience.
  • CA, CPA or ICWAI qualification is a must.
  • Good communications skills and able to work effectively with teams in India and US.
  • Understanding of US GAAP, Indian Accounting Standards and communicate frequently with external auditors and regulators ensuring that Amazon India is compliant with all applicable laws, pronouncements and regulations.
  • The successful candidate will be a self-starter, a collaborative team-player, and an excellent communicator.
  • Candidate will also have good written and oral communication skills, solid organizational, risk assessment and some information technology aptitude.
  • 6+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience.
  • 6+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience.
  • 6+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience.

Desired Qualifications

  • Prior experience of managing relationship with Big 4 auditors will be an added advantage.
  • 6+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience.
  • 6+ years of solving complex business challenges by delivering accurate and timely financial models, analysis, and recommendations that have a proven impact on business (e.g., financial savings, operational improvements, or customer benefits) experience.
  • Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (examples: SQL, MS Access, Essbase, Cognos) and other financial systems (examples: Oracle, SAP, Lawson, JD Edwards).
  • Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results.
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Company

Amazon

Job Posted

2 days ago

Employment Type

Full Time

WorkMode

On Site

Experience Level

Senior

Locations

Bengaluru, India

Qualification

Bachelor

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