Senior Financial Analyst, Alexa Domains Finance

Amazon seeks a Senior Financial Analyst (SFA) to partner with the Alexa Communications and Alexa Video Domains. Both domains are the key drivers of Alexa active users and engagement growth. The SFA will be a member of the Alexa Domains finance team and providing finance support to business partners. This is an exciting opportunity to join at an early stage for one of the most innovative businesses at Amazon.The right candidate will be self-motivated, have strong business judgment and considerable financial acumen. This role requires the ability to interact and collaborate with cross-functional teams including business development, monetization, product management, business intelligence and engineering.The candidate must be able to balance challenging priorities, meet tight deadlines and provide insights and recommendations backed by data driven analysis. This role will also work with various functional stakeholders (engagement and accounting) to directly impact the Alexa Organization. Key job responsibilities• Build financial models/business cases on new monetization programs, new partnerships, growth initiatives, and new product features.• Work with domains business teams to help develop short- and long-term plans and interim forecast updates• Collaborate with domain business teams on business development initiatives in line with strategic goals by providing profitability and ROI analyses, and risk assessment.• Drive continuous reporting improvement on the weekly/monthly financial and operational metrics• Help finance team drive standardization, simplify processes and build scalable solutions• Provide a strong controllership environment and improve controls over operational and financial metrics• Be go-to-person for financial questions, inputs and queries for both domains teams.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ 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) ...

Senior Financial Analyst, AWS Support Finance

Amazon seeks a Senior Financial Analyst on the AWS Support Finance team. This role will help drive AWS Support's efforts to improve forecasting and variance analysis, as well as dive deep to develop new key performance indicators. The successful candidate will be highly analytical and possess a strong passion for personal accountability, setting high standards, and accuracy. AWS Support needs individuals that bring the Finance experience, knowledge and the entrepreneurial aptitude to accelerate decision making and management of the business. Also needed is the intellectual capacity to produce innovative ideas and analysis, and the willingness to do the heavy lifting to implement those decisions. Key job responsibilities· Financial planning, forecasting, analysis, processes and controls to support management reporting.· Drive the business to develop challenging goals, business plans and financial plans and then help the business achieve these results.· Play a critical role in cost management, controllership, decision-making, and metrics development.· Partner with the finance leaders to produce monthly and quarterly business updates for AWS’s support executives and business partners.. Lead the development of financial models that aid in key decision-making. Perform ad-hoc analysis as needed and present findings to senior management.Key job responsibilitiesKey responsibilities of the role include:· Financial planning, forecasting, analysis, processes and controls to support management reporting. · Drive the business to develop challenging goals, business plans and financial plans and then help the business achieve these results. · Play a critical role in cost management, controllership, decision-making, and metrics development.· Partner with the finance leaders to produce monthly and quarterly business updates for AWS’s support executives and business partners.. Lead the development of financial models that aid in key decision-making. Perform ad-hoc analysis as needed and present findings to senior management.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ 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) ...

AWS Senior Financial Analyst, AWS Central FP&A Team

Amazon Web Services (AWS) seeks a Senior Finance Analyst to join the Central FP&A team. The successful candidate will provide cross functional leadership across multiple teams and initiatives, and drive the overall Income statement reporting. This role will drive strategic initiatives to improve the quality and timelines of business insights provided to AWS and Amazon leadership, including ongoing efforts around existing process improvements. We are looking for a consummate Finance leader who can thrive in a fast-paced, highly ambiguous environment, and who exercises high standards and good judgment. The successful candidate has strong leadership skills and business acumen and is comfortable at influencing stakeholders at all levels of the organization.Key job responsibilities • Liaise across the AWS finance community to drive core financial processes including annual operating plans, monthly/quarterly business reviews and assessment of risks/opportunities, and month-end close.• Collaborate with teams to simplify, standardize, and automate reporting processes and analytics.• Communicate financial metrics and business drivers to AWS and Amazon teams.• Ensure compliance with finance and accounting controls and systems.• Lead and manage special projects, working cross-functionally with various AWS finance and business teams.• Foster constructive and proactive communication across organizational boundaries.About the teamThis role is part of the AWS Central FP&A team. We support AWS leaders and finance teams by coordinating and consolidating deliverables, centralizing and standardizing processes, establishing financial controls and mechanisms, building tools that improve the speed of decision making, and providing insightful financial analysis on the short and long term strategy of AWS.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field 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 Internal Auditor, Amazon Web Services

