Finance Manager, Selling Partner Services Finance

WW Selling Partner Services’ (SPS) mission is to enable the long-term success of our selling partners by providing the most trusted shopping and selling experience and by providing powerful solutions for accelerating our selling partners’ business growth. The US Seller Business organization within SPS is responsible for driving the growth and profitability of the US Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA) and Merchant Fulfillment Network (MFN) programs.We are seeking a Finance Manager (FM) to support the US 3P Business team. With Sellers contributing to over 50% of Amazon’s online sales, this business is large in scale and pivotal to Amazon’s ability to offer a vast selection of products at low prices to customers. As the FM, you will work closely with the selection, pricing and promotions teams responsible for accelerating the Seller Flywheel inputs. You will be partner with the business to identify and drive growth and profit improvement initiatives to expand a multi-Billion dollar business.The ideal candidate will be comfortable in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and will be a creative and analytical problem solver. The role has close and frequent interaction with senior leaders, and requires a combination of strong analytical skills and business acumen. The candidate must have the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively across teams to deliver high quality insights and analyses to senior leaders to influence business strategy. Key job responsibilities- Lead finance support for the US 3P Seller Flywheel Acceleration team- Develop metrics and reporting to produce insights on financial and business performance- Build monthly forecasts and long-range plans for key topline and input metrics- Create ad-hoc cost benefit analyses, financial modeling, and business case development to support new initiatives and business decisions- Oversee goals and variable headcount/operating expense budgets for the team- Build and maintain in depth knowledge across key business areas by staying current on initiatives, challenges and opportunities across the business 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 ...

Finance Manager – Customer Behavior Analytics, Marketing Finance

Customer Behavior Analytics (CBA) Finance seeks a Finance Manager to support CBA tools that inform financial decisions across our marketing measurement portfolio. CBA empowers teams across Amazon to better reach and serve our customers while maximizing long-term value through high-quality analytical products, predictive models and intuitive measurement tools. CBA is a cross functional team working on the cutting edge of science and technology to build measurement tools, data, and scientific models used to optimize Amazon's marketing spend with investments spanning types (fixed/variable, on/offsite, owned/paid), granularities (Social, TV, etc.), and businesses (Stores, Prime Video, Grocery, etc.). CBA also provides centralized targeting and customer segmentation solutions that enable automated systems and businesses to surface relevant content to customers and we also enable internal teams to experiment, measure, understand, and value the impact of changes made across Amazon customer experiences.The Finance Manager will partner with the CBA business and tech teams, providing financial guidance and controllership for the use and development of CBA tools across Amazon, with particular focus on variable marketing attribution models and marketing Growth-adjusted Composite Contribution Profit (GCCP). They will have a passion for learning about complex econometric models and communicating to a non-technical audience in a crisp manner. The successful candidate will possess potent communication and influencing skills, and have a passion for using data to drive business decisions. We are looking for a self-starter that attacks complex business problems with curiosity and dives deep to identify root causes. This individual thrives by providing data-driven decision support and business intelligence that is timely, accurate, and actionable to senior leaders across various Amazon business. The ideal candidate will have a growth mindset, be comfortable with healthy respectful debate, and be skilled at earning trust across both finance and business teams.Key job responsibilitiesYou see your primary role as being a conduit between data science teams and the consumers of the data and decisions produced CBA models. You will also contribute to wider CBA Finance support, and provide peak support of CBA's other product offerings (e.g., Weblab).Your key responsibilities will include: • Provide finance support to WW variable marketing teams on the incremental value of marketing, developing quantitative and qualitive insights into customer behavior and impact to financial metrics• Collaborate with the Customer Forecasting and Valuation (CFV) finance partner to drive complex tactical change across the marketing GCCP product portfolio, partnering with cross-functional teams to define business requirements and change management strategies• Evaluate the impact on financial results when changes are made to CBA models/inputs, or when models are launched in a new marketplace; ensure consuming teams have the necessary information to bridge results • Provide financial controllership and guidance of CBA models/metrics across various use cases, acting as a steward to ensure appropriate application in decision making • Ensure proper controllership mechanisms are in place to govern both inputs and outputs of CBA models/metrics. Identify opportunities to drive operational excellence across both finance and CBA teams • Distill complex econometric models in a simplistic manner that customers can relate to and action with• Independently dive deep to identify root causes, developing financial models to evaluate risk to decision making and collaborating with stakeholders on resolution • Facilitate education/training across WW teams on the application of CBA models/metrics, as well coaching new team members• Provide support across broader CBA Finance workstreams, including CBA headcount management and reportingA day in the life• Collaborating with the Marketing Incrementality Measurement (MIM) and GCCP teams on quantifying the financial impact of changes to CBA models, effectively communicating impacts to decision making to WW stakeholders • Diving deep to understand potential impacts to marketing investment strategies driven by observed changes in customer behavior and/or changes in econometric models• Being part of engaging discussions around marketing measurement that aims to estimate long-term profitability from our marketing investments globally• Influencing stakeholders to resolve conflicting views, and managing stakeholder expectations and escalations • Partnering with CBA in ensuring our decisions are governed by and measured using the best representation of incremental LTFCF• Diving deep into the numerous inputs used in CBA models to root cause issues/inconsistencies About the teamThe Customer Behavior Analytics (CBA) organization owns Amazon’s insights pipeline, from data collection to deep analytics. We aspire to be the place where Amazon teams come for answers, a trusted source for data and insights that empower our systems and business leaders to make better decisions. Our products answer who did what, where and when it was done, and how key metrics were impacted. Our outputs shape Amazon product and marketing teams’ decisions and thus how Amazon customers see, use, and value their experience.The CBA Finance team works as part of the CBA team. We quantify the impact of CBA insights to Amazon's financials, support and engage worldwide Finance leadership in utilizing CBA outputs, and much, much more.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 ...

Senior Financial Analyst, AWS O2C, Global Accounts Receivable - Cash Application

Are you passionate around developing new and innovative processes that combine 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 upstream systems and process improvements which reduce operating expense, increase free cash flow, improve customer experience and establish first pass yield process efficiencies.The Global Accounts Receivable (GAR) team is seeking a passionate Cash Application expert to help achieve our vision to provide world-class Order-to-Cash (O2C) experience to our internal and external customers in support of Amazon’s journey to become earth’s most customer-centric company. The Sr. Finance Analyst, AWS Cash Application must be strategic and detail oriented, have strong accounting and finance skills, robust interpersonal and influencing skills, strong organizational and project management skills, and the ability to gather business and technical requirements across global teams to drive systems and change management processes. This person will need to roll up his/her sleeves, work independently, and have an extremely high level of ownership and ability to dive deep.This is an individual contributor role that will count with execution support from a dotted line organization, including analysts and support staff of ~400 across the globe. This role must be strategic and detail oriented, have good accounting and finance skills, robust interpersonal and influencing skills (this role will have frequent communication with senior leadership), good organizational and project management skills. By working together on behalf of our customers, we are building the future one innovative product, service, and idea at a time. Are you ready to embrace the challenge? Come build the future with us.Key job responsibilities* Standardize and improve processes across all sites to align teams to a Global Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). *Resolve cash app escalations promptly to maintain customer satisfaction and maintain AWS financial integrity. Identify prevention measures to eliminate gaps within cash processes.* Conduct deep dives and audits of cash app processes to identify improvement areas, and provide feedback for goal achievement. * Collaborate with training team to build and maintain training infrastructure, facilitating efficient onboarding for new hires and consistent skill development for current cash analysts across all sites. * Collaborate with Launch and Tech teams for new product or SOR launches impacting cash application systems. * Collaborate with tech teams to review, prioritize, and develop system enhancement requests for cash application systems to resolve critical cash application pain points.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- 4+ years of Accounts Receivable or Account Payable experience- 4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience- 4+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience- 4+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience- Bachelor's degree ...

International Tax Manager, Project Kuiper

Amazon is seeking an International Tax Manager to focus on U.S. international tax planning for its devices business, with a special focus on Project Kuiper— an initiative to launch a constellation of low earth orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. This position will be part of a team that works closely with business partners and members of the corporate tax department to structure business initiatives and transactions. This function is critical to ensuring that the business teams are well advised on the tax impact of their activities, and that the relevant tax technical analysis of such activities are properly documented in order to support our reporting, compliance and on-going tax controversy analysis. The ideal candidate will have in-depth tax technical knowledge with experience evaluating and advising on international business initiatives and proposals. Candidate must be able to work closely with members across a global tax department as well as external stakeholder teams (e.g., Accounting, Legal, Finance), and communicate business plans, obtain tax subject matter input, and ensure coordination and execution of cross-functional tax solutions in a sustainable manner. Candidate must be able to communicate, both in writing and orally, complex tax concepts in ways that are understandable and useful to non-tax professionals.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- J.D., or CPA ...

