Finance Manager

Amazon’s North American Customer Fulfillment (NACF) Finance is looking for a Finance Manager to be a trusted finance partner supporting operational and functional leaders. Amazon operates the most complex retail networks in the world, delivering billions of packages to hundreds of millions of homes and businesses annually. Come be part of this tremendous organization and join a dedicated team committed to operational and financial excellence where you will focus on the inputs, think like an owner and where every day is Day One.Key job responsibilitiesFP&A- You use solid financial knowledge and business acumen to build financial models and analyses with little guidance and draw conclusions and make recommendations that deliver results, and drive improvements.- You manage development of weekly and monthly financial reviews, forecasting, and reporting models and their continuous innovation and communicating to Financial and Operations partners.- You identify and solve complex data integrity issues and collaborate with stakeholders on resolution, insisting on the highest standards.- You identify the need for improved controls to address risk driven by business, industry, policy, and regulatory changes and proactively propose control solutions.- You create effective business partnership, manage competing priorities, and provide guidance during unexpected events.Business Analysis- You identify and implement opportunities to resolve finance issues, improve, scale, or simplify finance tools, technology, and processes across teams and organizations.- You understand how data flows through our financial platforms and know the right data to use for analysis, and establish a source of truth.- You simplify and centralize process improvement and reporting to allow business partners and customers to take action quickly.People- You take part in hiring and developing activities and mentor new team members.- You seek, value, and leverage diverse perspectives.- You challenge business partner plans and assumptions when needed.- You communicate data in a clear, concise, and unambiguous manner both verbally and in writing.- You can articulate complex finance issues to non-Finance partners.- You positively contribute to work/life harmony on your team and find creative solutions to solve gaps for your team.A day in the lifeThe AR Controllership team is a newly formed team that will collaborate with multiple teams and organizations within Amazon. This role gives you a chance to help build a newly formed team and establish standards within fulfillment centers. A typical day in this role includes: solving complex problems effecting company wide strategic decision-making, leading through ambiguity, identifying high priority work/projects to maximize results for key stakeholders, designing and implementing new financial reporting/modeling, and finding creative solutions utilizing large scale data mining tools.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field- 5+ years of finance experience, accounting, or related field ...

Executive Assistant, Director of Prime Video Finance, Prime Video Finance

Amazon is seeking a self-driven, highly organized, resourceful, and proactive Executive Assistant supporting multiple Directors within the Prime Video Finance organization. The Executive Assistant will act as an extension of their leaders and have the opportunity to frequently interact with the Prime Video Sports and US Prime Video business partners, team leaders, and a supportive team of Executive Assistants. This role is partnering with and supporting multiple finance directors, and interacting daily with the broader Prime Video Sports and Prime Video US business partners to build effective working relationships and contribute to the team environment. There is a high level of integrity and discretion required for handling the confidential information which this role is privy to. Additionally, being a proactive part of the broader org’s supportive and cohesive EA team is a significant part of this role, and entails learning and keeping abreast of cross-team business objectives, and contributing to the development, maintenance, and improvement of critical policies/procedures, standards, and services which benefit the whole org.You will be a true and valued key player on this team, relied upon to handle multiple requests in a timely manner with minimal supervision. Having the ability to react to changing priorities with a can-do, positive attitude is important to a candidate’s success in this role. While we do have some tight deadlines and pressure during the Amazon financial cycles and are a fast-paced, goal-focused team, we also have a lot of fun and thoroughly enjoy our working relationships while we obsess over entertaining and delighting our customers through music, podcasts, and games. Consider joining us!Key job responsibilities• Manage complex calendar and scheduling to support teams in multiple locations and time zones• Manage time to support a Director based on the East Coast and Directors on the West Coast• Manage domestic and complex international travel• Manage expense report coordination and submission• Organize, execute, and assist with team activities (staff meeting agendas, all-hands meetings, off-sites, and team social events)• Manage team space, including moves and re-configurations• Work closely with the leadership team, recruiting team, and other Executive Assistants to provide support to the organizationBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of executive assistant experience- Experience with domestic or international travel coordination- Experience with executive level calendar management- Experience with Microsoft Office products and applications- Experience prioritizing and handling multiple assignments at any given time while maintaining commitment to deadlines- Experience managing multiple complex calendars, and coordinating domestic and international travel- Experience in planning and organizing events- Experience in end-to-end project management ...