Amazon is seeking a Senior Internal Auditor to join our Amazon Web Services (AWS) audit team. This is a high visibility opportunity to make important improvements throughout our Cloud Computing business. Our primary mission is to perform independent and objective assessments of business activities and related controls with the goal of improving operations (effectiveness, efficiency, customer experience, security, scalability, and continuity); compliance with laws, regulations and company policies; risk management; and the overall system of internal controls. This position may require up to 20% travel, including some international travel.Key job responsibilities- You will lead audits across AWS that include conducting end-to-end financial, operational, and compliance audits for all areas which support the AWS business. - You will leverage large data sets to support your audits and provide valuable insights to the business as a result of each project. - You will provide consultative support to business partners to identify opportunities for control improvements with the objective of mitigating risk and improving compliance and operational performance. In this capacity, you will gain valuable exposure to many areas within our global business. - You will lead people, direct meetings, and be a champion for positive change. You must be able to work independently and remain flexible, with the ability to prioritize workloads and maintain a strong attention to detail in a fast-paced environment. - You will dive deep into the details to develop meaningful findings and help drive solutions. - You must be able to understand complex business processes and identify the full range of risks related to processes, compliance, organizations, and technology. - You must have good analytical skills, solid business judgment, a strong controllership focus, and the capability to drive the right results with a focused and pragmatic approach. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor's degree or equivalent- 4+ years of compliance program management, legal, governance, audit, risk/loss prevention, or equivalent experience- Experience handling confidential information ...

Senior Financial Analyst, AWS Supply Chain Finance

Amazon has a history and tradition of leading the world in web-related technologies and services. One of those products is Amazon Web Services (AWS). Since early 2006, AWS has provided companies of all sizes with an infrastructure platform in the cloud. AWS needs individuals that bring the corporate finance experience AND the entrepreneurial aptitude to accelerate decision making and management of the business. Also needed is the intellectual capacity to produce innovative ideas/analysis and the willingness to do the heavy lifting to implement those decisions.On the AWS Finance team, you will be surrounded by people that are exceptionally talented, bright, and driven, and believe that world class support is critical to customer success. To support this quickly growing business, you must be highly analytical and possess a strong passion for analytics and accountability, setting high standards, and razor-sharp accuracy. We take working hard, having fun, and making history seriously – you should too! We are seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join our finance organization supporting the AWS Infrastructure Supply Chain team. We are looking for a team player that has the entrepreneurial spirit and enjoys working in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment. Through insightful and data-driven analysis, you will partner and collaborate with cross-functional team members to drive supply chain optimization initiatives that will continue our flywheel. This role is both strategic and detailed in nature and requires a finance professional who has a passion for developing complex financial models to support sound decision-making as well as enjoys rolling up their sleeves to learn the day-day aspects of the business. The ideal candidate will be comfortable in a fast-paced, dynamic and multicultural environment; will be a creative and analytical problem solver.Key job responsibilities- Build, run, and maintain complex financial models to maintain AWS infrastructure commodity planning, derive key financial insights, and communicate results to AWS FP&A and senior management.- Conduct supply chain monthly, quarterly, and yearly variance analysis and communicate results to AWS FP&A and senior management.- Develop ad hoc business analyses and present recommendations to AWS senior management.- Collaborate with business partners and co-lead on supply chain optimization projects by influencing through data-driven analysis, reporting and metrics.- Serve as a key finance partner working with cross-functional teams to provide actionable insights and cost savings opportunities.- Ensure compliance with controls and systems, and develop new processes to support the fast-growing, global AWS business.- Partner with Accounting, Supply Chain, and Finance to ensure compliance with controls and systems, and develop new processes to support the fast-growing, global AWS business.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field ...