Finance Manager, GMAC FP&A - Fixed

Amazon seeks a Finance Manager to join the Global Media & Entertainment, Ads, and Corporate Development (GMAC) Financial Planning & Analysis group. Our team interacts daily with global finance leaders within WW Video (Prime Video, MGM, Live Sports), Audio (Amazon Music, Audible), Twitch, and Gaming (Amazon Game Studios, Prime Gaming), Advertising, and more. This role will design new and enhance existing reports and models that make our data more actionable and will own reporting functions during the various planning and reporting phases in finance.The successful candidate will have the ability to tackle multiple projects and efficiently execute deliverables. The right individual will have strong communication skills and solid business acumen capable of driving results and improving processes. The successful candidate must be able to think and act both strategically and tactically. Strong oral and written communication skills are crucial, as well as ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve and prioritize.Key job responsibilities- Interact with Finance stakeholders at multiple levels to understand business drivers of monthly variance- Develop and report accurate, actionable, and timely financial and business metrics for monthly, quarterly and annual reviews- Monitor and enhance existing processes and controls - Manage the financial planning / budgeting process- Lead and influence different stakeholders- Develop ad hoc business analysis and present recommendations to department leaders- Ability to work on multiple projects with aggressive deadlinesBASIC 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) ...

Finance Manager, Social Media Marketing

Amazon seeks a Finance Manger to join the Marketing Finance team. We are responsible for managing a portfolio of marketing investments across a diverse set of off-Amazon channels which are used to drive new and existing customers to the Amazon store. We measure and track these investments with the aim of optimizing long term free cash flow.The Finance Manager will be the direct finance partner for the Social Media Marketing business, which manages investments in advertising placements across a number of social media apps (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, etc), and programs. They will provide strategic guidance and thought leadership for short and long-range investment decisions, build mechanisms and tools to surface key analytical insights, dive deep into large sets of data, prioritize and deliver projects that aim to continuously improve our scale and efficiency, and manage the overall controllership of the business. They are responsible for helping the Social Media business drive growth for the Amazon store, engaging with the next generation of customers, defining business plans for new programs and products, navigating continuous learnings on investment measurement, and growing our social media presence worldwide.This role requires a self-starter with business modeling skills, a keen attention to detail, a track record of earning trust and influencing business partners with data-driven decision making, and the ability to move fast. Communication and collaboration are key, as the individual must interact with members across product, marketing, tech, finance and various leadership teams.Key job responsibilitiesDrive investment strategy discussions via insightful and relevant analysis on historical and projected performanceManage controllership with a high degree of accuracy across planning and reportingLead Weekly, Monthly and Quarterly Business ReviewsPartner with Senior leadership to evaluate the financial impact of decisionsBe a steward for maximizing long term free cash flow of investmentsPartner with various business and tech teams to become a subject matter expert on systems and outcomesBASIC 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 ...

Finance Analyst - Finance Operations Business Partnership, Kuiper

The Finance Operations Business Partnership (BP) team is seeking a Finance Analyst who will be a key member of the Kuiper BP team. This individual will be responsible for supporting the Kuiper order-to-cash (O2C) process. In this role, you will responsible for developing and maintaining operational and business metrics and targets, driving global operational reviews, as well as owning improvements to achieve targets. As a business partner, you will work daily alongside Accounts Receivable, Service Centers, Kuiper Sales, Finance, Legal, Accounting, Tech, Customers, and other operational groups at all levels in a global environment. Complex problem solving and financial analysis skills are required to manage multiple high visibility priorities in a fast-paced environment with ambiguous situations. Responsibilities: - Define key performance indicators – develop operational and business metrics and service level agreements for programs and processes, and track delivery against global objectives. - Consolidate inputs, and challenge assumptions, on performance drivers and projections from stakeholders - Develop and maintain effective partnership between Finance Operations, Service Centers and Kuiper Business & Finance. - Obtain and summarize critical data sets to trace defect areas to primary root cause drivers, scope future state solutions, influence road map decisions and measure the effectiveness of solutions that are implemented over time - Solve critical customer, process, and system escalations effectively to ensure root cause analysis and effective problem resolution. - Identify and quantify financial and operational risks and opportunities- Support operational escalations effectively to ensure root cause analysis and effective problem resolution.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- 3+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience- 3+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience- 3+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience- Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience ...

