Global Functional Accounting Leader, Accounts Payable

Global Functional Leader For Accounts Payable

Amazon seeks an experienced finance principal to be the global functional leader for the accounts payable vertical on the finance operations accounting & analysis (FOAA) team. Key job responsibilities include setting and executing goals for the FOAA AP functional area globally, prioritizing automation projects within FOAA AP to drive FOAA baseline savings goals, driving operational excellence by identifying business process re-engineering opportunities and partnering with the project team to provide accounting requirements that maintain the highest level of controllership, driving global reporting format standardization and setting service level agreements (SLA's), ensuring all central accounting deliverables are met within SLA;

analyzing account activity; validating account balances are materially correct; explaining business drivers for account balance fluctuations, influencing business decisions with effective verbal and written communication, data driven analysis and presentation of alternatives, facilitating financial review meetings with Fin Ops leadership, including design and review of internal financial reports, and raising the bar on hiring, developing, and retaining the best talent to continue building our world class team of finance professionals.

A day in the life:
This position is the key partner for global accounts payable senior leadership and will partner with global operations and accounting teams to identify areas of controllership risk, compliance risk, and related financial accounting impact. The ideal candidate is a highly proactive self-starter with a strong operational and accounting background, problem solving skills and attention to detail who will take ownership and drive positive change including evaluating and streamlining existing operational and accounting processes, controls and metrics.

This role has regular interaction with various business units across Amazon and requires strong interpersonal and communication skills.

About the team:
Finance operations enables and accelerates Amazon's growth by improving the vendor and seller experience through automation and innovative process improvements that simplify doing business with Amazon and that enable lower prices and greater selection for our customers.