Portfolio Manager & Credit Analyst

Amazon seeks a Portfolio & Credit Analyst to join Amazon’s Investments team, which oversees the active management of $60 - 70B of fixed income portfolios, portfolio risk management, and Amazon’s $20B commercial paper program.The primary responsibilities of this role include idea generation, trade execution, contributing to asset allocation strategy, oversight of external managers, ensuring portfolio compliance, portfolio reporting and analysis, and ongoing process improvement. This role will also be responsible for developing and implementing enhanced portfolio risk management processes, monitoring counterparty exposures, and mitigating portfolio risk. The successful candidate should be comfortable with ambiguity and balancing multiple competing priorities. The candidate will be required to work closely with banking counterparties and external investment managers to develop existing relationships and establish new relationships as necessary. This role will work cross-functionally both within Treasury and with the broad and diverse set of Amazon business lines such as Accounting and Tax.This position requires a self-starter who will work to continuously improve Treasury processes while maintaining a rigorous control environment and compliance with various Amazon policies.Key job responsibilities- Formulate strategies, create trade plans, and execute transactions to efficiently manage Amazon’s fixed income portfolios.- Work with banking partners and external investment managers to identify opportunities to increase risk adjusted returns while maintaining liquidity.- Develop and enhance analytics to provide insights into the Company’s fixed income portfolio performance.- Ensure portfolios comply with the Global Investment Policy, portfolio guidelines, and other key investment restrictions.- Perform ad hoc analyses related to portfolios and markets as required by both Amazon Treasury and other internal business partners.- Enhance the framework to manage counterparty exposure and credit risk across portfolio holdings.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 10+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- BA/BS degree in Finance, Economics, STEM, or relevant work experience required- Experience in fixed income trading / debt capital markets / portfolio management ...

Finance Manager, Buyer Risk Prevention

The Buyer Risk Prevention (BRP) team is looking for a Finance Manager to manage Finance Planning and Analysis (FP&A), including budgeting, forecasting, and headcount management for BRP. BRP is part of the Worldwide Customer Trust, which organization employees over 20,000 employees who provide support to Amazon's Selling Partners while also ensuring that we protect Amazon customers from bad actors. In this role you will support headcount and expense forecasting and reporting for the organization. Additionally, you will help support the Buyer Abuse and Account Integrity teams who work to prevent abuse of our concessions policies and take actions to protect customer accounts. This role actively helps the business identify areas to reduce costs while maintaining a high quality of service for Amazon's Customers. Key job responsibilitiesKey responsibilities include: • Drive standardization and automation of planning and reporting processes, adhering to deadlines • Analyze Opex variances vs. plan and provide insight to business partners including cost-saving and process improvement recommendations • Partner with the business to make trade-off decisions regarding headcount resourcing and support levels • Support internal customer groups in all finance matters including budgeting, forecasting and financial controlsBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- 5+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience- 5+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience- 5+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience- 5+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field ...

Finance Manager, AWS Partner Finance

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking an experienced finance leader to join its Partner Finance team. This is an exciting opportunity to become a part of one of the most dynamic and fastest growing organizations at Amazon. The role will work closely with business and finance stakeholders to drive growth through with AWS Partners through the origination and execution of multi-year Strategic Collaboration Agreements (SCAs). The candidate will be responsible for helping to jointly define the organization’s SCA strategy with business leaders, building reporting mechanisms to monitor program health, deep-diving variances to uncover operating insights, collaborating on agreement design decisions to optimize financial returns, establishing/enhancing governance mechanisms, driving planning and forecasting rhythms, and developing a high-performing team. Successful candidates will have a high degree of intellectual curiosity, a passion for uncovering insights to drive business outcomes at scale, the ability to influence senior stakeholders via strong written and verbal communication skills and the capacity to prioritize effectively while dealing with ambiguity. Key job responsibilities• Think Big with business stakeholders to define, optimize and execute the organization’s strategy for engaging with strategic partners via SCAs • Invent and automate detailed reporting to monitor the business and financial health of the SCA program• Deep Dive drivers of monthly & quarterly variances in revenue & expense metrics and provide key insights to business stakeholders to inform operating strategies • Work closely with business stakeholders to structure SCAs with key Partners, ensuring acceptable returns on investment (ROI) • Own planning and forecasting for SCA expenses and influence business stakeholders to ensure plans are aligned with broader organizational objectives • Develop and implement governance mechanisms to protect AWS investments • Perform ad-hoc analyses to help business leaders solve complex problems and understand financial implicationBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience ...

Finance Manager, Amazon Business Finance

Entering the business to business (B2B) market is one of Amazon’s most exciting growth opportunities and since launching in 2015, Amazon Business (AB) already has more than 6 million customers WW. We are growing fast, and require talented finance professionals to help us scale. Amazon Business is hiring a Finance Manager for the WW Financial Planning & Analysis team. You will partner with key business and finance leaders to identify opportunities to drive growth, provide timely analysis, insightful guidance, and financial leadership. This role will lead Finance activities across WW Amazon Business, create scalable reporting mechanism and provide adhoc insights for VP level leadership.AB Finance offers a rich learning experience and an opportunity to develop professionally. We are a young business, and you will be challenged to weigh in on decisions that have long-term strategic impact, and to produce insightful analytics that help us accelerate growth. You will work closely with business partners and get exposure to senior leaders, and become a subject matter expert. We are looking for individuals who can engage business partners to drive results and who welcome the challenge of building structure and supporting high growth.Key job responsibilities- Lead Monthly and Quarterly financial reporting and insights to VP Leadership across WW Amazon Business. Partnering with local finance teams to understand unique trends across 10 AB countries.- Solve complex business challenges by delivering accurate and timely financial models, business insights, and recommendations that deliver results, drive improvements, and influence leaders- Partner with the business and other Corporate FP&A teams to create workback calendars that support key meeting dates and ensure adequate review and preparation time. - Influence business decisions with effective verbal and written communication, data driven analysis and modeling, and presentation of options and alternatives- Perform financial reporting, ad-hoc data analysis, and financial modeling using a broad range of tools including Excel, SQL, and CognosBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- BS or BA in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a highly analytical field (e.g. Engineering, Math, Computer Science) and 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience OR Master's degree and 3+ years of finance experience ...

