Finance Manager, Selling Partner Services Finance

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

We are seeking a Finance Manager to lead Amazon's global 3P fee strategy for services related to Selling On Amazon. Our 3P (Third-Party) business includes Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA) and Merchant Fulfillment Network (MFN) channels. With Sellers contributing to over 50% of Amazon’s online sales, 3P Fee strategy is integral to Amazon’s ability to deliver on its goal of offering a vast selection of products at low prices to customers. The successful candidate will have strong analytical background, track record of effective business partnership, and ability to deliver results in an ambiguous, fast-paced, and dynamic environment. The candidate must have the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively across cross-functional and cross-regional stakeholders to understand topline and cost drivers, and deliver high quality insights to senior leaders to influence fee strategy. A day in the life As the Finance Manager, you will work closely with multiple business teams including fee strategy, fee science, product, econ, and operations, to shape the monetization of our 3P business. You will be responsible for identifying growth and profit opportunities, and partnering with the business teams to develop fee strategy for a global multi-Billion dollar revenue line. About the team The Fee Strategy Finance team focuses our effort on high impact analytical problem solving. Because of this unique focus we attract curious self-starters that thrive on developing new ideas. We have a tight business partnership with the WW Fee Strategy team where working groups organically coalesce to tackle big problems and opportunities.

Requirements

• 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• 5+ years of multiple finance and accounting roles experience
• 6+ years of Accounts Receivable or Account Payable 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
• 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

Nice To Haves

• 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

• The role will support the Marketplace Revenue domain and focus on Referral Fee strategy including fee change analysis, reporting & analytics, and fee revenue forecasting.
• Develop financial models and advanced analytical tools to identify fee optimization opportunities and influence fee decisions
• Lead ad hoc analytics projects to guide fee strategy and data science work
• Support long range planning and quarterly revenue forecasting for Marketplace fees
• Build and maintain in depth knowledge across key business areas by staying current on initiatives, challenges and opportunities across the business.
• Utilize AI tools to automate standard reporting for MEC and flash files including commentary
• The role involves coordination with multiple partner teams including, regional finance, US3P, fee tech, fee econ and fee strategy teams

Benefits

• Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave.
• Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits

What This Job Offers

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