Senior Financial Analyst, Amazon Ads

Over $500 billion is spent each year on digital advertising worldwide, all while the industry experiences foundational changes in terms of media advertisers want to buy, how potential customers spend time online, and an ever evolving privacy landscape. Amazon Advertising Finance is looking for a Financial Analyst to support our Ad Tech team as they build products to help our advertisers reach customers and drive outcomes, across Amazon properties (e.g., Amazon.com, IMDb TV, Twitch, Fire TV, and Amazon Music), as well as tens of thousands of third-party (3P) websites and apps. This role will work hand in hand with the product team, sales team, and other finance members to size the potential opportunity of new product launches, set goals/targets, analyze petabytes worth of data, make suggestions based on analysis, and write strategy documents.Key job responsibilitiesPartner closely with the business to size the opportunity (customers, ad spend, etc.) of new product launchesAnalyze rich supply, demand, and auction/bidding, data in order to provide tangible insights that influence real-time decision makingEstablish new metrics to track and communicate business healthWrite 1-6 page strategy documentsParticipate in and lead parts of the quarterly guidance and yearly operational plans, including revenue forecastingBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- 2+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience- 2+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience ...

Senior Financial Analyst, Sub Same Day Operations

Do you want to be part of an organization that is designing and launching new business? Do you enjoy breaking down and solving complex problems for a quickly expanding customer base, focusing first on customers and working backwards? If so, the Amazon Operations team is looking for a Finance Manager with a track record of achieving results. The Amazon Operations team covers a portfolio of businesses with unique fulfillment and operational capabilities such as Sub Same Day (SSD) and Rural Super Rural (RSR). Our Finance teams partner closely with our operations teams to influence the strategic direction of the business, drive operations excellence, and make sound investment and expansion decisions, with the primary goal of continuously improving the customer experience while driving long-term profitability for our portfolio of businesses. Our teams experiment, fail fast, learn, and scale rapidly, and we have a culture of data-driven decision-making. The successful candidate will demonstrate the following: 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. They bring excellent verbal and written communication skills. A typical day in this role provides an opportunity of building creative solutions with large-scale data mining tools, identifying the high-priority work and projects that maximize results for key stakeholders, and solving complex problems that effect company-wide strategic decisions.Key job responsibilities- Creating financial models and plans, interpreting large data sets, drawing conclusions, and making recommendations that deliver results, drive improvements, and influence leaders throughout Amazon- Building effective business partnerships and using active listening skills intuitively to communicate data (both written and verbal) in a clear, concise, and unambiguous manner - Identifying opportunities to reduce operational costs through data and financial analysis inclusive of proactively resolving defects, benchmarking key performance indicators, and developing new metrics - Implementing solutions to simplify, improve, automate, standardize and scale processes BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience ...

Senior Financial Analyst, Devices Logistics Finance

Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineer’s high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV and Amazon Echo. What will you help us create? Amazon seeks an experienced Senior Finance Analyst to play a role on our Device Logistics Finance Team supporting the Forward and Reverse Logistics organization and Device Finance team, as well supporting the expansion of Project Kuiper.This role can be based in Amazon offices in: Sunnyvale, CA; Seattle, WA; Arlington, VA; or New York, NY.Key job responsibilities- Partner directly with our Device Finance team to drive visibility and sound decision making in the areas of device logistic planning and forecasting. - Partner with Program Managers and Device Finance team to ensure Business Strategy is translated and reflected in Operational and Financial results.- Partner with Global and Regional Accounting teams over various aspects of accounting month-end close, variance analysis, and financial reporting processes. - Maintain and develop financial models for Logistics cost estimates to support Devices and Kuiper product launch decisions, scenario analysis, and other ad hoc requests.- Attend core team meetings and serve as primary Finance point of contact for all Logistics forecasts- Explore opportunities for automation.A day in the lifeThis role requires an intellectually curious individual who can frame situations through multiple lenses. They are a self-starter with a keen attention to detail and an ability to set clear priorities in a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate will have shown success in influencing business owners and supporting decision making in rapidly evolving environments. This role also has regular interaction with executives and various business units across Amazon including international entities and therefore requires strong interpersonal and communication skills. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- 3+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience- 3+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience- Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence ...