Finance Manager, US Prime and Marketing Tech

Do you want to help drive growth and engagement across all of the Amazon Stores? Do you enjoy using data and analytics to deliver actionable insights that support critical business decisions? We are seeking a Finance Manager to drive strategic thinking and business partnership for the US Prime and Marketing Tech (UPMT) team. A successful candidate will be a strategic thinker, highly analytical, comfortable with creating data driven narratives, customer obsessed, and firm business judgment capable of driving an organization to the right results. They must be comfortable contributing to plans presented to senior leadership (SVP level) as well as having a high bar for data fidelity.This highly visible role will partner with UPMT Marketing and Tech teams to support the key finance activities fueling North America Stores growth, including forecasting, strategic planning/goal setting, financial modeling, and ad hoc analysis. The role will support multiple senior marketing and tech business leaders, with broad scope and autonomy. A successful candidate requires an uncanny ability to work across stakeholder groups and evaluate tradeoffs between business focused requirements and technical limitations and priorities.Key job responsibilities• Drive investment strategy discussions via insightful and relevant analysis on historical and projected performance• Evaluate key initiatives and processes to drive alignment and consistency in measurement of program performance.• Manage controllership with a high degree of accuracy across planning and reporting• Partner with Senior leadership to evaluate the financial impact of decisions• Partner with various business and tech teams to become a subject matter expert on systems and outcomes• Lead automation efforts of critical processes.• Lead monthly/quarterly/annual planning and forecasting cyclesAbout the teamUPMT Marketing Technology helps customers discover and engage with new, popular and relevant products across categories. We do this by combining technology, science, innovation, marketing and creativity to build new customer-facing features and experiences alongside cutting edge tools for marketers.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- BA or BS in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a highly analytical field (e.g., Engineering, Math, Computer Science) and 5+ years of finance experience, or Master’s degree and 3+ years of finance experience ...

Principal Finance Manager, Fuse and Mobile Business Development

Amazon Fuse & Mobile Business Development (MBD) Finance Team is seeking an innovative, high business judgement, analytical and strategic finance leader, who is passionate about accelerating Amazon’s growth. This is a unique opportunity to join a centralized corporate business development team working on strategic partnerships to accelerate Amazon’s flywheel by distributing Amazon’s digital services. Specifically, the Amazon Fuse & Mobile Business Development (MBD) team is a group chartered with distribution of Amazon’s digital services through partnerships with Mobile Operators, MVPDs (video distributors) and OEMs worldwide.This position requires a candidate who can successfully tackle multiple projects in a start-up environment. The right individual will have exceptional finance skills, business partnering skills, and firm business judgment. You will need to work collaboratively with internal finance teams to understand their business priorities and economics. You will develop research and analysis of industries, potential partners and competitors, and communicate findings and recommendations to senior management. We dive deep and provide thoughtful and rigorous analysis, yet are creative, adaptable and action-oriented to drive growth by directly influencing leaders’ decision-making.The ideal candidate is a first-principles thinker, enjoys solving complex problems, dealing with ambiguity, and working effectively with cross-functional teams. The candidate also thrives in fast-paced settings that are constantly evolving. Proving you are a strong finance leader is a critical part of this job. Amazon Fuse & Mobile Business Development (MBD) Finance is a small, tight-knit team who values strong-analytical individuals who also think creatively, can quickly learn business dynamics in the space they’re operating in and proactively seek out opportunities to advance the growth initiatives of Amazon’s businesses.Key job responsibilities- Influence senior leaders through financial insight generation, to help them achieve business goals and accelerate business growth. - Independently create new financial models, in order to maximize the strategic impact of the MBD partnerships.- Create new methods in assessing incremental value in strategic partnerships and customer segments, willingness to invest in acquiring and retaining customers acquired through 3rd Party Partnerships, and assess return on strategic investments. - Develop best in class metrics and benchmarking mechanisms to track efficiency and progress towards team strategic goals.- Partner with marketing measurement and Finance teams to develop marketing analytics tools and evaluate the attributed impact of partner marketing investments on financial results and brand perception.- Driving thought leadership in the area of quantifying the value of distinct customer behaviors.- Lead WW FP&A process for Preloads and provide strategic insights on business performance.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 12+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- 7+ years of finance technology, forecast & budgeting, or other finance-focused competency experience- Experience with Tableau, Python, SQB, Quicksight, Cognos or or other BI packages- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science), ...

