Accounting Manager, Prime Video Accounting

Amazon • Seattle, WA

18d

About The Position

Come support the global growth of Amazon Prime Video, supplying top quality
content for our subscribers and Prime members! Amazon Prime Video is a major
global streaming service owned by Amazon, featuring over 25,000 movies and TV
shows, plus original content. As the second-largest streaming service globally
with over 200 million subscribers, Prime Video continues to expand its reach and
impact. Amazon Prime Video Accounting is looking for a highly motivated and
curious Accounting Manager to lead a team and serve as a key business partner on
the Accounting Team located in Seattle, Washington. Amazon Prime Video features
award-winning original television series and movies, as well as content licensed
from the world's largest studios including Warner, Disney, and NBCU. Worldwide,
we continue to focus on unique stories, voices, and characters from top and
up-and-coming creators.

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 in both London and Singapore and work
closely with global 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field
• 5+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience

Nice To Haves

• CMA or CPA, or MBA in finance, accounting or related field
• Experience developing and managing a high-performing team
• Experience in identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan, or experience communicating results to senior leadership
• Experience analyzing data and creating reports for leadership
• Experience in preparing and/or reviewing 10Q/10K reporting deliverables
• • Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (examples: SQL, MS Access, Essbase, Cognos) and other financial systems (examples: Oracle, SAP)

Responsibilities

• Leading a Seattle-based team in delivering accurate and comprehensive financial reporting for the largest territories in our global SVOD content portfolio (US and LATAM). Serving as the primary point of contact for SVOD accounting across the US region while reporting to UK-based leadership the candidate will need to act as an independent team leader and interact directly with senior accounting leadership
• Partnering with business, accounting, finance, and tax stakeholders to ensure seamless coordination and compliance
• Owning critical financial reporting deliverables, including 10-K and 10-Q disclosures, and present key findings to Digital senior accounting leadership
• Drive the design and implementation of SVOD AI automation solutions and operational improvement initiatives, identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency and accuracy across accounting processes
• Collaborate closely with the content acquisition teams to evaluate new contracts and their accounting implications, demonstrating strong judgment and backbone by independently championing accounting controllership considerations in new business terms and launches
• Prepare technical accounting memos under US GAAP for digital content contracts, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies
• Lead cross-functional project work across the broader Digital organization, including process improvement initiatives for existing processes and controls, and integration of accounting processes with Amazon systems and policies
• Coordinate quarterly reviews and approvals of estimates related to the digital business, presenting conclusions and recommendations to the Digital senior accounting leadership team
• Execute quarterly reviews and sign-offs on SOX 404 key controls associated with the group's digital business, ensuring robust internal control frameworks

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager