Principal, Advertising Accounting, Advertising Accounting

The Advertising Accounting organization is seeking a highly motivated Principal to serve as a key accounting partner to the Amazon Advertising business. This role is central to strengthening controllership across the organization, with primary responsibility for managing and developing scalable financial controls and processes that simplify monthly reviews, enhance controllership rigor, and enable sustainable growth. You will partner closely with tech, finance, accounting, and business teams to develop long-term strategies and drive new initiatives that support our mission, while working with key stakeholders and central teams to drive global standardization of metric and reporting definitions. This position requires collaboration across organizations to define financial and non-financial trade-offs in ambiguous environments, ensuring robust financial governance and control frameworks are maintained throughout.

The right individual will have exceptional accounting skills, strong team leadership and people management capabilities, and solid business judgment capable of driving an organization to the right results. They will have operated successfully in a fast-paced, global, results-oriented environment, and have the ability to lead and develop a team while influencing the decisions of senior business leaders through effective verbal and written communication, logical reasoning, and the presentation of alternatives. The successful candidate will collaborate with partner accounting teams across the US and work closely with business and financial systems teams to support new launches and design and deliver high-impact AI initiatives and productivity improvements. They must be able to think and act both strategically and tactically while building and mentoring a high-performing accounting team.


Key job responsibilities

• Deliver accurate financial reporting as the primary accounting leader for the business area, directly influencing senior leaders
• Partnering and strategizing with business, accounting, finance, and tax stakeholders to ensure seamless coordination, compliance, and scalability
• Owning critical financial reporting deliverables, including 10-K and 10-Q disclosures, and presenting key findings to Advertising senior accounting leadership
• Driving AI and automation solutions for operational improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy across accounting processes
• Collaborating with business teams to evaluate new contracts and incentives (ASC 606), championing accounting controllership considerations in new business terms and launches
• Preparing and reviewing technical accounting memos under US GAAP, ensuring regulatory compliance
• Leading cross-functional projects including process improvements, controls enhancement, and integration of accounting processes with Amazon systems
• Coordinating quarterly reviews and approvals of estimates, presenting conclusions to senior leadership
• Executing quarterly reviews and sign-offs on SOX 404 key controls, ensuring robust internal control framework

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 12+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- 7+ years of finance technology, forecast & budgeting, or other finance-focused competency experience
- Experience with Tableau, Python, SQB, Quicksight, Cognos or or other BI packages

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- MBA, or CPA
- Experience in a leadership position managing finance, accounting and operational processes

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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