Manager, Finance Management

Amazon is a global organization at the forefront of the digital economy and offers a great opportunity for a dynamic and experienced indirect tax individual to manage the Amazon's Global Accounts Receivable compliance function.

The AR Compliance Lead role in Finance Operations will be accountable for supporting effective and efficient solution launch. The Compliance Lead owns the definition of the Global AR overall compliance in terms of sequencing, scope and interdependencies. They will drive the immediate, near, mid and long-term planning for AR compliance as AR SME for regulatory regime changes. They will understand, represent and plan for the requirements coming from all of the geos, the insights from product and business, the interdependencies with Tax, Regulatory and technology advancements. They will work with upstream team across Orgs and support PMO in the Portfolio QBR and MBR. They will ensure AR compliance program charters to ensure that projects are structured correctly and will mentor AR Compliance leads at the regional level and assess and mitigate interdependency risk and opportunity.

AR Compliance Lead will partner with cross-functional groups to improve design of our technology solutions and organize AR processes to speed the adaptation to rapid regulatory changes, reduce manual work, and mitigate controllership and compliance risks. Enable shift toward a proactive approach and have audit readiness for compliance, agility through automation and elevating the vendor / customer experience. Lead the global AR compliance team in driving AR related tax regime changes as a holistic program supported by project teams in each country.

The Lead will enable the AR compliance by working closely with global team - Tax, Legal & external advisors, BP, PMO, Services and Technology organizations globally and locally, to gain early visibility to regulatory legislation, translate the legislation into FinOps specific requirements, and determine the customizations required from the global solution to cater to local requirements and execute against the global roadmap. The Lead will work in partnership with PMO with downstream (FinAuto, FinTech, SPFT, GIS, etc.), and indirectly through BP verticals with upstream (AWS Commerce Platform, Iron Mountain, Hamlet, TFS, etc) tech teams, to ensure they are aligned on the roadmap and are building solutions both at an individual country and enterprise-wide level. At the local level, teams will dive deep into the local nuances to ensure local compliance and maintenance of the Vendor /Customer/ Regulatory Experience.

Key job responsibilities

• Oversee the end-to-end AR Compliance processes in relation to indirect taxes, billing, collections and cash application related regulatory global and regional compliance.
• Develop, document and ensure adequate processes for handling Compliance risks and audit.
• Work with tax and global compliance and tech teams to ensure adequate information is being recorded in the AR systems as may be required for the purpose of AR compliance audit
• Establish a robust framework for E-Invoice solution that can be replicated for new geographies with country-specific customizations entailing additional development work.
• Own the process and work related to indirect tax related audit matters. Assist with evaluating the tax effect and implications of international business initiatives, contemplated transactions, and business proposals, from a tax compliance and audit perspective
• Work with internal stakeholders to gather required information for effective management of audit and compliance process
• work with internal and external business partners, identify and implement process improvement opportunities and drive positive change across the AR organization.

• Knowledge of indirect tax in a global regions
• Bachelor's degree in Law, Accounting, Economics or Business Administration
• 10+ years of progressive tax experience with exposure to Regulatory framework, Global taxes (including VAT and service tax), international transactional taxes in a Big 4 public accounting firm, major law firm, and/or a multinational corporation
• Experience in interfacing with tax authorities
• Experience on Accounts Receivables processes, specially Billing, etc.

• Experience managing a transactional tax compliance or controllership function
• · Excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to interface with senior management
• · Experience and knowledge in accounting concepts and tax regulations, laws and standards
• · Ability to work independently with limited general supervision, effectively prioritizing competing demands in a fast-paced environment

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