What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finance Manager, Project Kuiper (Manufacturing Finance) position at Amazon?
DESCRIPTION
Are you ready to get in on the ground floor of Kuiper Systems, Amazon’s long-term initiative to design, launch and maintain a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites to provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world?
It’s Day 1 for Amazon’s next billion-dollar business and we are looking for an entrepreneurial minded Finance Manager to work in a start-up environment who is passionate about technology and information systems, who thinks/acts globally, and has the ability to create and implement solutions.
Project Kuiper seeks a Finance Manager to support Kuiper’s Manufacturing team. This position will partner with Manufacturing business leaders to develop key financial processes, support automation initiatives, and help identify business efficiencies. The successful candidate will need to be strategic, analytical, and have the demonstrated ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams. A typical day in this role provides an opportunity to improve and create new measures for business effectiveness, innovate creative solutions utilizing large scale data mining tools, and identify high priority projects to maximize results for key stakeholders.
Key job responsibilities
- Create effective business partnerships with Manufacturing leadership team.
- Present financial analysis and business insights to Senior Management (Business and Finance).
- Develop financial models for new business concepts and analyze resulting financial impacts to drive data-driven decision making; provide investment guidance based on data analysis.
- Manage long and short-range manufacturing budgets (OP1/OP2), forecasts, and implement cost control measures.
- Analyze manufacturing trends and KPIs, transforming them into actionable insights for manufacturing operations; prepare ad hoc analysis.
- Lead automation efforts of critical processes e.g. manufacturing KPI dashboards; proactively improve, scale, or simplify finance tools across teams and organizations.
- Effectively manage competing priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Participate in Finance initiatives, including but not limited to process improvements, ad hoc analyses, and preparation of periodic reporting activities.
- Ensure compliance with financial regulations and internal policies relevant to manufacturing finance.
- Contribute to work-life harmony by being a positive, collaborative, and effective influencer to new team members, demonstrating operational excellence.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5 years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)
- Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- MBA, or CPA
- 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
- Experience performing ad hoc analysis using advanced Excel
- Experience building and managing financial models for business forecasting and problem solving
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, 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.
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