Senior Financial Analyst, Inbound and Supply Chain Support

The Inbound & Supply Chain Finance team is seeking an experienced Senior Financial Analyst to own headcount planning, reporting, and analysis for this critical area of our operations. In this role, you will partner closely with Inbound and Supply Chain operational leaders to provide data-driven insights that support strategic decision making and drive continuous improvement.Key job responsibilities- Own the end-to-end headcount reconciliation process, ensuring accuracy of headcount data at the director/cost center level and identifying and resolving any discrepancies- Create dynamic, visually-compelling dashboards and reports to track key headcount metrics such as FTE, efficiency, etc. Present these insights to stakeholders across the business- Respond to ad hoc requests for headcount data, analysis, and forecasting from executives, operations leaders, and other cross-functional partners- Identify opportunities to drive efficiency and automation in the headcount reporting process through the use of large-scale data mining tools and advanced analytics- Collaborate cross-functionally with finance, HR, and operations teams to understand drivers of headcount changes and model the financial impact of workforce planning decisionsBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)- 3+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience ...

Finance Manager, Shopping Finance

Do you want to play a role in transforming the way people shop at Amazon? We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Finance Manager to partner with our Personalization org. Come help us build the future of personalized shopping at Amazon! In this role, you will provide strategic guidance and thought leadership for short and long-range planning. You will also offer analytical decision support to evaluate project impact and prioritization working closely with multiple senior leaders on initiatives that directly affect the customer experience. To be successful, you need to be a self-starter with business modeling skills, a keen attention to detail and a track record of influencing business partners with data-driven decision making. Key job responsibilities- Collect, analyze and manage quantitative data to create meaningful analyses and build financial models that drive business decisions. - Create, improve, and maintain reports for key financial and operational metrics.- Partner with business and finance counterparts to establish and streamline reporting of advertising and cost-to-serve metrics relevant to Personalization. - Analyze monthly financial and business metrics, report on key trends vs. plan, peel back layers to understand underlying drivers of financial performance.- Perform month-end close related activities. - Support forecasting efforts of operating expenses, headcount, and resource allocation. - Execute monthly, quarterly, and ad-hoc operating expense reports for the Personalization Org.- Partner with business teams to enable success in the annual Goals process.- Analyze, review and approve purchase orders to ensure they are within budget and aligned with best practices.- Drive continuous improvement and standardization of processes, including implementation of best practices. About the teamShopping Finance is part of the Stores Tech Finance organization. This high-performing group shapes Amazon's investments in technology and innovation, aiming to drive long-term profitable growth and free cash flow. They act as trusted financial advisors across the Amazon Stores, Digital, and Other businesses (SDO). Shopping finance provides strategic support for decision-making and prioritization for the Shopping org. which powers core Amazon customer experiences including Homepage, Detail Page, Search, Rufus, and Personalization. We collaborate across organizations, celebrate and leverage diverse perspectives, and support our peers to excel both at work and away from work. 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 ...

Finance Manager, AWS Containers & Serveless Compute

Are you looking for that next big Finance opportunity? Looking for a business partnering role with full P&L responsibility? Want to directly influence the future of some of the most successful products in cloud computing? ​ Join us at AWS Finance!Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of enterprise, government and start-up business and organizations in over 190 countries around the world. Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services officially began offering developer customers access to web services – now widely known as cloud computing – based on Amazon’s own back-end technology platform.AWS Finance seeks a world class Finance Manager to be a key leader supporting AWS EKS business. This position will work closely with finance management as well as key business partners across the AWS organization, including product managers, engineering leaders, sales and business development leadership, and internal AWS teams to drive thoughtful analysis and controllership.The successful candidate will implement and drive the core financial processes for the business including Annual Operating Plans, Service P&Ls, Monthly/Quarterly Business Reviews, identify and quantify financial/operational Risks and Opportunities (R&O) to the business, and drive ad-hoc business projects.This role requires a self-starter with a strong financial modeling background, problem solving skills, a keen attention to detail, ability to work in a fast-paced environment with ambiguous situations, and solid skills in people management and thought leadership. This role has regular interaction with various business units across Amazon and requires strong people skills.Key job responsibilities- Build out and enhance P&L models, develop business insights and KPI dashboards, and lead ad hoc analyses.- Support new business initiatives/products/feature launches; understand cost models and drive pricing decisions.- Provide revenue deep analytics and communicate effectively to senior business team leaders.- Take the lead in financial planning and analysis; building complex financial models and analytical tools to measure overall financial performance, including short and long range financial/operational forecasts, and communicating results to senior management.- Manage financial controllership, lead reviews of financial metrics, analyze variances, synthesize key business drivers, and communicate them to senior management in business terms and influence them through presenting actionable drivers.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), or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience- 5+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience- 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- 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 ...

