At Amazon, we are working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. If you would like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history. Accounting is all about numbers…unless you work for Amazon; it is about knowing numbers and so much more. Enthusiasm and energy help us deliver new ideas, and solutions. If you view problems as treasures and enjoy diving deep to identify root causes and develop long-term, scalable solutions, this is the job for you!
Amazon is seeking a highly analytical, meticulous and forward-thinking Senior Staff Accountant to become a key member of Finance Operations Accounting and Analysis (FOAA) based in Beijing. This is an exciting opportunity to work closely with Amazon corporate accounting teams across APAC to ensure high quality and timely deliverables in the statutory and financial compliance space. Strong organizational skills and information technology aptitude.

• Key job responsibilities
• Preparing various deliverables to support both internal and external financial reporting needs, including statutory close support, analytics and supplementary financial analysis;
• Working closely with business partners across APAC and globally, to maintain efficient and compliant accounting processes;
• Identifying and establishing process improvements;
• Collaborating closely with Accounting and Technology teams to drive standardization and automation globally.

Basic Qualifications

• 1+ years of finance experience
• 2+ years of Accounts Receivable or Account Payable experience
• 2+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
• Knowledge of standard software including Excel, Access, Oracle, Essbase, SQL and VBA skills
• Experience using data to influence business decisions
• Experience in corporate finance including budgeting/planning, forecasting and reporting

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
• Experience in TM1, Data Warehouse and SQL

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