Description Amazon.com strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company where people can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. By giving customers more of what they want - low prices, vast selection, and convenience - Amazon.com continues to grow and evolve as a world-class e-commerce platform.

Amazon's evolution from Web site to e-commerce partner to development platform is driven by the spirit of innovation that is part of the company's DNA. The world's brightest technology minds come to Amazon.com to research and develop technology that improves the lives of shoppers and sellers around the world.

Finance Operations Accounting & Analysis (FOAA) performs accounting and financial planning & analysis services, and our primary customers are Finance Operations, Central Accounting and other Amazon Finance teams. Our vision is to create a world-class Accounting and Finance organization that raises the controllership bar, fosters continuous improvement, builds scalable processes and intelligent tools to support financial reporting and the strategic decision-making of our partners, and lowers the company’s cost structure. We focus on controllership and financial stewardship.

FOAA seeks an experienced Finance Manager to support Accounts Receivable Accounting. This role will lead operational excellence initiatives, improve controllership, execute on recurring and holistic analytics; with strategic significance and high exposure. This role will focus on controllership with a mission to identify risk, document, design and implement improvements, and build scalable analytical frameworks to be leveraged by multiple cross-functional teams.

This role cultivates an organizational environment that values development, diversity and growth opportunities for all FOAA employees. This role works with and effectively influences partner teams and key stakeholders across multiple organizations. The ideal candidate demonstrates ownership and sound judgment in decisions that have financial, business, operational, or customer implications, which leads the team to take smart risks and innovate.

The ideal candidate has extensive financial statement audit and corporate accounting experience and who excels at problem solving, pays attention to details, and drives positive change by evaluating and streamlining existing operational and accounting processes, controls and metrics.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead operational excellence initiatives with strategic significance and high organizational exposure
• Improve controllership by identifying risks, documenting findings, and designing scalable solutions
• Execute recurring and holistic analytics to support business decisions
• Build analytical frameworks for use by multiple cross-functional teams
• Design and implement process improvements across operational and accounting functions
• Cultivate an organizational environment that values development, diversity, and growth opportunities for all FOAA employees
• Partner with and influence key stakeholders across multiple organizations
• Demonstrate ownership and sound judgment in decisions with financial, business, operational, or customer implications
• Drive innovation by leading the team to take smart risks
• Evaluate and streamline existing operational and accounting processes, controls, and metrics
• Apply extensive financial statement audit and corporate accounting expertise to problem-solving

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• 5+ years of multiple finance and accounting roles 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Company

• Amazon.com Services LLC

Job ID: A10467561