Finance Manager, North American Customer Fulfillment, MOD & Merch

Where will Amazon’s growth come from next year? In five years? Which product lines are staged to quintuple in size, and which ones are mature?

These are some of the most important questions at Amazon today. North American Customer Fulfillment (NACF) answers many of those questions every day. Our Fulfillment Centers (FCs) utilize Amazon robotics, scanning machines, and computer systems that track millions of items in a day. As part of this team, you will use data from a variety of sources, build accurate predictive models, support field finance in cost initiatives, and deploy automated software solutions to provide forecasting insights to senior leadership (C suite) driving decisions that affect millions of customers globally.

NACF Finance is looking for a Finance Manager (individual contributor) to lead network wide initiatives to drive cost and increase growth. Experience with this team opens up several career opportunities across Amazon, e.g. senior roles supporting different business lanes, project management roles, and/or management opportunities locally, regionally, and globally.

This role will partner closely with a broad range of Finance and business leaders in Sales & Operations Planning, Production Planning Team, Central Accounting, Internal Staffing Agency, Procurement, Human Resources, Safety, Quality, Reliability and Maintenance, and Technology; as well as with research scientists, technical product managers, and software developers. This role will design, develop, and maintain Weekly Business reviews, Monthly Business Reviews, performance measurements and reporting on strategic input drivers to the Automated Sortable Network Directors and Regional leadership.

The successful candidate will have demonstrated an ability to influence business owners, support thoughtful decision-making, and adapt to a rapidly evolving environment. Regular collaboration with executives and various business units across Amazon will allow you the opportunity to exhibit your verbal and written communication skills. A typical day in this role, provides an opportunity to improve and create new measures for cost out initiatives, innovate creative solutions utilizing large scale data mining tools, identifying high priority work/projects to maximize results for key stakeholders, and solve complex problems effecting company wide strategic decision-making.

Key job responsibilities
Make on Demand (MOD)/Merch team seeks a Finance leader to partner with the Operations, Supply Chain, Retail, and Strategy Teams, and to drive an agenda of optimization, efficiency, and insights across MOD/Merch. This is a unique opportunity be a leader of leaders to oversee a vast network of fulfillment centers, coordinate initiatives that span across multiple organizations and stakeholders with high visibility to senior leadership. Experience in this team opens up several career opportunities across Amazon and access to making an impact to the broader end-to-end operational vertical.


A day in the life
A typical day in this role includes: solving complex problems effecting company wide strategic decision-making, leading through ambiguity, identifying high priority work/projects to maximize results for key stakeholders, designing and implementing new financial reporting/modeling, and finding creative solutions utilizing large scale data mining tools. This role will partner closely with a broad range of Senior Leaders in Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Procurement, Accounting, HR, and Technology. This role will design, develop, and maintain performance measurements and reporting on strategic input drivers to continuously improve the economics of the business.

About the team
Our team supports the Make on Demand (MOD)/Merch network, playing a critical role as financial advocates and business partners. We design, develop, and maintain performance measurements and reporting on strategic input drivers to continuously improve the economics of the business. Team members partner closely with a broad range of Senior Leaders in Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, and Engineering.

The team culture emphasizes data-driven decision making, continuous improvement, and cross-functional collaboration. We're transforming traditional finance functions through technology and process excellence, focusing on controllership as our top priority while driving innovation that enables our networks to scale efficiently. - 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- 5+ years of multiple finance and accounting roles experience
- 6+ years of Accounts Receivable or Account Payable experience
- 6+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
- 6+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
- 6+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
- 6+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results 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 finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science) - 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, NY, New York - 104,900.00 - 179,500.00 USD annually
USA, TN, Nashville - 85,900.00 - 146,900.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Irving - 95,400.00 - 163,200.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Arlington - 95,400.00 - 163,200.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Bellevue - 95,400.00 - 163,200.00 USD annually