Amazon India | Compliance Specialist, Tax & Trade Compliance Ops

Responsibilities

• We are looking for a number of Compliance Specialists to join us in Bangalore.
• This is a multiple headcount hire, which will involve working within the part of the team that is responsible for checking the VAT compliance status of our 3P sellers, providing 3P data to tax authorities, and controlling the access of 3P sellers to our websites.
• You will need an understanding of financial systems, and technical accounting awareness for this work.
• You will be expected to take ownership of your activities, identify process improvement opportunities for existing process and controls, and drive positive change across the organization.
• Provide transactional and other data to tax authorities in respect of 3P sellers.
• Manage and control access of 3P sellers to Amazon marketplaces based on VAT compliance status and requests from tax authorities.
• Assist with VAT registrations across various jurisdictions.
• Respond to VAT compliance queries from Amazon businesses operating across Europe.
• Work may also include some mainstream VAT compliance activities, supporting internal and external audits, and liaising with colleagues in TTOPs as well as Tax and the wider business.

Qualifications

• Ability to maintain high levels of confidentiality and data security standards.
• Excellent written and spoken English skills and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate complex transactional issues correctly and clearly to both internal and external customers.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and make complex investigation decisions with little to no guidance.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to analyze problems logically.
• Self-disciplined, diligent, proactive and detail oriented.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Office products and applications.
• Knowledge of consumer product compliance processes and regulations.
• Experience in regulatory compliance management with government agencies.

Amazon India

Amazon.com, Inc. was founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 as an online bookshop and is today one of the world's largest companies, spanning online retail, cloud computing through Amazon Web Services (AWS), digital media, devices and advertising. It is headquartered in Seattle and listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Amazon launched its Indian marketplace, Amazon.in, in 2013, and its businesses in India now include the marketplace, Amazon Pay, Amazon Business, Prime Video and AWS, which runs two Indian cloud regions — Mumbai (2016) and Hyderabad (2022). Its Hyderabad campus, opened in 2019, was at the time Amazon's largest campus building anywhere in the world.

Beyond serving Indian customers, Amazon's India offices handle a significant share of the company's global finance work: finance operations (accounts payable, receivables and payments), controllership and accounting, worldwide direct and indirect tax reporting, financial planning and business finance for its retail, AWS and payments businesses, and audit, risk and compliance programmes. These roles suit CA, CMA, CPA, ACCA and MBA (Finance) profiles as well as B.Com and M.Com graduates.

• Industry: E-commerce, cloud computing (AWS), digital payments and logistics
• Headquarters: Seattle, Washington, USA (parent: Amazon.com, Inc.); India operations based in Bengaluru
• In India: Corporate offices in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Gurugram, Mumbai and Pune, with fulfilment and delivery centres across India