Based in Seattle, Amazon is a pioneering, dynamic, and energetic company that thrives on unique and peculiar ways. We take pride in our single-minded obsession over customer satisfaction and our ability to maintain a curious and vibrant culture no matter how large the company grows. We endeavor to build our legacy as Earth’s most customer-centric company and to continue to cultivate and nourish our innovative environment through our mission to hire the best. If you are a financial accounting professional who consistently exceeds expectations, who dares to make bold decisions, and whose ears perk up at the prospect of a challenge, then Amazon is a place where your career can flourish.

When working at Amazon, your ability to make a difference and take ownership of your career begins on day one. You can expect a collaborative, team-driven environment that encourages employees to learn, be curious, and have a bias for action. Part of this propensity for continuous learning shows itself in Amazon’s strong encouragement of movement and growth within the Accounting department and within the company as a whole. We aim to hire and develop those who will raise the bar over the course of their career at Amazon (and not just in their first position).

We are seeking a Senior Accountant to support our core accounting responsibilities for our fulfillment network in the North American region. This role will support the accounting and financial reporting for our US and Canada entities under US GAAP. This role will partner across the Capex and Leasing organization to support our geographic expansion and service and fulfilment network facility launches in the North American region. If you are a financial accounting professional who consistently exceeds expectations, who dares to make bold decisions, and whose ears perk up at the prospect of a challenge, then Amazon is a place where your career can flourish.

Key job responsibilities
Job Responsibilities:
• Support various aspects of accounting and reporting process.
• Understand internal control design concepts sufficient to assess the effectiveness of controls and design new processes and controls for emerging and growing business activities.
• Execute judgment to keep projects moving and ensure the right decisions are reached to close the books each month.
• Strong sense of ownership.
• Ability to identify process improvement and automation opportunities to drive positive change across the organization.
• Enhance partnerships between Accounting and various business and IT groups.
• Research, conclude and memorialize technical accounting position papers.

A day in the life
Working with Finance across multiple lines of business to configure asset capitalization process, including construction in progress, from end to end. Collaborating with global capex accounting team on process enhancement and accounting automation projects.

About the team
Equipment Leasing and Fixed Assets Accounting team is responsible for the end-to-end fixed asset and leasing operational accounting and reporting, enabling the expansion of Amazon's fulfilment network in the North America region.

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

Arlington, VA, USA | Seattle, WA, USA