Finance Manager , Buy with Prime and Multi-Channel Fulfillment

We are looking for a high-caliber Finance Manager to support Project Santos to drive domain teams projects with strategic significance and high exposure. In this role you will work closely with business leaders to define the strategy for the business and help the team through project ideation to post-implementation activities. You will be responsible for building scalable finance processes and analytical frameworks that can be leveraged by multiple cross-functional teams. You will apply both business and analytical acumen in a fast-paced, ambiguous and innovative environment.We are looking for an experienced finance leader with strong analytical and communication skills. The ideal candidate will have the ability to clearly articulate financial results and analytical insights to senior business and finance leaders, both verbally and in writing. Scrappiness is a must, as is the ability to dive deep into the data to help the new business achieve results. The successful candidate should be able to think and act strategically and tactically, possess solid business judgment, strong analytical skills, attention to detail and the desire to dive deep into data results and problem solving.If you enjoy dealing with high ambiguity, complexity, creating processes, and broad scope that will be at the epicenter of our initiative, come join us!Key job responsibilities- Deliver financial analyses, insights, narratives, recommendations, and solutions to business and finance leaders - Provide strategic guidance and feedback to support key program decisions including long-term business vision, product roadmap, and pricing- Own the implementation and validation of systems that support financial and accounting activities after product and service launches - Invent, implement, and track key metrics in an effort to generate insights and identify opportunities for improvement- Lead monthly financial reviews, quarterly forecasting, and annual planning processes- Drive increased efficiencies through reporting automation, outsourcing, and process optimizationA day in the lifeAs a team that is still launching and building, we must participate with all analytics that provide decision support for areas such as payback/ROI, efficiency of spend related to marketing/discounts/promotions, product valuation and incremental value, etc. Much of the work is ambiguous, but with a solid foundation of critical thinking skills and resourcefulness, helping provide a solid financial framework across activities will become a baseline for prioritization and improved decision making.About the teamThe Finance Manager will work in a highly collaborative team with multiple stakeholders, not limited to our primary business partners. Our team identifies opportunities and potential risks to our product plan, features, and pricing. We collaborate with business leaders and quantify, analyze, and recommend incremental business building activities.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience ...

Senior Financial Analyst, Live Sports Advertising Sales, Amazon

Amazon Advertising seeks a Senior Financial Analyst to play a key role on the Global Video Advertising team, focused on Live Sports and Local. In this highly visible and strategic role, you will build scalable finance processes, analytical frameworks and demonstrate thought leadership to maximize monetization of our scaling Sports and Local advertising businesses. You will apply both business and analytical acumen in a fast-paced, ambiguous and innovative environment.A successful candidate will be comfortable using analytical tools to extract metrics, have the ability to manage tight deadlines, and achieve effective results in a dynamic environment. They demonstrate a passion for the sports and advertising industries and a desire to be on the forefront of its evolution. They are a self-starter who demonstrates strong interpersonal skills and attention to detail. This role will require building and inspecting various datasets to provide Sales and Finance leaders with clear and summarized visibility into revenue and operational performance. Additionally, this role will produce in-depth analysis on nuanced areas of focus, such as sports rights bid models and regional sales efforts. Key job responsibilities• Uphold and enforce an environment of strong financial controllership• Help create, prepare, and present yearly targets, quarterly forecasts, and monthly/weekly financial reports for Live Sports & Local Sales• Manage and execute entire projects or components of large projects from start to finish including project management, data gathering and analysis, problem solving, and clear communication of insights and recommendations.• Contribute with deep-dive analyses and insights in Quarterly and Monthly Business ReviewsBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 4+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)- 3+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience- Experience in financial modeling, P&L management or analysis- Familiarity with the Domestic (US) and Global Sports Industry ...

Digital Controls Lead, Digital Controllership

Are you excited about driving compliance in a fast paced, dynamic, tech-forward environment? Come join our Digital controls team.We are searching for bar-raising professionals who consistently exceed expectations, who thrive in a challenging workplace, and who can actively contribute to our talented team. The global accounting organization supports our digital lines of business. The Digital Controls Team drives internal controls over financial reporting, subsidiary compliance, internal controls readiness, process improvements, and other compliance activities. We are subject matter experts that consult with control owners across our processes. Responsibilities include enhancing and leveraging internal and external partnerships to deliver on the annual controls plan. This role will require a deep understanding and experience with all aspects of internal controls including financial information technology systems for a complex, high-growth stage, multi-disciplinary organization. Key job responsibilities Responsibilities will include: - Executing on controls strategies - Driving control design and implementation with engineering and business teams - Driving deep dives on process areas to define the set of risk and controls in addressing financial reporting risk - Advising on and designing controls and compliance programs - Providing ongoing support to process owners/control owners and cross-functional teams to ensure controls are designed and implemented effectively - Participating in annual walkthroughs with process/application/control owners across the company and external auditors - Assisting in the evaluation of identified control deficiencies and monitoring of remediation effortsBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience- Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field ...