Financial Analyst, Ads Finance FP&A

Amazon seeks a talented and highly motivated Financial Analyst to join the Ads Finance Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team. In this role, you will learn the Amazon tools and processes to conduct deep data analysis, build financial/business insights, and partner with the broader finance team to deliver results. More importantly, you have the opportunity to innovate by participating in various process improvement and automation projects that gain efficiency and enable the team to move faster.Candidates should be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and have experience using Microsoft Office, including Excel and Word. This role will require a can-do attitude and strong communication skills, as the candidate will need to work closely with the leadership team. Candidates should have strong independent initiative and the ability to deliver high-quality work without a lot of oversight. This role provides a great opportunity to demonstrate capabilities to dive deep, deliver results, invent and simplify, and earn trust. Key job responsibilities• Assisting in managing central processes such as Month-End Close, Monthly Financial Reporting, Planning and Goal Setting, and Review, etc.• Performing ad-hoc deep dives and analyses.• Building financial models and reports in Excel and streamline requests• Partnering with Business Intelligence Engineers in driving automation projects.About the teamAds Finance FP&A is the finance team that serves as the central connection point between the various Advertising Product Finance teams, and between Amazon Advertising and other Amazon businesses.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 1+ years of finance experience- Experience using data to influence business decisions- Experience in corporate finance including budgeting/planning, forecasting and reporting- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field ...

International Tax Manager, AWS Tax

Amazon is seeking an International Tax Manager to focus on U.S. international direct tax planning and documentation for both new initiatives as well as on-going business launches/initiatives especially within the AWS space. This position will work closely with business teams and members of the tax department to understand transactions and business initiatives and provide guidance. This position will also document tax technical advice on the US and local country tax impacts of such activities that can support our reporting, compliance, and on-going tax controversy analysis.In order to be successful, the candidate must possess the ability to think strategically while also engaging in day-to-day tactical details. The candidate should have in-depth tax technical knowledge (U.S. Federal and Treaty) with experience evaluating and advising on international business initiatives, contemplated transactions, and business proposals. The candidate must be able to communicate, written and verbal, complex tax concepts in ways that are meaningful and useful to non-tax professionals.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- Experience working in a large public accounting firm or multi-national corporate tax department- CPA, or J.D. ...

Senior Financial Analyst , S3/Glacier 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. On the AWS Finance team you will be surrounded by people that are exceptionally talented, bright, and driven, and believe that world class support is critical to customer success.In AWS Finance, you will work with exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people who believe financial partnership is critical to customer success. We benefit from diverse experiences and perspectives and are committed to inclusion as a business advantage and the right thing to do. The growth of AWS and scope of Amazon’s business create opportunities to grow your career and broaden experience in any direction you choose. As a pioneer in cloud services, AWS lets you apply data, creativity, and analytical ability to completely new challenges and opportunities. This is a chance to work hard, have fun, and make history.AWS Finance seeks a world class Sr. Financial Analyst to be a key member of its team. This position will work closely with finance management as well as key business partners across the AWS organization, to drive thoughtful analysis and controllership in the AWS Storage business.The successful candidate will provide strong finance support and controllership for S3's costs, implement and drive the core financial processes for the business including Annual Operating Plans, identifying and quantifying financial/operational Risks and Opportunities to the business, and driving 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 project management. Key job responsibilities - Driving financial planning & analysis; building complex financial models and analytical tools to support review of S3's costs and capacity - Developing short and long range financial / operational forecasts of S3's infrastructure footprint - Develop, track, and report relevant KPIs to shed financial and operational insights into the CapEx and OpEx drivers, and influence business decisions using data and communication skills - Driving ad hoc financial analyses and projectsBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ 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 3+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience- 3+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results 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) ...

