Amazon.com Services LLC Looking For Finance Manager – Finance Operations Business Partnership at Arlington, VA Full Time

8+ years of finance experience or a related analytical field.

BA/BS degree or equivalent in Finance, Accounting or related field

Ability to work across global time zones

Occasional international travel required

Job summary

Are you passionate around developing new and innovative processes combining finance, operations excellence and technology to drive improvement? Have you led large cross-functional projects to increase efficiency and accuracy and reduce waste? If so, the Finance Operations team is the place for you. Our priority is to identify, scope, and deliver system and process improvements to reduce operating expense, increase free cash flow, improve customer experience and establish first pass yield process efficiencies.

The Finance Operations organization works with every part of Amazon to provide procure-to-pay, revenue-to-receipt, real-estate and facilities, operations accounting and operations excellence services with the highest level of controllership at the lowest cost to the company. We provide the backbone systems and operational processes which completely, accurately, and validly pay Amazon’s suppliers, invoice our customers and report financial results.

This role will be a key member of the Finance Operations Business Partnership team supporting our North American Online Retail businesses. Our team is focused on building a better experience for our valued consumer partners. As a business partner, you will work daily alongside leaders of all levels within Accounting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Retail, Retail Finance, Vendors, and other operational groups in a global environment. We advocate for improvements through technology and partner with various teams to define, design, and prioritize those enhancements in the ordering, fulfillment, payment and dispute resolution processes for our vendors. This position requires the candidate to diagnose current Amazon processes and metrics, identify opportunities, work with business partners to identify tools/systems improvement opportunity, and validate the improvement effort. You will be a key partner for some of our largest retail categories to identify opportunities to adapt existing technologies and processes for growth and expansion and address changing regulatory and compliance needs.

You will be responsible for identifying the opportunities across the procure to pay and order to cash processes, prioritizing the improvement opportunities and partnering with business and technology leadership to successfully execute global improvements. This role requires the ability to demonstrate ownership, interpret data, and effectively influence to drive meaningful results translating to tangible productivity and efficiency gains across multiple Amazon departments. To succeed, you must have the ability to engage deeply with diverse business partners, earn trust using fact and data, and have a demonstrated ability to advise and influence the decisions of senior business leaders through effective verbal and written communication. This candidate must possess excellent analytical skills, program management experience, and a track record of delivering projects in a complex and ambiguous environment.

Experience in retail and/or supply-chain financing

Track record of providing advice to senior leaders and driving results

Experience working with retail vendors as either a buyer or financial analyst/manager

Experience in Accounts Payable (procure to pay), Accounts Receivable (order to cash), and/or Customer Service environment

Experience in managing cross-functional initiatives through influence versus direct management

Excellent financial modeling and data analytics skills, including Excel, Tableau, Access, SQL, ETL, and other analysis tools

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