Amazon is a US-based multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Amazon.com started as an online bookstore, but soon diversified into many other categories, with a vision to be earth's most customer-centric company & to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online. Amazon's Finance Operations, Accounting & Analysis (FOAA) team is a fast-paced, team-focused, dynamic environment and delivering great experiences for our customers is top priority. FOAA is seeking an Accounting Analyst to support our Accounting team.

The Accounting Tax Analyst will be responsible for the VAT month end closing activities for multiple accounts, preparation of monthly/quarterly/annually reconciliations, tax journal entries, as well as assist with the tax reporting process and other tax analyses. In addition, this person will be a key driver to improve the quality of the VAT general ledger account reconciliations. The expertise of LATAM VAT/WHT regulations and the impact to the accounts payable and receivable processes will provide important intelligence to safeguard financial statements and enable scalable new business launches.

This position will be key in the support to Accounting Leadership in all aspects of financial accounting, reporting systems, procedures and policies. On controllership front, the Indirect Tax Accounting Analyst will ensure all processes are compliance respective Accounting Standards. This position will also play an important role in promoting systems/process development within departments to ensure ongoing efficiency and control improvements.

The successful candidate will have a strong desire to innovate processes and exceed expectations in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Key job responsibilities
VAT month end closing activities for multiple accounts
Preparation of monthly/quarterly/annually reconciliations.
Execution of tax journal entries.
Assist with the tax reporting process and other tax analysis.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field
• 3+ years of transactional accounting experience
• Proven experience with month-end close processes, execution of tax journal entries, variance analysis.
• Sub-ledger management and balance sheet reconciliation (Reconciliation certification process cycle in Blackline, Quick Books, e Recon)
• English proficiency (both written and verbal communication)
• Proven strong Excel skills
• Intermediate/advanced level
• 2+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience

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