Amazon India | Tax Analyst I, Federal Tax

Responsibilities

• This position will be responsible for managing the preparation of US federal income tax filings and will assist in planning opportunities.
• This position will also provide support to the team that manages and prepares Amazon’s Tax Provision.
• Preparation and review of federal tax returns and audit-ready work papers including the US reporting of foreign transactions.
• Preparation and review of tax adjustments for financial accounting for income taxes and maintenance of deferred tax positions.
• Drive process improvements and coordinate with the Tax Technology team to facilitate streamlining and automation.
• Research and analyze tax planning ideas to determine impacts for U.S. income tax reporting and the federal elements of the worldwide tax provision.
• Support IRS income tax audits by preparing responses and appropriate schedules.
• Support customers in federal planning, controversy, state and local tax reporting, US outbound and provision.
• Keep up-to-date on tax law and the organizational impact of changes

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and applications at an advanced level.
• Experience working in a large public accounting firm or multi-national corporate tax department.
• Minimum 2+ years in Federal tax and related fields.
• Knowledge of state and local and US outbound tax issues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

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