What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finance Manager, AMXL - NA Strategic Finance position at Amazon?
DESCRIPTION
Do you want to be part of an organization well on its way to becoming one of the largest transportation providers on the planet? Do you enjoy breaking down and solving complex problems for the benefit of a quickly expanding customer base at extreme scale, focusing first on customers and working backwards? Amazon Logistics is Amazon's "Last Mile" delivery service, responsible for delivering packages (and smiles) to households/businesses across the planet. Our AMXL Strategic Finance team closely partners across Amazon Retail, Operations and Program teams to support the profitable delivery of Heavy and Bulky product selection from amazon.com to our customers. Come make history with us.
Key job responsibilities
The AMXL Strategic Finance team seeks a Finance Manager to partner with the AMXL Retail, Strategy and Operations Teams to drive an agenda of optimization, efficiency and insights across the Heavy Bulky vertical. This role will own the strategy, governance and oversight of Heavy Bulky's end-to-end decision systems that feed our financials, partnering with key business experts to validate system inputs, and propose strategies to improve decision-making across the vertical. The successful candidate should be comfortable diving deep into the details, and drawing out value-added insights to drive continuous improvement initiatives, influence central teams on prioritization, and raise the bar on the integrity and accuracy of data feeding business decision-making.
This team provides a unique opportunity to gain true end-to-end exposure of a P&L, and have direct involvement in improving business decision-making with close partnership with business owners. You'll be technically astute (intermediate SQL required), and curious to learn and share knowledge across both finance and non-finance partners. The role coordinates initiatives that span 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
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
- Proficiency in diving deep into multiple Amazon systems (including financial systems), with comfort utilizing query-based data via SQL.
- Curiosity to understand how Amazon data flows through an end-to-end Retail and Supply Chain organization, and how these inputs influence cost. You'll proactively work to resolve disconnects, reduce manual intervention, and drive greater data integrity and accuracy that leads to more optimal decision-making;
- An ability to consider both financial and non-financial tradeoffs of system decisions, including keeping the customer at the center of what we do.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to articulate the story behind the numbers.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)
- 5 years of finance experience, or Master’s degree and 3 years of finance experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Knowledge of SQL/ETL
- 6 years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience
- 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)
- 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
- Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results
- MBA, or CPA
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $85,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $179,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Salary : $85,900 - $179,500