Senior Finance Analyst, Amazon Studios Finance

Amazon.com is seeking a Sr. Finance Analyst to be a key business partner with Amazon's Digital Video Insights, Planning and Analytics team. Primary responsibilities will include, partnering with finance partners globally to streamline effective communication, forecasting, and variance commentary across the business. Drive financial analysis, prepare reports for senior management, develop performance tracking metrics, drive planning and budgeting discipline and deliverables, and ensure financial discipline and compliance. This is a highly visible role within Digital Video and a great opportunity for candidates looking for a challenge and a place to shine.The right individual will have exceptional financial modeling skills, strong communication skills, and solid business acumen. He or she will have operated successfully in a fast-paced, global, results-oriented environment, and possess effective verbal and written communication, and logical reasoning. The successful candidate must be able to think and act both strategically and tactically and manage multiple competing priorities effectively. Ideal candidates will have a proven track record of superior financial and strategic analysis and developing/delivering recommendations based on this analysis. This person must thrive in a fast-paced environment. This position is available in Seattle, WA, or Los Angeles, CA.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- 2+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience- 2+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience ...

Senior Finance Analyst, Global Prime Finance

Prime strives to be Earth’s most engaging, satisfying, and loved membership program, adding and retaining members who enjoy Prime benefits. Do you ever wonder how engaging with Prime benefits drives member sign-up and retention? Global Prime Finance is looking for a data-driven Senior Financial Analyst to support Prime reporting. This Senior Financial Analyst will partner with the WW Prime and Benefit Partner teams to publish key business metrics and lead reporting improvements. This high-visibility role requires business and finance team partnership. Key job responsibilitiesResponsibilities include but are not limited to:* Creating and improving key metric reporting, including dashboards. * Supporting month end close reporting. * Deep diving key metric trends. * Simplifying processes with automation. About the teamThe Prime Insights, Planning, and Analysis (PIPA) team is an integral part of the broader Global Prime Finance (GPF) organization. The team provides analytics, planning, and reporting support for the WW Prime organization, as well as the broader WW Amazon Stores (WWAS) organization.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- 3+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience- 3+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience- 3+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience- Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience- Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence ...

Finance Transformation Analyst, Project Kuiper Accounting PMO

Kuiper Accounting PMO team has an immediate opening for a Finance Transformation Analyst. This role supports and directly influences the launch of Kuiper product and programs across multiple verticals: satellite manufacturing, ground gateway terminals and customer terminals. The Finance Transformation Analyst will work closely with partner financial systems teams, accounting operations teams, tax, finance operations, and others on new initiatives to provide integrated accounting requirements to the Kuiper business teams. Successful candidates will have experience in operational accounting, project management and solid acumen related to financial processes and systems. Candidate experience should cover documentation of financial processes and controls, and accounting requirements documentation. Experience contributing to project delivery as an accounting subject matter expert is expected as this is an ongoing requirement for this position.This position is expected to have a deep sense of ownership, strong passion in solving problems and delivering results, ability to identify process improvement opportunities, drive positive change across the organization, and enhance partnerships between Accounting and various business and IT groups.Key job responsibilities- Review Business Requirements Documents (BRDs) for accounting impact and coordinate with accounting stakeholders on relevant accounting requirements- Draft Accounting Requirements Documents (ARDs) and related Journal Entry Mappings (JEMs) that meet customer needs- Update project plans for accounting workstreams, identifying risks, actions, issues and decisions/ dependencies- Contribute to accounting test planning and user acceptance testing- Draft ad hoc issues based documents for leadership reviewA day in the life- Plan and prioritize daily and near term activities- Join weekly team scrum to discuss past/current activities and potential blockers- 1:1 with manager to deep dive project RAID items- 1:1 with key business stakeholder to drive completion of workstream activities- Meet with business stakeholders to review process components and detailed accounting use-cases while gathering feedback to drive clarity for requirements- Work on Journal Entry Mappings file ahead of accounting stakeholder review next week- Prep for the Friday weekly leadership status meeting - Respond to emails, wrap up day and set upcoming prioritiesAbout the teamIn this role, the candidate will be part of a team that collaborates with business finance and technical teams to deliver world class solutions that are highly scalable, secure, and flexible. This person will have operated successfully in a fast-paced, global, results-oriented environment. Strong oral and written communication skills are crucial, as well as ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope business requirements and prioritize.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience- Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field- 3+ years of program or project management experience- Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams- Experience managing accounting/finance process improvement and/or technology projects with aggressive schedules ...