Senior Financial Analyst, AWS Services Finance - Database Group

Are you looking for that next big Finance opportunity? Want to directly influence the future of some of the most successful products in cloud computing? Come join Amazon Web Services 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. On the AWS Finance team you will be surrounded by people that are exceptionally talented, bright, and driven, and believe that world class support is critical to customer success.AWS Finance seeks a Senior Financial Analyst to support AWS Database Services. This position is responsible drive thoughtful planning, pricing analysis, decision support, and controllership for future investment. The individual will work closely with the executive team, product management and engineering to drive thoughtful analysis and controllership in the Database businesses.About the teamRead more about AWS Database Services at: https://aws.amazon.com/products/databases/Key job responsibilities- Build out and enhance P&L models for new and existing services, develop business insights and key metric dashboards, and lead ad hoc analyses- Create, maintain and improve profitability and management reporting- Drive the financial planning/budgeting process- Analyze new business ideas, make analytical judgments, and provide data intensive analyses to drive meaningful change- Drive pricing decisions and strategic decision supports- Identify and influence cost saving opportunities and drive execution with the business team- Compile and review financial results and operational plans and communicate results to company leaders- Lead key analytical projects that assist and influence the businessBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ 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)- 3+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience- 3+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan 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) ...

Finance Manager, Inbound Volume Visibility

Amazon is seeking a seasoned analytical Finance Manager to support our Inbound supply chain network. This role you will be the finance partner to the Global Logistics (GL) Inventory Visibility Team (IVT) to create short, mid, and long-range volume planning (units, cube, and flows in partnership with SCOT, Inventory Planning Control (IPC), FBA Inbound, Retail and GCF teams. This role will also be responsible for the comprehensive volume story (Imports, Inbound, Exports, Warehouse Transfers etc) leveraging various financial mechanisms such as WBR, MEC/QEC, OBR, and planning reviews. This highly visible role requires a candidate that is a self-starter and comfortable in always learning new things. They should have strong communication (both written/verbal) at a senior executive level, a strong sense of ownership, and a proven record of earning trust.Key job responsibilities- Main point of contact for Inbound Finance supporting North America Ops Finance and WW Ops Finance- Draft story summaries for US Inbound network that will be used in docs that are sent out to senior leadership for reporting and planning scenarios- Attend Finance and Ops reviews and communicate what is driving the Inbound network results and answer questions that come up- Work with Inbound FP&A team on ad-hoc requests that involve bridging changes, reporting changes, or supplemental FAQs that come up during planning cyclesBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)- 5+ years of finance experience, or Master’s degree and 3+ years of finance experience ...

Senior Financial Analyst, North American Customer Fulfillment Finance (NACF)