Senior Financial Analyst, Alexa Finance - Insights, Planning, Econometrics, Decision (IPED)

Amazon seeks an experienced Senior Financial Analyst to play a key role on the Alexa Insights, Planning, Econometrics and Decision (IPED) team owning Alexa financial key performance indicators (KPIs) and executive metrics dashboards. This role will be responsible for defining KPIs, conducting trends analysis, proposing guardrails and implementing mechanisms to allow business leaders to adhere to those guardrails at scale. The successful candidate will build scalable analyses, build KPI dashboards, shape the trajectory of the business by implementing a mechanism to adhere to defined guardrails. This position will work closely with Alexa Finance and business leadership to gain alignment on KPIs, guardrails and providing regular progress updates on both. This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the most innovative and dynamic businesses. This role requires someone to be a strategic thinker, analytical, detail oriented, team player, and clear communicator and have a demonstrated ability to effectively manage the responsibilities of a fast-paced and complex business.Key job responsibilities- Define KPIs that incorporate value and investment levers across the Alexa P&L- Influence the definition of guardrails to manage investment decisions based on return forecasted- Build Page 0 metrics across the Alexa business to publish monthly in the Finance reports that informs prioritization decisions based on actuals vs. forecasts, trends and guardrails - Work with big data and transform it into insights and informationBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- Bachelor's degree ...

Finance Manager, AWS Infra, Data Center Finance

Do you want to directly influence the future of some of the most successful products in cloud computing? Come join Amazon Web Services Finance! Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of enterprise, government and start-up business and organizations in over 190 countries around the world. Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services officially began offering developer customers access to web services – now widely known as cloud computing – based on Amazon’s own back-end technology platform.On the AWS Finance team you will be surrounded by people that are exceptionally talented, bright, and driven, and believe that world class support is critical to customer success. To support this quickly growing business, you must be highly analytical and possess a strong passion for analytics and accountability, setting high standards, and razor-sharp accuracy. We take working hard, having fun, and making history seriously and you should too!This role is on the AWS Infrastructure team. We provide end-to-end financial support driving AWS to be the low cost provider in Cloud computing and leader in customer experience. This includes supporting business owners in building, operating and innovating our Cloud data centers. We support operations, business development, and engineering. You should be passionate about producing financial analysis enabling management to make breakthrough decisions, drive cash flow, and ultimately delight our customers. We are growing rapidly in existing regions as well as expanding into new regions. As a member of this team, you will work with regional AWS leadership to:* Serve as the key business partner working directly with engineering, automation teams, and other internal stakeholders to provide financial recommendations. You must have the ability to structure problems, perform analysis, and present to your business partners. Supporting business partners at Amazon requires the ability to dissent, while building trust with your business partners* Report monthly financial and operating metrics* Manage the financial planning process. Model, analyze and forecast metrics that drive budgeting, forecasting and business decisions* Perform ad-hoc projects and analysis as needed * Analyze business results for key takeaways to achieve business objectives* Monitor compliance with controls and systems, and developing new processes to support the fast-growing, global AWS business* Preparing detailed financial models for business segments, drive business initiatives, and identify, implement, and deliver key operational efficienciesBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)- 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- 5+ years of multiple finance and accounting roles experience- 4+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience- 4+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience ...

