Amazon Australia & New Zealand
Financial Analyst Intern (Accounting) (Dec 2024)
Sydney
Opportunity expired
Opportunity details
- Internship, Clerkship or Placement
- AUD 60,000 - 70,000 / Year
- 1 vacancy
- Apply by 29 Sep 2024
- Start date 1 Dec 2024
Are you ready to gain invaluable experience at one of the world's most innovative companies? Do you have a passion for automation and process improvement? If so, this is an exciting opportunity to join Amazon Australia's statutory compliance and reporting team as an Intern.
Key job responsibilities:
In this role, you'll have the chance to work alongside experienced professionals, support the preparation of financial statements, work with auditors and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives. You'll be part of a unique team that provides controllership across Amazon.com.au, AWS, Twitch, and Project Kuiper, supporting our rapidly growing APAC region in both developed and emerging markets.
No two days will be the same during your internship. You'll have the opportunity to:
- Assist with the preparation of financial statements and audits for multiple entities
- Develop an understanding of accounting and reporting requirements spanning countries including Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Korea and New Zealand
- Attend leadership meetings and gain exposure to strategic discussions
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including finance, legal and tax
- Learn to work with innovative robotics and automation technologies
- Develop your technical accounting knowledge putting your studies into practice
This is a twelve-week internship program that will provide you with hands-on experience and valuable insights into the financial reporting and controllership functions of a global technology leader.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's degree program in Commerce or Business majoring in Accounting and in your penultimate (second-to-last) year of your degree
- Available for the full internship period from early December 2024 to February 2025
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Some work experience - whether through previous internships or university
- Strong academic performance
- Experience in Excel (e.g. sums, ifs, pivots and lookups)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities
- Ability to meet tight deadlines, prioritize workload, and achieve effective results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Demonstrated effective communication and presentation skills working with peers
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Australian Citizen +more
- Business & Management +more
- Bachelor or higher
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As a Brand Specialist Intern, there are two components to the intern program: your designated intern project and the Amazon Vendor Services (AVS) task list. The intern program is designed for you to have ownership by working on a specific problem project whilst giving you a taste of what it's like to be a working Brand Specialist (ie. vendor management, instock management, etc.).
Engaging customers, trying to identify their problems and connect them with the village of Amazonians that have the expertise to solve those problems. This means calling customers, hosting meetings, preparing experts with customer information for those meetings and collating compelling narratives around a problem or solution from our 1000's of customer references. It also means connecting with the Amazon Partner Network - learning about our partners, their offerings and other opportunities or relationships with our customers.
About the employer
Amazon AU
4.3
> 100,000 employees
Technology
Amazon's mission is to be Earth's most customer-centric company. Our actions, goals, and inventions begin and end with the customer's top of mind.
Pros and cons of working at Amazon AU
Pros
I enjoy the ownership of my intern project the most at Amazon... There's a large component of fulfilment I receive whenever I find pain points and strategise ways to solve them.
Everyone is super friendly and genuinely interested in the work I was doing. Everyone is happy to help and provide valuable feedback, insight, or advice.
The decom team is a very supportive and easy-going environment. We have laughs and talk about anything, but when work needs to be done, we collectively lock in and get the work done.
The work hours are really flexible. There is no formal logging of hours, and working from home is also an option.
The office is located in Town Hall, so it's super convenient... The working spaces are close to huge windows and have lots of plants. There are games rooms with virtual reality headsets, Nintendo Switches, and more.
Cons
Since Amazon is a big global company, it does take some time for requested data to be received, especially when dealing with different international time zones.
AVS is incredibly results-oriented, which has resulted in some churn over recent periods as people have been unable to deliver results in a way that would allow them to pass their probation period.
The interview process was very intense with three rounds, making it difficult but rewarding.
Like most jobs, I'd like higher pay but cannot complain.
Due to the size of the company and global time zones, responses to urgent queries may be delayed.