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Finance Manager, WW Pricing

Amazon · Seattle, WA · 3 wk ago
AccountingFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, no boilerplate. We need to parse the description. Key info: - Description: At Amazon, Finance ... (intro). Could be part of About the role? The description includes overview of role. We'll put that under About the role. - Responsibilities: list bullet points: Manage the Cost Out Initiative program for WW Pricing. Partner with the Pricing Product Management teams to identify and size new strategic initiatives. Work closely with pricing team to set up, execute and analyze pricing experiments to drive long term free cash flow. Provide critical insights to the Pricing leadership team by owning monthly and quarterly reporting for the program. Build and maintain in depth knowledge across key business areas by staying current on initiatives, challenges/opportunities across the business. - A day in the life: more responsibilities: own end-to-end financial reporting and analysis for pricing, working backwards from customer needs to deliver actionable insights. This includes building scalable financial models and conducting deep-dive analyses to uncover variance drivers and identify opportunities for optimization. The role will partner with cross-functional teams across multiple geographies to implement best practices and drive standardization at scale. The role will deliver written and verbal communications that are data-driven, concise, and compelling to influence senior leadership decisions. We can combine responsibilities and day-in-life into one responsibilities section. - About The Team: description of team: The Finance team for this role supports the Global Pricing team, whose vision is to provide customers with low, competitive prices across our entire selection, simplify discovery of our best offers, and earn trust by transparently helping customers understand price quality and value. That could be part of About the role or separate section "About the Team". The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. It doesn't list About the Team. So we should incorporate team description into About the role. - Basic Qualifications: list bullet points: 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience; 5+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience; Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field; 5+ years of leading cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience; 5+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience. - Preferred Qualifications: list bullet points: 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. We need to decide sections: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. The instruction says use headings for those. We need to map content. "Requirements" likely corresponds to Basic Qualifications. "Qualifications" could be Preferred Qualifications? Or maybe "Skills" for technical skills like SQL, etc. We need to decide. We have Basic Qualifications (mandatory) and Preferred Qualifications (nice-to-have). Also there are skill items like Knowledge of SQL/ETL, experience with tools, forecasting, etc. Those could go under Skills. Thus: - About the role: include intro paragraph and team description. - Responsibilities: combine bullet points from responsibilities and day-in-life. - Requirements: Basic Qualifications bullet list. - Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications bullet list (maybe include MBA/CPA etc). Could also include "Preferred Qualifications" as heading Qualifications. - Skills: list of technical skills: Knowledge of SQL/ETL; Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (SQL, MS Access, Essbase, Cognos) and other financial systems (Oracle, SAP, Lawson, JD Edwards); Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results. - Benefits: The posting mentions 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." Also mention sign-on payments and RSUs? That's compensation. Benefits section should include those benefits. - Pay: The posting includes base salary range: "USA, WA, Seattle - 95,400.00 - 163,200.00 USD annually". Also mention sign-on payments and RSUs. So we can include Pay section with that range and note sign-on payments and RSUs. - Schedule: Not mentioned. No schedule info. So we should NOT include Schedule section. We must not include boilerplate like EEO, accommodation, etc. Remove those. We must not repeat job title. Not include Job ID. We must preserve all substantive information. Ensure we don't lose any details. Let's extract all substantive sentences. Intro paragraph: "At Amazon, Finance has the unique challenge of stewarding and bolstering tremendous business growth through applying financial acumen, objectivity and leadership, while staying nimble and adaptive to evolving business needs. Amazon Finance drives direct impact by being a hand-in-hand business partner in developing, measuring, and executing on our long term strategy to invent on behalf of our customers. To do so, we look for exceptional Finance Managers who possess the leadership to influence, a bias for action, and the passion to think big while driving business results. We are looking for an experienced Finance Manager to join the WW Pricing & Promotions Finance team. Pricing is integral to Amazon’s ability to deliver on its everyday low price promise to customers. With millions of products available on Amazon, Pricing develops technology to compute and publish prices for every retail item in Amazon’s global catalog, delivering competitive prices across full range of products and automating decision-making. The Finance Manager will be a critical partner to the pricing team, owning the pricing Cost Out Initiative program. This includes supporting financial modeling and decision making processes for strategic initiatives within the pricing product management teams. The successful candidate will have excellent analytical, financial modeling, and communication skills. They will possess strong business partnership and project management skills and collaborate effectively with stakeholders. The candidate will also possess the leadership to influence, bias for action, the passion to think big while driving business results, and developing a world class team." That's a lot; we can keep as prose under About the role. Then "Key job responsibilities" bullet list. Then "A day in the life" paragraph. Then "About The Team" paragraph. Then "Basic Qualifications" list. Then "Preferred Qualifications" list. Then benefits paragraph. Then pay line: "USA, WA, Seattle - 95,400.00 - 163,200.00 USD annually". Also mention sign-on payments and RSUs earlier: "Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location." We need to include that in Pay section. Now produce HTML. Structure:

About the role

...

Responsibilities

  • Manage the Cost Out Initiative program for WW Pricing.
  • Partner with the Pricing Product Management teams to identify and size new strategic initiatives.
  • Work closely with pricing team to set up, execute and analyze pricing experiments to drive long term free cash flow.
  • Provide critical insights to the Pricing leadership team by owning monthly and quarterly reporting for the program.
  • Build and maintain in depth knowledge across key business areas by staying current on initiatives, challenges/opportunities across the business.
  • Own end-to-end financial reporting and analysis for pricing, working backwards from customer needs to deliver actionable insights.
  • Build scalable financial models and conduct deep-dive analyses to uncover variance drivers and identify opportunities for optimization.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams across multiple geographies to implement best practices and drive standardization at scale.
  • Deliver written and verbal communications that are data-driven, concise, and compelling to influence senior leadership decisions.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
  • 5+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
  • Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field
  • 5+ years of leading cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience
  • 5+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy 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
But note we already used Knowledge of SQL/ETL etc as Skills. However we could move those to Skills section. The instruction says we can have Skills section. Let's create Skills section for those technical skills, and keep Qualifications for preferred qualifications like MBA/CPA, years of experience etc. Thus: Qualifications (Preferred) includes MBA/CPA, the 6+ years items. Skills includes SQL/ETL, tools, forecasting etc. Let's adjust. Qualifications: - MBA or CPA - 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 Skills: - 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 Now Benefits: We need to capture: "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." Also mention sign-on payments and RSUs? Those are compensation, but could be in Benefits or Pay. We'll put sign-on payments and RSUs in Pay. Thus Benefits section:
  • Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, option for Supplemental life plans)
  • EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage

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