Finance Manager, FBA Finance, Supply Chain by Amazon

Amazon has built one of the world’s most efficient and optimized supply chains. Supply Chain by Amazon (SCA) is bringing its technology and insight to FBA Sellers through an integrated suite of supply chain offerings aimed at helping lower their costs and maximizing their revenue streams. As the Finance Manager, SCA, you will partner with business leaders to provide data-driven strategic decision making. You will bring the financial stewardship necessary to drive sustainable growth while exploring new business opportunities. Finally, you will have a central role in charting the business’ long-term economic glidepath, framing the financial implications of its growth and investment plans.This is an opportunity to work in a startup like environment within Amazon and we seek an individual who is motivated by a fast-paced and high energy environment. Team members think like entrepreneurs, wear many hats, and work in a highly collaborative environment that’s more start-up than big company. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are critical in this role. The successful candidate has demonstrated the following abilities: they are a self-starter, they collaborate and influence business partners, use data-driven decision-making in a rapidly-evolving and ambiguous environment, and think long-term. This position will work closely with various stakeholders across the business, Operations, Accounting, Finance, and Financial system teams to solve complex problems that directly impact Amazon’s financials. Key job responsibilities- Oversee financial reporting for your business area. Understand input drivers and validate integrity of the reporting to influence strategic decision-making and planning. Use data to identify disruptive ideas and provide advice to business leaders across the globe- Develop and implement forecast processes and best practices that improve accuracy and quickly identify risks and opportunities - Prioritizing Controllership, you identify, resolve, or provide guidance to resolve, complex data integrity issues. You improve controls to address financial risk and support frugality- Educate business partners on financial and non-financial trade-offs. You make thoughtful judgement calls in ambiguous environments where data may be scarce or difficult to procure- You listen attentively and communicate data (both written and verbal) in a clear, concise, and unambiguous manner. Adjust style for various audiences to articulate complex finance issues clearly. Your communications drive critical business decisions- Collects and analyzes data to develop insightful reports that drive business performance and cost reductions- Have backbone, disagree and commit to foster constructive dialogues, harmonize conflicting views, resolve issues, and drive decisions- You exhibit social responsibility. Actively recruit bar-raising talent, continuously develop your team, and constructively mentor the Finance community- Identify and sponsor Finance-wide professional development and engagement initiatives that plan for the future and strengthen the global Finance community, such as inclusion and diversity initiatives- Become an expert in your lane to contribute to work-life harmony. You are a positive, collaborative, and effective influencer to new team members and model operations excellence and efficiencyBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- BA or BS in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a highly analytical field (e.g., Engineering, Math, Computer Science) and 5+ years of finance experience, or Master’s degree and 3+ years of finance experience ...

Sr Financial Analyst, Finance Operations Business Partnering

On the Business Partnership (BP) Team within Finance Operations (FinOps), you will find yourself working with multi talented and dedicated people committed to driving financial improvement, scalability, and process excellence. As Amazon continues to grow, we are recruiting a FinOps Business Partner in Non-Inventory Accounts Payable to drive expansion in complex and innovative situations. You will lead critical initiatives across businesses, tech teams, and other stakeholders to drive change and implement scalable solutions to increase Vendor Experience, Amazon productivity and Free Cash Flow (FCF).You will work with leaders across the world from a diverse range of organizations, including Transportation, Operations, Tax, Marketing and Legal, using your analytical and problem-solving skills to manage complex and high visibility priorities in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment. This role operates with a significant level of autonomy and is an ideal opportunity for a driven finance professional looking to broaden Core Finance experience in a project driven, operational area of finance.This role provides the opportunity to really make a difference in a high growth environment where your ability to identify and drive change will be key. So if you thrive in ambiguity, love solving complex problems and want to do that in Earth’s most customer-centric company, come and join us!Key job responsibilities- Build financial and operational analyses to drive global growth and scale, using data to influence senior leadership decisions, defining project plans and delivering high-quality, systematic solutions to prevent and eliminate defect- Partner with upstream business and technology teams to develop and deliver continuous system and process change, ensuring process excellence and highest levels of controllership- Define key performance indicators – develop metrics and service level agreements for core programs and processes, tracking delivery against program objectives- Drive resolution of critical vendor issues, working with FinOps Services and cross-functional teams to deep dive root cause, drive correction and improve customer experience- Communicate program and policy updates to senior leaders and employees across multiple business and finance teams- Negotiate efficient and reliable processes and policies across partner teams to systematically eliminate dependencies and defects.- Identify and quantify financial and operational risks and opportunities, driving ad-hoc projects as required- Develop mechanisms to seamlessly support new program and tool launches worldwide.- Work cross-functionally to identify key opportunities in process, technical, and human interfaces and develop and implement plans to capitalize on those opportunities and measure and monitor success and impactsBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- 4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience- 4+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience- 4+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science), or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of Accounts Receivable or Account Payable experience- Experience building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience ...

