Come support the global growth of Amazon Publishing, creating original content for our global customers! Amazon Publishing Accounting is looking for a highly motivated and curious Accounting Manager to be a key member of the Accounting Team.
Amazon Publishing is known for being a leading trade publisher that focuses on empowering storytellers and connecting them with readers worldwide. Our mission is to create the worlds most author-centric publishing house, supporting emerging, bestselling, and critically acclaimed authors. We publish books in multiple formats including digital, print, and audio, catering to diverse reader preferences.
The right individual will have exceptional accounting skills, strong leadership skills, and solid business judgment capable of driving an organization to the right results. They will have operated successfully in a fast-paced, global, results-oriented environment, and have the ability to influence the decisions of senior business leaders through effective verbal and written communication, logical reasoning, and the presentation of alternatives. The successful candidate must be able to think and act both strategically and tactically.
Key Job Responsibilities:
• Guiding the accounting function for Amazon Publishing including recoupable advances, royalty calculation, content ingestion, multi-channel distribution, inter-company transactions, and marketing expenses. • Developing, integrating, and improving accounting processes and procedures for subsidiary while increasing controllership. • Managing the month-end financial close and financial reporting deliverables. • End-to-end process ownership to support finance and business partners. • Execute judgment and ensure the right decisions are reached to accurately report financial results. • Drive projects, provide accounting guidance, and often serve as first point of contact for finance and business partners to launch new projects and resolve issues.