Amazon’s North American Customer Fulfillment (NACF) Finance is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to be a trusted finance partner supporting operational and functional leaders. Amazon operates the most complex retail networks in the world, delivering billions of packages to hundreds of millions of homes and businesses annually. Come be part of this tremendous organization and join a dedicated team committed to operational and financial excellence where you will focus on the inputs, think like an owner and where every day is Day One.Key job responsibilitiesFP&A- You use solid financial knowledge and business acumen to build financial models and analyses with little guidance and draw conclusions and make recommendations that deliver results, and drive improvements.- You manage development of weekly and monthly financial reviews, forecasting, and reporting models and their continuous innovation and communicating to Financial and Operations partners.- You identify and solve complex data integrity issues and collaborate with stakeholders on resolution, insisting on the highest standards.- You identify the need for improved controls to address risk driven by business, industry, policy, and regulatory changes and proactively propose control solutions.Business Analysis- You identify and implement opportunities to resolve finance issues, improve, scale, or simplify finance tools, technology, and processes across teams and organizations.- You understand how data flows through our financial platforms and know the right data to use for analysis, and establish a source of truth.- You simplify and centralize process improvement and reporting to allow business partners and customers to take action quickly.People- You seek, value, and leverage diverse perspectives.- You challenge business partner plans and assumptions when needed.- You communicate data in a clear, concise, and unambiguous manner both verbally and in writing.- You positively contribute to work/life harmony on your team and find creative solutions to solve gaps for your team.About the teamNACF Finance is broken up into Network Teams and Central Teams.NACF Finance Network Teams:- Amazon Robotics Sortable (ARS): ARSs are highly-productive FCs where the items are stored in AR Pods moved by robots to the associate's position, hence the associate does not need to walk to pick the product. The primary functions of an ARS is to receive the items, stow and then pick them from the robotic floor where they are stored and pack them to ship.- Traditional Sortable, Soft Lines (TSSL): TSSL is a type of fulfillment center that handles certain types of products, such as traditional sortables (books, CDs, etc), soft lines (apparel and shoes), custom merchandise, and dangerous goods.- Traditional Non-Sortable (TNS): A TNS FC focuses on items larger than a yellow tote but does not require special handling. Non-Sorts generally have less automation due to larger product. They have lower volume and less people but more variability in product and processes.- Reverse Logistics (ReLo): ReLo teams manage the systems and flow of goods which travel in the opposite direction of typical fulfillment. These systems complete the customer retail experience and capture/recover value by finding the most optimal disposal opportunity.- Inbound Cross Dock (IXD): A second distribution tier where Amazon aggregates demand to a subset of facilities that receive the products on behalf of Amazon FCs – lowering downstream handling costs – and can distribute to individual FCs at a unit-level, ensuring network-wide inventory distribution even for products for which Amazon only wishes to order a single carton.NACF Finance Central Teams:- These teams include variable cost and financial planning & analysis (VFP&A), which deliver financial reporting of operational performance to equip operations to achieve financial targets for the US Customer Fulfillment (USCF) Network, the finance and accounting central team (FACT), which focus on fixed cost planning, actuals analysis and reporting, and fixed cost controllership for NACF, and the capacity finance team, which strategically positions capital investments in a manner that maximizes long term value for Amazon.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field ...

Senior Financial Analyst, AWS Intelligent Operations

Are you looking for your next big opportunity? Want a high-visibility finance role directly influencing the future of a successful cloud computing business? ​Please join the AWS Finance team!The AWS Intelligent Operations organization needs a finance professional to provide planning and analysis. This group of teams impact nearly all AWS businesses AWS. This role will partner with this customer focused group of business to work on challenging and time sensitive needs.Key job responsibilitiesAWS Finance seeks a world class Senior Financial Analyst. This position works closely with senior business partners and finance professionals at all levels to drive thoughtful analysis and controllership on AWS’s products. Key responsibilities include:- Influencing business partner decisions through education and collaboration on marginal costs, pricing, customer adoption, etc.- Collaborating with business partners to build and maintain detailed cost models by product/service- Driving the financial planning/budgeting activities- Preparing and providing financial reporting including communicating future financial risks and opportunities to the business- Developing and standardizing financial reporting- Working on ad hoc financial analyses and projectsA day in the lifeA successful candidate will implement and drive the core financial processes for the business. Additional responsibilities include helping refine the capacity planning processes and modeling improvements to help drive positive Free Cash Flow.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 project management. This role has regular interaction with various business units across Amazon and requires strong people skills.About the teamAmazon Web Services (AWS) is a pioneer in blazing the new trails of cloud computing. AWS is a high-growth, fast-moving group within Amazon with a start-up mentality where new and diverse challenges arise every day, but a group that operates with the full backing of one of the world’s most successful web companies.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ 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)- 3+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience- 3+ years of identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes 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)- 3+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience ...

