Amazon seeks a Finance Manager to join the Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team. The successful candidate will lead company-wide finance transformation projects that change how Amazon consumes, stores, and analyzes financial data.
This individual will work closely with various stakeholders including Accounting, Finance, and Financial system teams to solve complex problems that directly impact Amazon’s financial reporting. Your job is to challenge the status quo – to think differently about how finance supports the business. You will work closely with finance tech teams across Amazon to build recommendations and programs that will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the finance organization. This person will need to understand business unit financials and anticipate the impact of finance transformation projects on other teams and processes.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead large-scale change management initiatives and provide strategic direction on how to optimize the way finance organizations function across Amazon.
- Partner with Business Finance teams to drive cost assignment and allocation to appropriate businesses for each monthly and planning cycle.
- Generate business insights based on financial results and use them to influence strategic decisions being made about the businesses.
- Partner with Accounting and Business Intelligence teams to define requirements for and prioritize projects to improve reporting accuracy and automation.
- Support operations partners in areas that include, but are not limited to, planning, productivity goals, defect tracking, metrics, performance measurement, and operations cost reduction projects.
- Communicate complex financial insights effectively, in both verbal and written form.
- Ad hoc financial analysis and data support for business teams.
A day in the life
This is an excellent opportunity to shape a growing business in an entrepreneurial environment. This person will dive deep to understand the intricacies of data and its sources, combine multiple sources of data to build a complete picture of business performance, partner with business teams to address reporting needs, and concisely communicate performance drivers to business partners and finance leadership. This role also has regular interaction with executives and various business units across Amazon and therefore requires strong interpersonal and communication skills.
About the team
Corporate FP&A provides strategic support to Amazon’s CFO and executive team on enterprise-wide planning, analysis, and reporting. Our team is responsible for the production and governance of several key finance deliverables.
We are a collaborative and forward-thinking finance team dedicated to driving strategic insights and operational excellence. Our vision is to continuously evolve financial processes, empowering business units with robust, actionable financial intelligence. We value innovative thinking, global perspectives, and the ability to translate complex financial data into meaningful business strategies.
- 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- 6+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
- 5+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, information systems, finance, or equivalent
- 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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The base salary range for this position is listed below. 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. 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. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, Seattle - 95,400.00 - 163,200.00 USD annually