Principal Finance Manager, SCOT Finance

About the role

We are seeking a Principal Finance Manager to lead Inventory and Capacity Planning Finance. This role owns the financial strategy and controllership for the inventory and capacity planning systems supporting SCOT's Long Term Planning and Forecasting business team — connecting system decisions to financial outcomes, building mechanisms for emerging planning systems, and reporting to senior finance leadership on inventory Working Capital and Free Cash Flow performance. You will serve as the cross-functional bridge between SCOT systems, Ops, and Finance.

We seek a leader who thrives in ambiguity, brings financial rigor to complex autonomous systems, and is energized by building new frameworks where none exist today.

Responsibilities

• Set the strategic direction for Inventory and Capacity Planning Finance, establishing mechanisms to drive controllership of inventory, cube, and capacity planning systems.
• Own Inventory Working Capital and Free Cash Flow financial planning and reporting for OP, Guidance, and Month End Close cycles.
• Connect system decisions to financial outcomes, building feedback loops that provide leadership visibility and drive continuous improvement.
• Serve as the cross-functional bridge between SCOT systems, Ops, and Finance — creating operational discipline for financial planning inputs.
• Establish controllership and audit mechanisms for new SCOT planning systems as they are developed and deployed.
• Engage in system design as the financial subject matter expert, ensuring planning algorithms incorporate appropriate financial inputs.
• Champion AI adoption and leverage AI tools to accelerate analysis, continuously exploring new ways to deliver insights faster.

About the team

The Supply Chain Optimization Technology (SCOT) team sits at the core of Amazon's global supply chain — determining what inventory to buy, when to buy it, how much to order, and where to position it to delight customers while meeting Amazon's business objectives. Operating at massive scale across hundreds of product lines and billions of dollars of worldwide inventory, SCOT's fully in-house, automated planning and optimization systems are among the most sophisticated in the world.

Finance within SCOT is a high-impact function, partnering directly with AI and machine learning engineers, scientists, product managers, and operations leaders to shape strategy, drive investment decisions, and deliver measurable improvements to Amazon's supply chain economics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or related field.
• 10+ years of tax, finance, or a related analytical field experience.
• 10+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience.
• 7+ years of finance technology, forecast & budgeting, or other finance-focused competency experience.
• Experience with Tableau, Python, SQL, Quicksight, Cognos, or other BI packages.
• Experience using complex financial models, KPIs, and data analysis to inform strategic business decisions and influence cross-functional stakeholders, with proven business impact (e.g., financial savings, operational improvements, or customer benefits).
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or CPA.
• Experience in a leadership position managing finance, accounting, and operational processes.

Pay

USA, WA, Bellevue - $139,100.00 - $188,200.00 USD annually.

Benefits

• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).
• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and optional Supplemental life plans).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage.
• 401(k) matching.
• Paid time off and parental leave.

Learn more about our benefits at amazon.jobs/en/benefits.