Company Secretary / Financial Analyst, Customer Experience & Business Trends

Amazon is seeking an experienced Accounting Analyst / Company Secretary based in Bangalore, IN. This team focuses on improving customer experience at Amazon globally.

The Accounting Analyst / Company Secretary will be hands-on and have an entrepreneurial spirit / start-up mindset as they support the operational accounting of a global team, which includes day-to-day management of financial accounts, indirect tax support, and annual audit support. They will prepare key metrics and weekly, monthly, quarterly finance reporting as well as support processes for analyzing performance to understand business variations. The role also involves ensuring compliance to IN Laws governance practices for one of our subsidiaries and thus MUST be a certified Company Secretary.

This role will be a good fit if you:

Are a self-starter that will thrive in a start-up team where all members are hands-on and have a voice in business decisions

Are highly analytical, detail oriented, and have finance knowledge

Have experience in Oracle and other accounting software such as Tally, QuickBooks

Have in-depth knowledge of Indian GAAP, IND_AS, Companies Act, and compliance requirements

Basic level understanding of tax laws

Are passionate about owning solutions and solving issues

Key job responsibilities

Support accounting operations, including month end close processes, day-to-day management of financial accounts, indirect tax support, and annual audit support for multiple entities around the world

Ensure good governance practices and compliance norms as prescribed under various Corporate, Securities and other Business Laws and regulations as applicable to the entity

Manage the Secretarial/Compliance Audit; Coordinate statutory Meetings and follow-up actions

Support ongoing finance reporting, analysis, and forecasting

Assist in improving processes across all entities

Work with other teams to ensure our financial reporting is in sync with other systems

Recording and cleaning up Excel data, performing a wide range of data collection, data entry, and data processing related tasks

Support tax teams by providing audited FS, other documents for tax compliance

Basic Qualifications

1+ years of finance experience

2+ years of Accounts Receivable or Account Payable experience

2+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience

Knowledge of standard software including Excel, Access, Oracle, Essbase, SQL and VBA skills

Experience using data to influence business decisions

Experience in corporate finance including budgeting/planning, forecasting and reporting

Master's degree in finance, accounting or related field

Certified Company Secretary (mandatory). A current member of Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

High attention to detail

Good written and oral communication

Self-starter, motivated, and extremely organized

Preferred Qualifications

2+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience

Experience in TM1, Data Warehouse and SQL

Currently pursuing CA course, sufficient experience to sit for the CA Final Exam (a CA license is not required for this position)

Financial acumen including familiarity with forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and related skills

Willingness to roll up your sleeves and work in a fast-paced environment and take ownership of multiple priorities to drive projects to completion

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