Finance Manager, North America Surface Transportation

Amazon • Bellevue, WA

38d

About The Position

Amazon Transportation Services connects our customers and our shippers. We
combine people, technology and products to deliver for our customers at high
speed and low cost. Surface Transportation is the conveyor belt to connect the
entire Amazon supply chain. We are a technology company that executes
transportation at immense scale that continues to grow!

Surface Transportation is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Finance
Manager to join its Finance team. This role will be play a critical role in
helping to optimize our operations costs with a focus on transportation
efficiencies. This is an exciting opportunity to innovate and reduce our cost to
serve customers through partnership with teams across Operations and Technology.
You will partner with business leaders on specific projects that you will help
drive from inception to delivery, in areas such as network design, under the
roof execution, and forecasting and scheduling.

Regular collaboration with business leaders will provide an opportunity to
exhibit your verbal and written communication skills. A typical day in this role
involves creating new measures for business effectiveness, developing creative
solutions using large scale data mining tools, and identifying high priority
projects to maximize results for key stakeholders.

Requirements

• 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

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
• Knowledge of SQL/ETL
• 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

• Dive Deep into processes and cost drivers to uncover efficiency opportunities.
• Collaborate with business partners to substantiate new strategies through data analysis.
• Think critically while developing cost savings calculation methodologies.
• Think Big to maximize savings opportunities.
• Draft and present white papers, taking an idea from inception to a full-fledged project.
• Design metrics and business review documents to guide the operations team through execution.
• Apply data-driven presentation skills with an ability to simplify complex problems.

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: Manager