Staff Accountant

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 a Staff Accountant to support our accounting team.

The responsibilities include month end closing activities, preparation of monthly/quarterly/annually reconciliations and balance sheet analysis.
This position will support the Management in all aspects of financial accounting, reporting systems, procedures, and policies.
This position will also play an important role in promoting systems/process development within department to ensure ongoing efficiency and control improvements.
The successful candidate will have a strong desire in innovating processes and exceed expectations in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Knowledge & Skills/ Business Acumen/ Education & Experience
· Must be a Certified Accountant with CA, ICWA, CIMA, CMA, CPA or other designations
· Prior experience in Retail or Market Place or Financial Retail Services is a plus
· Strong interpersonal skills — including written and oral communication skills.
· Zeal towards Operational Excellence/Process improvement & simplifications
· Excellent knowledge of financial controls and procedures, US GAAP knowledge would be plus
· Advance level excel and knowledge of SQL is a must
· Experience of Oracle/SAP
· Flexible, adaptable, well organized
· Knowledge of Six Sigma defect reduction techniques (Lean, etc) preferred
· Proactive behavior
· Strong team skills
· Self motivated , enthusiastic and highly energetic
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Bangalore, KA, IND
- Experience using data to influence business decisions
- CA with 0-4yrs of post-qualification experience in Month end closing of Books of accounts / working on various Sub-ledgers / Accounting Knowledge / Balance sheet Reconciliation & Reporting activities
- Knowledge of standard software including Excel, Access, Oracle, Essbase, SQL and VBA skills
- Experience in corporate finance including budgeting/planning, forecasting and reporting is a plus.
- Good communication skills
- Good articulation skill
- Well versed with excel