What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finance Manager, SCOT Finance position at Amazon?
DESCRIPTION
The Supply Chain Optimization Technology (SCOT) team owns Amazon’s global inventory planning systems: SCOT decides what, when, who, where, and how much inventory to buy in order to meet customer needs as well as Amazon’s business goals. We do this for millions of items, for hundreds of product lines worth billions of dollars of inventory world-wide. Our systems are built entirely in-house, and are automated large-scale supply chain planning and optimization systems.
The Supply Chain Optimization Technologies (SCOT) Finance team is seeking a Finance Manager (FM) to partner with the Optimal Inventory Health (OIH) team. OIH is one of the core pillars of our Supply Chain Optimization Technologies (SCOT). team. This role will support the EU business organization responsible for providing financial support for inventory health management function, taking over responsibility for planning and insights on inventory health outputs, reporting and analytics for leadership and driving key performance indicators used across Amazon to manage inventory health long-term free cash flow and delight customers. This is an opportunity to establish and improve the metrics, mechanisms, controllership and operating parameters that effectively monitor, report and manage Amazon’s worldwide inventory health position. This role will involve interacting with senior leaders (Directors and VPs) across Retail, Operations, Finance and Accounting, act as a trusted partner and support leadership decision making. You will be tasked with ensuring the successful running of the global inventory finance function, with high visibility to Directors and VPs within Operations, Retail, Accounting, and Finance as you will work on essential, business-critical processes.
The successful candidate has demonstrated the following abilities: they influence business owners, support thoughtful decision-making, and adapt to a rapidly-evolving environment. They collaborate with executives and various business units across Amazon. You bring excellent verbal and written communication skills. The role is a key business partnering role with strong components of new products development focused on improving decision and execution to better manage inventory positions, as well as financial planning and management, and controllership mechanisms aimed at protecting LTFCF.
Key job responsibilities
- Identifying and structuring financial support for the WW Retail Inventory Management function.
- Controllership over the tools and systems created by the inventory team
- Ownership of the Retail Inventory commentary for the month end close reviews that are reviewed by Amazon executive and C-Suite leadership
- Drive modeling financial trade-offs and implications of key inventory management projects and drive teams for driving inventory efficiency
- Create framework for applying appropriate financial controls at scale to inventory management systems
- Drive continuous improvement and standardization of financial reporting processes
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)
- 5 years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- 5 years of finance experience, or Master’s degree and 3 years of finance experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- MBA, or CPA
- 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
- 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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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