Risk Analyst, Global Risk Management & Claims

Amazon’s Global Risk Management and Claims team is seeking a Risk Analyst to assist with the development and management of Amazon’s corporate insurance programs, including supporting insurance program management, contract review, and implementing risk management tools and techniques for new and existing business initiatives. Additionally, the Risk Analyst will manage the insurance programs for some Amazon owned subsidiaries. The Risk Analyst will coordinate and leverage a network of partners to scale department support globally by engaging with operations, finance, and legal teams.Reporting to a Risk Manager within Treasury, this Risk Analyst will join a technical risk team that is responsible for assessing, mitigating, and managing Amazon’s global corporate risks through insurance and other risk financing solutions. A successful candidate is a team player with a willingness to roll up their sleeves and are able to earn trust quickly, and is effective at managing risk with and through others.Key job responsibilities- Provide risk management consultation and guidance to internal customers.- Partner with internal stakeholders on evaluating changes to the insurance program structure, retention levels, and exposure.- Assist with the collection and review of necessary legal documents and exposure information for insurance renewals, new placements, audits, forecasting, and allocation purposes.- Manage premium invoice payment process and administration with vendors.- Assist with management of carrier accounts in the vendor management system.- Identify, communicate, and champion process improvement opportunities.- Assist with risk assessments and development of risk mitigation measures.- Utilize the Risk Management Information System (RMIS) to manage exposures and policies.- Establish data, metrics and benchmarking through multiple sources to evaluate loss trends and cost of risk to prioritize resources (e.g. RMIS, actuarial reports, and broker data).- Manage insurance policies and forms, reinsurance contracts, and vendor contracts.- Conduct contract reviews, confirming insurance provisions comply with Amazon’s risk tolerances and insurance programs, providing contract owner with suggested revisions and direct consultation with external partners as needed.- Provide risk consultation on contractual risk transfer techniques in addition to insurance specific provisions.- Manage updates to coverage and contract recommendations on various internal sites.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor's degree or equivalent- 1+ years in property and casualty insurance program management and design. Prior experience at a firm’s insurance/risk management department, an insurance broker, insurance carrier, or similar roles preferred- Demonstrated ability to participate in cross-functional teams, drive strategic initiatives, and deliver measurable results in a fast-paced, data-driven environment- Demonstrated ability to translate complex data insights into actionable recommendations for diverse stakeholders ...

Senior Finance Analyst, Prime Video International Finance

Prime Video finance is looking for a Senior Finance Analyst to partner with Finance, Strategy, and Analytics teams to drive better understanding and optimization of content (TV/film) investments across Prime Video’s key international markets. This opportunity is ideal for a finance professional who is passionate about the streaming video industry and looking for a challenge in a high-growth, new business environment. The successful candidate knows and loves working with business intelligence tools (Excel, SQL), and can partner with finance and business leaders to deep-dive complex business problems to deliver actionable insights. This role requires a self-starter who is comfortable working in an ambiguous environment with strong data gathering and analytical skills.Key job responsibilities· Enhance controllership mechanisms around P&L and balance sheet, driving learnings around spend variances to plan and forecasting· Analyze ROI of different content programs to optimize investments globally· Partner with Analytics teams to expand and scale our core data platforms and investment appraisal toolkitBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- 2+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science) ...