Finance Manager - Analytics & Insights, E2E Central Cost

The North American (NA) Central Cost team is an organization within the NA Financial Planning & Analysis (FPA) and End-to-End (E2E) Optimization organization with ownership of Central Operational Expenditures (Opex). This team encompasses cost management associated with Under-the-Roof (UTR) operations across North American Customer Fulfillment (NACF), Amazon Logistics (AMZL), Amazon Extra Large (AMXL), North America Sort Center (NASC), and Rapid and Rural Logistics (R2L). The team is organized across key pillars; 1) Controllership – Purchase Order lifecycle (POL) management, 2) E2E Category – driving Global Procurement Organization (GPO) led category savings; agnostic of site type, 3) Business Partnership, PMO and Analytics; scaling through ownership attainment and 4) Analytics and Insights (A&I)- delivering scalable reporting mechanisms and strategic automation tools to drive business enablement. This is an exciting opportunity under the Analytics and Insights pillar where you will be expected partner cross-functionally with customers, partners and operational stakeholders to develop scalable automation tools and platforms to drive informed decision making, innovation and sustainability for the E2E North American Central Cost network. Given the breadth of the service we are building this role will require coordination across many internal teams and will be visible at the highest levels of the company. This role will lead through influence on product build but will focus specifically on simplifying customer requirements and providing domain level expertise to accelerate current Standardization and Automation (S&A) workstreams. The Finance Manager will be a leader with ownership of key financial projects including continuous improvement, driving automation and E2E pillar-based support for our tech and data strategy. This individual will lead and manage cross functional A&I communication coordinating across multiple teams to develop the right artifacts and modules to create long lasting standardization solutions. The successful candidate must be able to thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial environment, and not be hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities. This means you are able to develop and drive high-level strategic initiatives while rolling up your sleeves to get the job done. This role will require high judgement on how we can deliver for customers in both the short- and long-term. To deliver for customers, the candidate will have excellent written communication, leadership, analytical and financial reporting skills. They will also possess strong business partnership skills and collaborate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders across multiple levels and geographies. The role works with stakeholders and business partners, often engaging with teams such as Controllership pillar, E2E Category subject matter expertise (SME) pillar, business unit FP&A and Fin Tech (S&A). Key job responsibilities- Partner across E2E Finance pillars and Tech (S&A) to drive continuous improvement in financial processes, systems and strategic tools through automation.- Manage and lead the short- and long-term vision for systematizing planning, bridging and metric reporting infrastructure.- Gather, review, and communicate fact-based insights into time-savings process and technical solutions for internal A&I enhancements or formalized into S&A product roadmap. - Leverage E2E Central Cost metrics to identify new insight opportunities by linking operations KPIs and Financials- Provide support in producing a monthly and quarterly leadership update on project status and needed decision points.- Identifies risks, evaluates impact, proposes changes, and implements improvements to remediate gaps- Be an evangelist, promoting new features to customers, defining success metrics, and accelerating adoption while simultaneously protecting and enhancing the customer experience.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)- 5+ years of finance experience, or Master's degree and 3+ years of finance experience ...

Sr. Finance Manager, Corporate Development Finance

Amazon.com seeks a Finance Senior Manager to partner with the company’s Corporate Development and Business Development organizations and other senior business leaders. The person in this high visibility role will be responsible for evaluating a wide range of business opportunities, including M&A, investments, commercial partnerships, and strategic alliances. In addition, the person in this position will assist in leading due diligence efforts and conduct extensive research on industries, potential partners, and competitors and communicate findings and recommendations to our senior management and executive team. This position plays a key, active role on a small team that drives corporate transactions across Amazon. This person will own the financial analyses that guide decision-making among senior business leaders and Corporate / Business Development teams. This person operates with significant autonomy and independence, showing high judgment in decisions that have financial, business, operational, or customer implications. Many assignments will be highly ambiguous and require an independent, intellectually curious individual who can frame situations through multiple lenses including the end-customer, business owner, and corporate finance professional.The position is available in Seattle, WA, and New York City, NY.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 12+ years of corporate development, private equity, investment banking, or other transaction-related / due diligence experience- BA / BS degree required ...

AR/O2C Program Lead, FinOps - Order To Cash (O2C)/Accounts Receivable (AR)

Amazon Web Services (AWS) seeks a AR/O2C Program Lead (PL) as a member of the AWS Financial Operations (FinOps), Order-to-Cash (O2C) team. The Program Lead role will be responsible for influencing AWS cash flow by actively managing and improving the policies, processes and tools that drive the O2C work streams. Key job responsibilitiesThe Program Lead works with internal stakeholders and customers to identify highest added-value opportunities to drive free-cash flow and at the same time optimize customer experience. The role requires superior analytical skills and the ability to effectively communicate.A successful candidate will be eager to invent and simplify process, procedures and tools used to measure, analyze and report. They will be able to create or distill large ideas and transform them into projects, partnering with cross-functional teams. The candidate will also feel comfortable documenting and presenting new projects and strategies to senior leadership and secure their buy in.A day in the lifeDiving deep into nuances of AWS billing, cash collection and customer payment experience and creating the mid to long term vision for these areas will represent the bulk of your time. You will be a trusted advisor for different functions with Amazon AWS Finance Operations, but also Accounting, Finance, Sales and Customer Support teams. Your vision and bias for particular approach and solutions will prescribe the marching orders of various teams contributing to AWS cash flow management.About the team• Reporting and forecasting of FP&A responsibilities including financial analysis, forecasting, goal setting, modeling and monthly reporting• Work directly with business leaders and cross-functional teams to present results of ad hoc business and statistical analysis and recommendations to senior management for optimal decision making• Develop and automate reporting of key performance metrics and analysis to achieve business goals• Establish and advance policies/procedures to increase efficiencies and improve customer experience• Define, create, improve and maintain reporting methodologies using tools such as Excel and SQL.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- 5+ years of Accounts Receivable or Account Payable experience- 5+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience- 5+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience- 6+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience- 5+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science) ...

