Drive significant initiatives in Amazon's International Tax Planning Group, supporting Treasury and broader financial services matters.
The senior manager will report into the U.S. international tax planning group and have international tax expertise and a background dealing with tax issues related to corporate treasury functions.
The role will operate with a large level of independence and the applicant will be expected to demonstrate a high level of collegiality in functioning as a technical tax adviser and project supervisor.
Primary duties include: Provide tax guidance and drive Amazon's treasury group's initiatives.
Drive analysis on treasury matters such as currency and FX considerations, hedging, internal and external debt issuances, cash pool management, treasury systems, and cross-functional implications on executing treasury initiatives.
Assist with tax issue spotting, and addressing related inquiries for treasury projects.
Work with Amazon's other support functions as needed to design and implement optimal liquidity management structures.
Assist with driving a subset of the international tax driven structuring initiatives as relates to treasury support and liquidity management.
Assist with evaluating business proposals to identify funding strategies.
Assist with various local country tax reform considerations relevant for the treasury support function.
Prepare and review comprehensive technical documentation/memos that contain well-reasoned, supported, and clear conclusions.
Communicate complex tax concepts in ways that are meaningful and useful to non-tax professionals.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: Significant years of experience in a large corporate environment and/or public accounting or large law firm.
Bachelor's degree.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: CA (Chartered Accountant) or equivalent, Masters in Tax or Masters of Law with tax specialization.
Understanding of the international tax provisions of either European or US international tax laws.
Previous expertise with Treasury matters such as FX considerations, hedging, internal and external debt issuances, cash pool management, Treasury systems, and cross-functional implications on executing Treasury initiatives.
Understanding of accounting concepts.
Demonstrated ability to successfully lead complex, milestone driven projects.