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Are you looking for your next big Finance role? If you want to be part of history, this is your opportunity to work with one of the world’s most successful companies. Amazon Web Services (“AWS”) is a high-growth, fast-moving Amazon business, where new and diverse opportunities arise every day. To meet the growing demand for Accounting Services in EMEA, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people to join our Compliance team in Cork.

Key job responsibilities

• Review of statutory financial statements under various local GAAPs (mainly under IFRS)

• Coordination of statutory audits across multiple geographies in EMEA

• Actively participating in improvement initiatives, standardization, re-engineering of processes and controls, and implementation of best practices

• Preparation and review of periodic statutory financial data for internal reporting

• Demonstrating strong technical accounting skills required in order to arrive to and document accounting conclusions

• Managing and coordinating the filing of statutory financial statements

• Review and approval of statistical returns across multiple geographies

• Working with various cross-functional stakeholders to maintain efficient and compliant statutory reporting processes

• Proactively participating in supporting current and future business launch initiatives and other projects

• Being a key contributor to cross-functional, European and global projects and initiatives, collaborating closely with stakeholders across the organization

• Reviewing monthly US GAAP close in respect of multiple legal entities

• Demonstrating excellent project management abilities and strong understanding of financial accounting systems

• Coaching and development of other team members

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

Cork, CO, IRL

Basic Qualifications

• Significant experience with financial reporting and audit, preferably gained within a Big Four firm.

• Knowledge of IFRS or other accounting frameworks

• University degree in Accounting or Finance

• Accounting professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, CPA)

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical competency in excel

• Knowledge of other accounting solutions

• SQL/Alteryx & Oracle

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

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