The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  Amazon is hiring a Staff Accountant in Alamogordo, NM.

• Role description

  Half the job is closing the books; the other half is explaining what they mean, and Amazon needs both from its Staff Accountant. A lead Staff Accountant seat that takes 8 years of SOX Compliance seriously, pays $101,000 - $146,000, and hands over the finance reins.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Partner with department heads to track spending against approved budgets
  • Build and maintain budgets, forecasts, and variance analyses for Amazon
  • Map intercompany flows so consolidation never throws a surprise
  • Read the AR aging like a weather map and act before storms hit
  • Price out vendor contracts and surface the savings nobody else spotted

  What You'll Bring

  • The kind of listening that makes the other person feel heard
  • Adaptability and resilience when facing shifting requirements
  • Prior experience working on-site in Alamogordo, NM, or willingness to relocate
  • Hands-on Forecasting experience that survives a whiteboard interview
  • The integrity to flag your own mistakes first
  • A point of view, held loosely and defended well
  • Working familiarity with full-time schedules and team norms at Amazon

  Amazon is where curious, question-everything people come to build the future of finance. We hand new Staff Accountant hires real ownership early because trust given freely tends to be returned.

  Amazon offers $101,000 - $146,000 plus the autonomy to set your own schedule and the support to keep growing.

  Confirmed active this hour for the Alamogordo, NM crew, no waiting list.

  Your next opportunity in finance starts with a single application.

• Required skills

  • Accruals
  • Journal Entries
  • KPI Reporting
  • Variance Analysis
  • SAP
  • SOX Compliance
  • Forecasting
  • Attention to Detail
  • Process Improvement

• Benefits & perks

  • Company retreats
  • Internet and phone reimbursement
  • Company Car
  • Employer pension contributions
  • Team Building Events
  • Parental leave
  • Accessible workplace design
  • Acupuncture coverage
  • Casual dress code
  • Recognition and rewards platform
  • Jury duty leave

• Apply before 2026-12-21

  Submit your application for this Full-time finance position.