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Finance Manager, eCommerce Foundation Finance

Amazon

Amazon

Accounting & Finance
Seattle, WA, USA · Arlington, VA, USA · United States · Virginia, USA
Posted on Dec 21, 2024

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Are you excited to embark on an exhilarating journey with our tech leaders to build the core systems, services and infrastructure behind Amazon.com? eCommerce Foundation (eCF) Finance seeks a high performing Finance Manager who will be a partner to senior leaders enabling data-driven business decision-making and be a critical part in setting the strategic direction for their groups. You will utilize your education and work experience to optimize investments, provide insights, and determine the best course of action. This critical role goes beyond the regular Finance controllership and reporting responsibilities, requires a self-starter with excellent business modeling skills, attention to detail, and a solid track record of influencing business partners.

Key job responsibilities
* Partner with technical leaders through financial modeling and analysis to develop and maintain a reliable, secure, and cost optimized tech infrastructure
* Execute regular financial reporting cycles, including variance analysis, while delivering key insights to both central FP&A and technical leadership teams.
* Manage financial controls while actively identifying and implementing cost-saving measures and operational efficiencies
* Develop business case analyses include Return on Investment (ROI) framework to support key business initiatives.
* Drive quarterly forecast and annual planning exercises
* Spearhead process improvement and automation
* Establish and communicate key operating and business metrics

About the team
The eCommerce Foundation (eCF) team owns foundational software and programs that power Amazon's Stores, Digital, and other businesses. Our services include core commerce functions such as the catalog, ordering, and customer identity systems. We operate the global Retail Websites, Amazon's internal general purpose data lakes, and foundational technologies including Sable and Datapath. eCF is on point for the protection of the privacy and security of Amazon customers and their data. We are stewards of availability and operational efficiency of SDO services, as well as champions of the architectural evolution of SDOs infrastructure.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- BA or BS in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a highly analytical field (e.g., Engineering, Math, Computer Science) and 5+ years of finance experience, or Master’s degree and 3+ years of finance experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ 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
- 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 building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
- Experience creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
- Experience participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
- 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.