Accounting Manager, Amazon Accounting

Amazon is a pioneering, dynamic, and energetic company that thrives on unique and peculiar ways. We take pride in our single-minded obsession over customer satisfaction and our ability to maintain a curious and vibrant culture no matter how large the company grows. We endeavor to build our legacy as Earth’s most customer-centric company and to continue to cultivate and nourish our innovative environment through our mission to hire the best. If you are a financial accounting professional who consistently exceeds expectations, who dares to make bold decisions, and whose ears perk up at the prospect of a challenge, then Amazon is a place where your career can flourish.When working at Amazon, your ability to make a difference and take ownership of your career begins on day one. You can expect a collaborative, team-driven environment that encourages employees to learn, be curious, and have a bias for action. Part of this propensity for continuous learning shows itself in Amazon’s strong encouragement of movement and growth within the Accounting department and within the company as a whole. We aim to hire and develop those who will raise the bar over the course of their career at Amazon (and not just in their first position). Amazon’s accounting group offers opportunities at the Accounting Manager level in Legal Entity & Intercompany, Accounting Policy & Reporting, Operations and Capital, Transportation, Payments & Merchant Services, Retail Operations, Digital, and AWS Accounting.Key job responsibilities• Supporting various aspects of our accounting and reporting process.• End-to-end process ownership to support finance and business partners.• Understand internal control design concepts sufficient to assess the effectiveness of controls in their area and to design new processes and controls for emerging and growing business activities.• Execute judgments to keep projects moving and ensure the right decisions are reached to close the books each month.• Escalating risks and issues as necessary to leadership.• Strong sense of ownership.• Ability to identify process improvement and automation opportunities to drive positive change across the organization.• Lead delivery of accounting tasks and projects.• Enhance partnerships between Accounting and various business and IT groups.Research, conclude and memorialize technical accounting position papers.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience- Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field ...

Senior Fraud Investigator , Vendor Investigations & Transaction Accuracy

Amazon is seeking a data-driven, highly motivated, eager to identify threat actors, and organized Investigator of Corporate Fraud Prevention. The selected individual will support investigations within Vendor & Transaction Accuracy’s (VITA), Corporate Fraud program. The team is responsible for detecting and preventing fraudulent payments to suppliers, vendors, and employees globally. The team is uniquely situated within Finance Operations and uses signals in transactional data such as invoices and payments as indicators of theft, fraud, waste or abuse. We are looking for a technical minded, data-driven, strong risk leader who has a proven track record of investigating vendor fraud in procure-to-pay lifecycle and building systems to detect fraud the moment it hits the financial system. The chosen leader will take ownership of fraud investigations and has a proven track record of managing investigations end-to-end and developing other fraud investigators to root out bad actors, external threats, and emerging fraud schemes. This individual will ensure Amazon's Finance Operations stays ahead of risks while working collaboratively and effectively with multiple stakeholders, businesses, and leaders.A successful candidate must have a passion for fraud prevention, advanced fraud detection techniques, analytics, and be able to drive efficiencies with those around them through effective lateral and upward management. The Corporate Fraud Prevention program is one of many fraud prevention programs in Finance Operations with the ultimate goal of preventing fraud, waste, and abuse across Amazon. The leader will work with global Corporate AP, Finance, Legal, and technical support teams. This is a highly visible role, and a successful candidate is a seasoned investigator, comfortable working with data to derive patterns and assumptions, communicating recommendations and findings to senior leaders at a high level in weekly, monthly or quarterly updates. The ideal candidate must be able to write complex case summaries with clear recommendations for Legal, management or Law Enforcement referral.Key job responsibilities• Carry out the vision and mission of VITA to prevent, detect, and investigate issues of erroneous payments to vendors • Execute complex investigations, deep dives and special projects in a timely manner while communicating recommendations and findings to management and other stakeholders• Review digital evidence, documents and other sources of information• Collect, analyze and preserve evidence for referral to legal or police• Summarize evidence, facts and next steps to leaders at all levels in periodic business reviews• Conduct interviews with witnesses and key persons of interest to support investigations (both remote and in person)• Drive productivity across teams that support investigations by creating efficient processes and reporting to meet goals • Identify new fraud schemes and MOs to develop prototypes and systems that detect and prevent fraud • Exercise judgement and bias for action to escalate incidents of fraud in a highly controlled environment• Demonstrate effective writing through clear, concise and persuasive narrative creation that documents complex fraud investigations, new program ideas, and periodic senior leadership updates • Understand and follow Amazon’s policies and procedures on invoice entry and transaction processing for Corporate vendors highest levels of controllershipAbout the teamWe have a mission to prevent erroneous payments globally for Amazon. Our customers are Amazon's shareholders as well as the teams that we support to close investigations. The individual will lead the India Operations team and will proactively close open investigations while inventing new ways to detect fraud. The individual will work with team members all over the globe including U.S., Costa Rica, Slovakia, India and U.K. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 6+ years of compliance, audit or risk management experience- Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and applications at an advanced level- Bachelor's degree or equivalent ...