Sr. Accounts Payable Analyst, Retail Escalations

We are Amazon’s Finance Operations organization and responsible for Amazon’s strategic customers Payables and Receivables. We are responsible for making on-time, accurate payments, billings and collections on behalf of North America Retail. We are seeking an Accounts Payable (AP) Analyst that will work directly with our vendors, offshore partners, sales and finance teams to coordinate “on time” payment of invoices. They will support the relationship with the vendors and provide day to day support to enable timely payments. This position will participate in dive deep investigations into vendor payment data, drive process improvements, standardize processes, and eliminate root-cause defects within existing systems. This role is based in our new headquarters in Northern Virginia, where Amazon will invest $2.5 billion dollars, occupy 4 million square feet of energy efficient office space, and create at least 25,000 new full-time jobs. Our employees and the neighboring community will also benefit from the associated investments from the Commonwealth including infrastructure updates, public transportation improvements, and new access to Reagan National Airport. By working together on behalf of our vendors, we are building the future one innovative product, service, and idea at a time. Are you ready to embrace the challenge? Come build the future with us. Primary responsibilities: * BS/BA in Accounting, Business Management or Economics. • Understand the P2P process and the many AP functional areas. • Recognize escalation trends and identify underlying defects and root causes. • Partner with and influence upstream and downstream teams. • Leverage data from numerous databases and internal tools (using Excel, SQL, or other data management systems) to perform reporting and analysis. Work across all time zones as needed. Key job responsibilities• Create SOPs and Amazon specific operational documents. Report key metrics on daily, weekly and monthly basis. • Create and share root cause analysis & write documents for dive deep sessions. • Escalate to leadership key issues that require investigation. • Deliver on multiple data requests and participate in process improvement workshops. • Manage highly ambiguous situations and communicate effectively with multiple stake holders. • Resolving vendor disputes.• Lead Weekly & Monthly business reviewsA day in the lifeThe Accounts Payable Analyst would perform tasks that would ensure on time payment for AP vendors. These tasks can range from resolving AP escalations to providing input for operational programs. Analysts are expected to make process improvement, write documents explaining health of operational programs and build SOPs and training plans. Analysts are responsible for reporting key metrics and track compliance and controls. This is a strategic team with highly skilled team members working with high volumes, high ambiguity and high-performance standards. The work location is in Arlington VA and team members are expected to work from office. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 4+ years of Accounts Receivable or Account Payable experience- 4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience- 4+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- 4+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience- 4+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes experience- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field, or Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of transactional accounting field experience- Experience with basic use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence ...

Finance Manager, Grocery Stores Finance, Grocery Stores Capital Planning

Worldwide Grocery Stores’ mission is to build a best-in-class grocery shopping experience where Amazon is the first choice for selection, value, and convenience, whether customers are shopping instore or online. As we continue to grow, we are looking for individuals that enjoy a challenge and have a desire for professional growth opportunities and continuous learning. The RoleWe are seeking a Finance Manager to serve as a strategic finance partner to the Store Development & Capital Planning teams, overseeing capital planning and reporting processes across multiple grocery banners. This role will involve collaboration with a diverse range of business teams, including Store Development, Capital Planning, Design, Construction and Procurement, to influence strategic decision-making and empower the business to make informed capital investment decisions.Success in the RoleA successful candidate will exhibit strong ownership, effectively navigate ambiguity, and collaborate with business partners to influence outcomes. They will prioritize high-impact projects independently and quickly build trust within the organization, supporting informed decision-making in a fast-paced environment. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of the P&L and be able to articulate the various movements between CapEx and Fixed Opex.Career OpportunitiesAs we continue to grow, we seek individuals who thrive on challenges and are eager for professional development and continuous learning. Experience on this team opens up several career opportunities across Amazon and within the broader WW Grocery Stores Finance organization. Individuals in this role have advancement opportunities to support different businesses, multi-functional teams and can lead new programs and initiatives.Key job responsibilities- Fully own the capital forecasting and reporting processes across multiple grocery banners- Analyze current Store Dev processes and influence key decisions across multiple investments projects- Contribute to highly visible planning documents (i.e.: OP1, Guidance, CAR reviews, etc.)- Drive accountability across business teams by building scalable mechanisms for budget management- Provide detailed capex and opex commentary and bridging analysis- Fully own key deliverables for month-end close and controllership functions.- Independently use financial systems (COGNOS, Coupa, OFA, Discovery, Lungo, etc.) and advanced excel functions to work with large data sets.- Provide support with quarterly GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) framework requirements- Conduct ad-hoc analysis that will influence investment decisions, while driving long-term profitability across our growing portfolio.- Have a proven track record of high judgment, sound decision making, ownership of complex problems and an ability to deliver results in multiple areas concurrently.About the teamThe Grocery Finance organization is dedicated to shaping the long-term strategy and future of grocery, omni-channel and new physical store formats across Amazon.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- Bachelor's degree ...