Senior Financial Analyst UAE National Statutory Reporting Compliance

Interested in supporting Amazons rapid expansions into emerging markets Being part of a unique team that provides controllership across Have a passion for innovation and automation If you want to be part of history this is your opportunity to work with one of the worlds most successful companies.

Amazon MENAs statutory compliance and reporting team is searching for a financial reporting professional who consistently exceeds expectations who thrives in a challenging workplace and who can actively contribute to our talented team.

As a MENA Legal Entity Accounting Lead the successful candidate will own the endtoend statutory reporting audit process and controllership for a number of entities across UAE KSA Egypt Jordan Kuwait Qatar and Lebanon. Youll partner with stakeholders across the global accounting finance and tax organization to drive process improvement and automation initiatives support business expansion and projects review and understand financial performance and assist in the identification of standards for global consistency. This role requires excellent communication and organization skills including the ability to anticipate identify and communicate risks to senior leadership across geographies and time zones.



Amazon offers employees a competitive remuneration package including participation in the company stock plan as applicable. We also look after our people with benefits such as subsidized private health insurance superannuation and paid parental leave options amongst others.

Key job responsibilities
Leading annual financial statement preparation and audits across the region
Reviewing local GAAP financial reporting close
Supporting business expansion across the region ensuring that all statutory requirements are identified and supported
Business partnering with other Amazon teams including FP&A Tax Transfer Pricing Public Relations and Business and Corporate Legal
Demonstrating strong technical accounting acumen to be able to conclude on accounting treatment of new product launches projects and transactions
Collaborating with global Accounting teams to identify develop and implement best practices that can be used globally
Identifying articulating and communicating project and accounting operation risks to leadership along with clear recommendations for resolution or mitigation

5 years of finance or a related analytical field experience
3 years of controls/audit/compliance/SOX roles experience
3 years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
CPA
* UAE National with a family book

Experience in accounting management in Big Four with Fortune 500 clients
Experience designing and implementing controls or experience performing audits over financial reporting environment
Experience researching and documenting support for accounting conclusions
Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis
Experience with Oracle Essbase TM1 and similar tools
Experience in Excel (macros index conditional list arrays pivots lookups)

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