Finance Manager, Print On Demand

Amazon • Charleston, SC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon seeks a Finance Manager to support the Print on Demand (POD) books business. This is an exciting opportunity to be a strategic finance partner in an innovative and rapidly evolving part of the manufacturing and publishing industry. The role requires exceptional people with solid financial knowledge and analytical skills, who love books and numbers, can think critically, and will use their financial acumen to help drive the POD business team to meet the needs of authors and publishers both on and off Amazon. The Finance Manager will work cross-functionally and cross-geographies with business teams, acting partly as a controller and partly as a strategic partner for a business focused on manufacturing, fulfillment, and retail excellence. The main responsibility will be supporting the fulfillment roadmap for the WW business, focusing on innovative ways to help authors and publishers source and fulfill customer orders everywhere they want to sell. The role encourages challenging assumptions and driving change within this large yet nimble business.

Requirements

• 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• Experience in Excel (macros, index, conditional list, arrays, pivots, lookups), or experience in 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)
• Knowledge of SQL/ETL
• 5+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience
• 5+ years of leading cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience
• 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

• Act as the key strategic finance partner working with the WW product team on business cases exploring new fulfillment initiatives for the books manufactured.
• Guide the strategic vision, supporting financial analyses, and influencing the establishment of metrics that hold the business accountable to its goals.
• Connect with local operations finance teams and central Amazon finance teams to fully understand the economics of fulfilling books through various channels.
• Think Big about the future of the indie and traditional publishing industry and how Amazon can improve its offering to best serve authors and readers anywhere they want to sell books.
• Be responsible for monthly controllership and financial reporting mechanisms for aspects of the POD business.
• Earn Trust and partner with cross-functional teams.
• Influence ways in which data is reported (Insist on Highest Standards).
• Perform NPV analyses.
• Own the development of financial metrics.

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
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

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