- We are looking for a highly motivated and detail-oriented Finance Manager to join our Finance Operations Accounting and Analysis (FOAA) team in Bangalore. This role is critical to ensuring that our accounting processes run smoothly in a highly controlled and compliant environment-delivering exceptional accuracy, efficiency, and insights aligned with Amazon's leadership principles of Customer Obsession, Deliver Results, and Insist on the Highest Standards.

- You will work closely with Central Accounting, Finance Operations, and Global Finance teams to support month-end close, drive operational excellence, and uphold rigorous financial control standards. This position plays a pivotal role in closing global books, preparing reconciliations, managing journal entries, driving reporting, and engaging with leadership on performance reviews.

Key Responsibilities:

Accounting & Financial Control:

- Lead the end-to-end month-end close process for accounting options, including journal entry posting, global general ledger reconciliations, and reporting.

- Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, with a strong emphasis on compliance and control.

- Own transition management, reporting decks, and operational reconciliations.

- Monitor and enhance process efficiency and accuracy through automation and continuous improvement.

- Benchmark practices against industry standards to ensure excellence in accounting processes.

- Ensure all accounting activities comply with internal policies, SOX, and audit requirements across geographies.

- Analyze large and complex datasets to extract business insights and support decision-making.

- Develop dashboards and metrics to monitor the health and quality of finance processes and controls.

Invent & Simplify:

- Drive process improvements and innovate on behalf of internal customers by optimizing workflows and controls.

- Support ad-hoc financial analysis, variance reviews, and performance reporting.

- Maintain detailed documentation of policies, procedures, and internal controls.

- Play a leading role in strategic initiatives and special projects as assigned.

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

- Act as a key liaison between global and regional finance teams, building strong relationships with internal stakeholders.

- Anticipate needs, honor commitments, and deliver high-quality service to business partners.

- Collaborate with remote teams across multiple time zones and drive alignment on shared goals.

- Lead hiring and training efforts within the team, promoting best practices and continuous learning.

- Maintain a strong systems orientation and leverage tools to drive scalable solutions.

What We're Looking For:

- Proven ability to manage complex accounting operations in a high-growth, fast-paced environment.

- Experience with financial reporting, SOX compliance, internal controls, and audit management.

- Strong analytical skills with experience handling large datasets and deriving meaningful insights.

- Passion for process excellence, innovation, and delivering high standards.

- Ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams and global geographies.

- A proactive, hands-on attitude with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.

Basic qualifications:

- CA/MBA, with 10+ or more years of post-qualification experience , Month end closing of Books of accounts / working on various Sub-ledgers / Accounting Knowledge / Balance sheet Reconciliation & Reporting activities

- Exceptional verbal and writing skills, communication skills. Detail-oriented, well-organized.

- Ability to readily adapt to and lead through changing environment ; Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.

- 8+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience

- 3+ years of advanced proficiency in Excel (pivots, lookups, etc.) experience

- 6+ years of Accounts Receivable or Account Payable experience

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

- 6+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience

- 6+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience

- 5+ years of directly managing and leading a team of 5+ members experience

Preferred qualifications

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

- 6+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience

- 6+ years of mentoring junior finance and/or business team members experience

- 3+ years of working with senior staff (e.g. c-suite) experience

- MBA, or CA

- Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (i.e. SQL, MSAccess, Essbase or Cognos) and providing recommendations based on results of ad hoc analyses to management for strategic decision-making