Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Amazon is a fast-paced, dynamic, high-tech multi-national company. Our APAC Statutory Accounting team is searching for an accounting professional who consistently exceeds expectations, who thrives in ambiguous and challenging situations, who demonstrates strong controllership, and who can influence stakeholders across the business.

We are seeking an experienced Legal Entity Senior Accounting Lead to support business expansion and local GAAP statutory reporting and compliance across the APAC region..

This new position will work with cross-functional teams globally to deliver quickly and efficiently. As such, this role requires excellent communication and organization skills, including the ability to anticipate, identify and communicate risks to senior leadership across geographies and time zones. Furthermore, critical thinking, bias for action, and ability to understand the big picture while staying connected with the details, will be key for this role.

Key job responsibilities
Responsibilities include:
- Identifying and implementing local accounting and compliance requirements to support business growth
- Preparing annual financial statements and leading audits throughout APAC
- Monthly local GAAP financial reporting and controllership reviews
- Researching, evaluating and documenting local GAAP technical accounting positions for business events and launches
- Influencing stakeholders across the business to resolve accounting and controllership risks
- Driving process improvement and automation opportunities on a global scale

About the team
Our APAC Statutory Accounting team comprises 23 members across Sydney, Singapore and Beijing. We own statutory reporting and compliance across APAC (excluding India), working closely with stakeholder and peer teams globally. We focus on (i) improving controllership, (ii) maintaining accurate and efficient local GAAP financial reporting, (iii) enabling our business teams to launch new activity quickly and well-controlled, and (iv) developing our people. We prioritize scalable solutions, value autonomy, and ensure a good balance of recurring and one-off project-based workload.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Singapore, SGP

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Degree in accounting or related field - CPA, Chartered Accountant or similar qualification
- 6+ years of relevant experience
- Strong English written and oral communication skills
- Experience preparing or auditing financial statements
- Sound knowledge of local GAAP standards for an Asia geography, IFRS and/or US GAAP
- Southeast Asia public or corporate accounting experience with multi-national corporations
- Working understanding of an Internal control framework and a solid understanding of the concepts of control design and operational efficiency

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience working in a fast paced environment similar to a high tech start-up
- Familiarity with using Workiva, HFM, and Oracle systems
- Knowledge of process automation technologies like VBA, RPA, Alteryx, Python, SQL, and Workiva
- Operational accounting experience with a US based public company
- A demonstrated history of solving multiple and complex operational and accounting challenges
- Experience with researching and documenting technical accounting conclusions
- Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills

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