Finance Manager, WW Operations IPAT Planning

Amazon • New York, NY

8d

About The Position

At Amazon, we're working to be the world’s most customer-centric company. Our
Finance teams don’t just manage financial books; they also help drive the
company forward by partnering closely with global cross-functional teams to
support the growth of this rapidly expanding operations network.

You’ll employ data analysis to ensure your partners and leaders have the most up
to date, reliable information, working collaboratively to make the best possible
financial decisions. You’ll make a huge impact, not just on the bottom line
performance, but on the overall customer experience, making history while having
fun along the way!

This role is expected to build a deep understanding of financial planning and
analytics specifically in driving process excellence and growing reporting
expertise & insight.

Amazon's WW Ops IPAT FP&A team is looking for a Finance Manager to join a
growing financial planning team with a charter to deliver insights and decision
support to our senior leaders. This is a highly visible role supporting several
business and finance leaders (L8s/L10s) across major markets worldwide. The
right candidate must have process improvement experience, exceptional
communication and analytical skills, the ability to connect the financial and
technical requirements for building systems and tools, as well as be able to
navigate a dynamic and fast paced work environment.

As part of the WW Ops IPAT FP&A, you will support and influence the organization
by providing a holistic and financial perspective, we are the trusted business
advisors. We collaborate with our partners to ensure leaders have the most up to
date and reliable information, and work with them to make sure we are making the
best possible decisions.

Requirements

• 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• 3+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
• 3+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience
• 2+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
• 3+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience
• 3+ years of contributing to cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy 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 3+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience
• Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence

Nice To Haves

• 2+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
• MBA, or CPA
• Knowledge of Tableau
• 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)

Responsibilities

• Form strategic plans to improve processes, tools, and analytics. This involves ownership of project ideation, pilot implementation, stakeholder management, and ultimately expansion
• Own and be the expert in all financial planning tools used to produce reports for corporate or business partners within the organization
• Identify risks, evaluate impact, propose changes, and implement improvements to remediate gaps
• Create reporting that provides transparency and insights on key financial metrics to the Operations Finance leadership team
• Partner with regional FP&A partners to successfully deliver the annual budget, 3 Year Forecast and Quarterly Guidance
• Understand the details of the cost structure to make thoughtful judgement calls in ambiguous environments where data may be difficult to procure
• Leverage Operations metrics to identify cost out opportunities by linking up operations and financials

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