At Amazon, we are working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright and driven people. If you’d like to help enable Amazon’s strategic growth, this is your chance to make history. Amazon Studios is the original film and television development and production arm of Amazon.com. Our projects include award winning comedy series and films The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Transparent, Mozart in the Jungle, Manchester by the Sea and The Big Sick, drama series Inside Edge, Six Dreams, Bosch, Goliath, and Man in the High Castle, and numerous children’s and unscripted series.
We are seeking a Senior Accountant to be a key business partner on the Accounting team at Amazon Studios located in Culver City, California. The right individual will have exceptional accounting skills, deep knowledge of aspects of television and motion picture accounting, strong leadership skills and solid business judgment capable of driving an organization to the right results. He or she will have operated successfully in a fast-paced, global, results-oriented environment, and have the ability to influence the decisions of senior business leaders through effective verbal and written communication, logical reasoning, and the presentation of alternatives. The successful candidate must be able to think and act both strategically and tactically.
Key Responsibilities Include
- Guiding the accounting function for Amazon Studios’ global television and motion picture content
- Developing, implementing and improving accounting processes and procedures for dynamic lines of business
- Managing and performing the month-end financial close accounting and financial reporting
- Ensuring compliance with appropriate GAAP and internal controls over financial reporting
- Providing analytical support to the finance and management team to drive improvements to operational & financial results
- Researching applicable accounting guidance to document and conclude on proper accounting treatment of unique contracts and business transactions
- Working with cross-functional teams across the company to ensure proper support for the business unit
Professional Traits That Are Not Unique To This Position, But Necessary for Amazon Leaders:
- Is right a lot
- Hires and develops great people
- Has relentlessly high standards
- Operates at all levels within her/his organization
- Expects and requires innovation of her/his team
- Has conviction
- Results oriented
- Thinks big
- Has the innate ability to inspire passion in others