Finance Manager, WW Operations Central FP&A

About the role

Amazon's WW Operations Finance FP&A team is seeking a Finance Manager to join our Operations Insights, Planning, Analytics and Technology (IPAT) team. This is a highly visible role supporting VP-level leaders, with primary focus on financial planning and analytics, driving automation and process improvement, and governance and data quality initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Support quarterly business reviews with VP-level leaders across Operations, presenting financial analysis that influences strategic decisions
• Analyze capacity planning decisions affecting billions in capital investment, thinking big about network expansion opportunities
• Deliver accurate and timely financial models, analysis, and recommendations that have proven business impact
• Build financial and operational reports/data sets that inform decision-making, applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs)
• Drive forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis to support planning activities
• Contribute to network scale initiatives and deliver ad-hoc analysis during critical business periods
• Provide real-time financial insights during high-volume periods to optimize operational performance
• Earn trust with diverse partner teams through accurate and timely communication on operational performance and financial impact
• Spearhead key automation projects, collaborating across Finance and Technology teams to achieve high-impact results and enhance operational efficiency
• Form strategic plans to improve processes, tools, and analytics, including ownership of project ideation, pilot implementation, stakeholder management, and expansion
• Drive automation and scale of financial reporting by simplifying processes for internal stakeholders, insisting on the highest standards for data accuracy and process efficiency
• Identify incomplete or inaccurate data, determine root causes, and create/implement escalation plans to close gaps
• Evaluate risks and their impact, proposing and implementing improvements
• Make thoughtful judgment calls in ambiguous environments where data may be difficult to procure
• Use AI tools to draft and refine financial narratives, business cases, and strategic documents that align with Amazon's writing principles

Qualifications

• 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• 5+ years of multiple finance and accounting roles experience
• 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 engineering, statistics or business, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience
• 5+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.