Sr. Financial Analyst, LATAM Stores Accounting, LATAM Stores Accounting

Amazon is a fast paced, dynamic, high-tech company. The LATAM Stores Accounting organization supports our financial reporting, internal control, and also supports new business launches for Amazon in the consumer products, initiatives, merchant, operations, logistics and payments.

We are currently looking for a senior level candidate to help support the business growth in Amazon’s Sao Paulo, Brazil office. Successful candidates may have held senior analyst, accounting coordination or finance positions in public or private companies and demonstrated experience in solving complex accounting matters.


Key job responsibilities
• Oversee financial accounting and reporting functions for the areas under your ownership, ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting standards and internal policies
• Understand and implement internal control design principles, assessing the effectiveness of controls within your area of influence to maintain financial integrity
• Provide technical accounting knowledge and support to stakeholders, conducting accounting research and preparing technical memos as required
• Identify incomplete or inaccurate data, determine root causes, and execute fixes while partnering on resolutions that maintain the highest standards
• Drive process improvements by proposing changes and implementing enhancements to remediate gaps and scale controllership with measurable results


A day in the life
You'll collaborate with your manager to address priorities and provide technical accounting guidance to stakeholders, as well as performing the month-end-closing activities for the area under your scope. You'll apply your understanding of internal control design to assess effectiveness within your area. You may research accounting treatments for new business launches, prepare technical memos, and support leadership in Brazil with financial insights and reporting.


About the team
Our team is responsible for all accounting processes related to the Payments Accounting in LATAM. We work collaboratively to ensure accurate financial reporting, effective controls, and technical accounting support for business operations. As the organization expands across Latin America, we play a crucial role in supporting new business launches and transportation initiatives. We value team members who can provide technical expertise while maintaining high standards in our accounting practices.

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field, or Bachelor's degree
- Experience in identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes
- Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis
- Transactional accounting field experience

Preferred Qualifications

- MBA, or CPA
- Experience designing and implementing controls or experience performing audits over financial reporting environment
- Experience participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results

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