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Description

Employer: Amazon.com Services LLC

Position: Tax Analyst II

Multiple Positions Available:

1. Identify and extract relevant financial and quantitative data from various back-end source systems in order to provide sophisticated financial analysis and validate accuracy of extracted

data to support the development and execution of various non-income tax initiatives and ensure data requirements and processes meet tax planning, compliance and audit functions.

2. Prepare and/or review monthly, quarterly, and annual indirect tax filings including but not limited to sales tax, use tax, gross receipts tax, WA business & occupation tax, unclaimed

property, regulatory fees and similar taxes.

3. Research and generate use tax accruals and other indirect tax accruals.

4. Assist with economic incentive reporting requirements.

5. Develop and implement process improvements across the entire state and local indirect tax compliance.

6. Ensure compliance with state and local indirect tax laws and regulations.

7. Prepare business requirements, business rules, data classifications, user acceptance and data compliance mapping documents for a transactional database.

8. Analyze transactional level data to determine root-cause issues affecting data quality and compliance return mapping.

9. Educate others, apply business context to provide broader understanding of policies, practices, systems, and procedures for end-to-end processes.

10. Develop processes for data collection that are scalable and auditable; identify data requirements during process design.

11. Implement, maintain, and test required internal controls; remediate issues. Identify, articulate, and escalate potential gaps for internal controls within their scope; propose control

changes to remediate gaps.

12. Assist in identifying, communicating, documenting, and driving resolution of issues, changing tax positions, and tax-related business enhancements across the tax organization and

businesses.

13. Provide guidance based on research of transaction tax laws and regulations using RIA Checkpoint and other resources, and document and present advanced tax concepts and

propose conclusions; deliver concise analysis and corresponding narratives to key stakeholders.

14. Prepare various deliverables to support both internal and external financial reporting and processing needs, and account analysis in order to achieve business goals.

Basic Qualifications

A Master's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration/Management, Project Management or related field and 2 years of experience in tax

analysis, financial analysis, or accounting.

In the alternative, a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration/Management, Project Management, or related field followed by 5 years

of progressively responsible post-baccalaureate experience in tax analysis, financial analysis, or accounting.

Experience must include:

1. 2 years of accounting experience in Oracle or other financial accounting systems.

2. 2 years of experience performing routine and ad hoc data analysis by utilizing Oracle financial applications, advanced MS Excel, OBIEE, Essbase, advanced MS Access, SQL, or related

finance management/data mining tools.

3. 2 years of experience researching and analyzing taxation obligations and requirements for the cloud computing business.

4. 2 years of experience using tax software and financial accounting systems to perform the reconciliation of transaction tax general ledger accounts, and entering further accounting

journal entries.

The pay range for this position in Seattle, WA is $85,862 - $112,300 (yr); however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience A sign-on bonus and restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. This information is provided by Seattle, WA Equal Pay Act. Base pay information is based on market location. Applicants should apply via Amazon's internal or external careers site.

Preferred Qualifications

All applicants must meet all the above listed requirements.

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

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.