Amazon is a fast paced, dynamic, high-tech company based in Seattle. Amazon’s tax team seeks an exceptionally capable and motivated individual to help deliver the Tax Technology support for our Indirect Tax function. The Tax Technology team enables solutions that support the automation of our Tax team’s processes. The right individual should have tax and/or accounting skills, be a self-starter and have operated successfully in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment. The position requires the capacity to work successfully in a team environment, build effective working relationships inside and outside of the group, while executing on critical process improvement and technology projects. This role performs a wide variety of responsibilities for the tax technology organization including: · Understand the business needs and articulate the tax business requirements in order to define requirements for technical development and business reporting in the indirect tax business intelligence environment
· BS degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics, Accounting, a related field or equivalent experience. · 2+ years’ experience working in tax, accounting, business analysis, or related field · Experience with large-scale tax or accounting business processes and data flows. · Experience with large data sets and/or data investigation. · Ability to explain technical concepts and analysis implications clearly to a wide audience, and be able to translate business objectives into actionable analyses. · Proficiency at querying relational databases (SQL) and ability to pull data from various sources