Tax Analyst II - Foreign Direct, Foreign Tax Reporting, Foreign Reporting and Compliance

Amazon is seeking a Tax Analyst II to join its Direct Tax Reporting team in Hyderabad, India supporting the Foreign Tax Reporting and Compliance team. The Amazon Tax Department is a fast-paced, team-focused, dynamic environment. The mission of the Foreign Tax Reporting and Compliance team is to comply with foreign local tax reporting requirements and manage the worldwide, tax-related filings of Amazon’s foreign entities. This position will be primarily focused on preparing and reviewing LATAM countries corporate tax reporting (direct tax returns, tax accounting & tax assessments) as well as the international aspects of the US GAAP worldwide income tax reporting. A successful candidate will have excellent organizational and communication skills; a strong attention to detail; and the ability to employ technology tools to streamline large amounts of data for tax reporting. S/he can also prioritize multiple tasks with teammates around the globe in a deadline-driven, dynamic environment, and will be self-motivated to build cross functional process improvements.

Key job responsibilities Prepare and/or review quarterly advance tax computation for various entities and ensuring timely payment of Taxes.

• Prepare and/or review of annual India income tax returns for Amazon’s overseas entities.
• Prepare and/or review monthly/ quarterly tax computations to support Amazon’s worldwide US GAAP provision for LATAM entities.
• Review of financial statements, reports and support closing of local country financial statements.
• Support & review local country transfer pricing compliances and ensure they are completed on time.
• Able to extract, analyse, and review data and make appropriate recommendations.
• Coordinate information requests with internal and external service providers to ensure accurate and timely closure of tax reporting deliverables.
• Identify process improvements which increase efficiency and scalability of data.

About the team

The Foreign Reporting and Compliance team is responsible for direct income tax reporting obligations in 80+ countries outside of the U.S. This includes income tax accounting for statutory reporting under local GAAP (including related internal controls), management of the statutory audit from income tax perspective, ownership of local income tax filings, cash tax management, tax audit/controversy support, and tax planning/M&A support. FRC tax owners must not only understand the transactions related tax issues but also have the ability to coordinate and manage issues with local advisors, Tax Planning, US Provision, M&A, Transfer Pricing and business owners.