Staff Accountant, FOAA Leases, FOAA Leases

Amazon
London
GBP 35,000 - 55,000
Job description

Staff Accountant, FOAA Leases, FOAA Leases

The responsibilities include month end closing activities for multiple Leasing accounts, 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

  1. Certified Accountant with CA
  2. Prior experience in Retail or Market Place or Financial Retail Services is a plus
  3. Strong interpersonal skills — including written and oral communication skills.
  4. Zeal towards Operational Excellence/Process improvement & simplifications
  5. Excellent knowledge of financial controls and procedures, US GAAP knowledge would be plus
  6. Advance level excel and knowledge of SQL is a must
  7. Experience of Oracle/SAP
  8. Flexible, adaptable, well organized
  9. Knowledge of Six Sigma defect reduction techniques (Lean, etc) preferred
  10. Proactive behavior
  11. Strong team skills
  12. Self motivated and enthusiastic

Key job responsibilities

The responsibilities include month end closing activities for multiple leasing ledgers and ensure proper review and analysis of reconciling open items, 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. On the audit front, Staff accountant will manage department’s response to internal and external audit requirements and will ensure compliance with Sox requirements for all geographies/activities handled by Shared Services.
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.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

  1. 1+ years of finance experience
  2. 2+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
  3. Knowledge of standard software including Excel, Access, Oracle, Essbase, SQL and VBA skills
  4. Experience using data to influence business decisions
  5. Experience in corporate finance including budgeting/planning, forecasting and reporting

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  1. 2+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
  2. Experience in TM1, Data Warehouse and SQL

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Posted: March 21, 2025 (Updated 2 days ago)

Amazon is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minority / Women / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation / Age.

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