Finance Manager, International Stores FP&A

Amazon • Seattle, WA

9d

About The Position

If you are curious about the Amazon Stores business outside the US and have a
passion for providing insights to leaders, the International Consumer FP&A team
is the place for you! FP&A is the place to learn the business from top to
bottom—from customer trends that impact topline growth, to retail evolution like
Quick Commerce, to how macroeconomic events impact the global business—this team
investigates all of these and more. We directly support the International Stores
CFO and SVPs through reporting, planning, and insights. We are looking for an
individual who is curious about the business and wants to develop their finance
career through regular interaction with senior finance leaders.

We are seeking a Finance Manager to join our team. You will be responsible for
FP&A processes related to operating expenses, including actuals reporting,
quarterly guidance, and planning. You will work with Finance teams from EU,
Japan, and Emerging FP&A, Amazon Business, Prime, Payments, and more to
understand the cost drivers and drive governance of operating expenses. The role
entails asking questions and learning about the business, while looking for the
key details that leaders need to act on to ensure productivity improvement and
expense management. You will learn, through frequent interaction, how finance
leaders think about the business and what they focus on to drive performance.
Good communication skills are key. You will develop your writing skills on
narratives that inform senior leadership of what is happening with expenses.

Requirements

• 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• 5+ years of multiple finance and accounting roles experience
• 6+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
• 6+ 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
• 6+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results 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

Nice To Haves

• 6+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience
• 6+ years of solving complex business challenges by delivering accurate and timely financial models, analysis, and recommendations that have a proven impact on business (e.g., financial savings, operational improvements, or customer benefits) experience
• MBA, or CPA
• Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (examples: SQL, MS Access, Essbase, Cognos) and other financial systems (examples: Oracle, SAP, Lawson, JD Edwards)
• Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results

Responsibilities

• Work cross functionally with FP&A teams on future-looking forecasts and actual performance.
• Produce financial and business results including variance analyses for senior leaders.
• Own financial planning and analytics models.
• Identify, develop and implement process improvement initiatives
• Perform real-time analysis and data support for leadership questions
• Recommend tool enhancements and advocate for improvement in processes and information flows

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level