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Finance Manager, WW Operations Central FP&A

Amazon · New York, United States · 3 wk ago
AccountingFull-time

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

Requirements

  • 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

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

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