Amazon has an immediate opening for an Accounting Program Manager to join our Finance and Business Integration (FBI) team.
This position supports and can directly influence the launches of some of Amazon MGM Studios" newest global business initiatives. This leader will work closely with the global financial systems team, accounting operations teams, tax, treasury, and others and represent the accounting organization to various stakeholders. In this role, the candidate will be part of a team that collaborates with business finance and technical teams to deliver world class solutions that are highly scalable, secure, and flexible. This person will have operated successfully in a fast-paced, global, results-oriented environment. Strong oral and written communication skills are crucial, as well as ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope business requirements and prioritize.
Key job responsibilities
As an Accounting Program Manager, you will:
Own and Manage: You'll own and manage lifecycle activities from beginning to end (planning, requirements gathering, technology team partnerships, UAT planning and performance, project closing, and stakeholder engagement) for multiple projects simultaneously.
Automate: You'll work on automation projects and lead the coordination of designing processes and tools to make financial statement processes easier and more accurate.
Support Expansion: You'll support the expansion of Amazon business by ensuring implementation of controlled processes to keep Amazon's financial statements materially correct.
Consult: You'll operate as a valued consultant to partner with many different stakeholder teams across Amazon.
Make Decisions: You'll be an empowered, impactful decision maker who drives the direction of a project to completion.
Collaborate: You'll collaborate with Amazonians of diverse backgrounds.
Successful candidates will have deep experience in the following three disciplines - Accounting, Program Management and Financial Systems. Candidate experience should cover financial processes, project management, accounting requirements documentation, process design, and user acceptance testing responsibilities. Demonstrated experience in leading and influencing teams to accomplish unusually complex challenges is expected as this is an ongoing requirement for this position.
About the team
This team is leading the post-acquisition integration of Amazon & MGM studios, transforming the world of entertainment.