Finance Manager, IPAT CapEx

Are you passionate about driving change and delivering results? Our Operations network is renowned for being world-class, delivering packages to customers across the world. Our Finance teams don’t just manage our books; they help drive the company forward by partnering closely with global cross-functional teams to support the growth of this rapidly expanding network; driving controllership, innovation, productivity, and cost-effective operations across the network in a fast paced environment. You’ll employ data analysis to ensure your partners and leaders have the most up to date, reliable information, working collaboratively to make the best possible financial decisions. You’ll make a huge impact, not just on the bottom line performance, but on the overall customer experience, making history while having fun along the way!Amazon's WW Operations Finance FP&A team is looking for a Finance Manager to join a growing planning, analytics, and tech team with a charter to deliver excellent financial planning support to our senior leaders. This is a highly visible role supporting VP-level leaders. The right candidate must have exceptional communication and analytical skills, have the ability to dive deep and succinctly communicate findings/ideas, as well as be able to navigate a dynamic and fast pace work environment.Our candidate should be passionate about using data to solve big, complex and ambiguous problems, and comfortable diving into processes ranging from Finance standard work/routines, to the functionality or design of tools. The ideal candidate should be eager to continuously learn about new areas of Finance, and leverage existing skills to deliver results. You should enjoy breaking down large problems into actionable plans. As part of the WW Ops FP&A, you will join a team that is passionate about numbers, data, and how to use them to generate insights and improve our business. We support and influence the organization by providing a holistic and financial perspective, we are the trusted business advisors. We collaborate with our partners to ensure leaders have the most up to date and reliable information, and work with them to make sure we are making the best possible decisions.Learning Opportunities: - Autonomy to innovate and deliver new approaches that impact the bottom and the top line- Grow and collaborate in a fast-pace environment where every day is day one- Greater exposure to high level leaders- Being surrounded by inspiring and diverse individuals- Learn from people and cooperate with a wide variety of professional backgrounds- Ability to develop new skills and opportunities through lateral, geographical or functional movesKey job responsibilities- Form strategic plans to improve processes, tools, and analytics. This involves ownership of project ideation, pilot implementation, stakeholder management, and ultimately expansion- Leverage Operations metrics to identify cost out opportunities by linking up operations and financials- Build trusted partnership with your business partners to influence and support tactical and strategic business decisions driving business improvements and cost reductions- Identifies risks, evaluates impact, proposes changes, and implements improvements to remediate gaps- Understands the details of the cost structure to make thoughtful judgement calls in ambiguous environments where data may be difficult to procureBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field- 5+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience ...

Senior Accountant, Amazon Accounting

Amazon is a pioneering, dynamic, and energetic company that thrives on unique and peculiar ways. We take pride in our single-minded obsession over customer satisfaction and our ability to maintain a curious and vibrant culture no matter how large the company grows. We endeavor to build our legacy as Earth’s most customer-centric company and to continue to cultivate and nourish our innovative environment through our mission to hire the best. If you are a financial accounting professional who consistently exceeds expectations, who dares to make bold decisions, and whose ears perk up at the prospect of a challenge, then Amazon is a place where your career can flourish.When working at Amazon, your ability to make a difference and take ownership of your career begins on day one. You can expect a collaborative, team-driven environment that encourages employees to learn, be curious, and have a bias for action. Part of this propensity for continuous learning shows itself in Amazon’s strong encouragement of movement and growth within the Accounting department and within the company as a whole. We aim to hire and develop those who will raise the bar over the course of their career at Amazon (and not just in their first position). Key job responsibilities• Supporting various aspects of our accounting and reporting process. • End-to-end process ownership to support finance and business partners. • Understand internal control design concepts sufficient to assess the effectiveness of controls in their area and to design new processes and controls for emerging and growing business activities. • Execute judgments to keep projects moving and ensure the right decisions are reached to close the books each month. • Escalating risks and issues as necessary to leadership. • Strong sense of ownership. • Ability to identify process improvement and automation opportunities to drive positive change across the organization. • Lead delivery of accounting tasks and projects. • Enhance partnerships between Accounting and various business and IT groups. • Research, conclude and memorialize technical accounting position papers.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience- Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field ...

Finance Manager, Project Kuiper

Are you ready to get in on the ground floor of 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 experienced Finance Manager to join our Business Operations Finance team and lead Kuiper Logistics for our customer terminals. In this role, you will partner with Kuiper's Inventory and Fulfillment Technology (IFT) team, Amazon Devices Global Logistics, and other teams to build and launch Kuiper's global fulfillment capabilities. We are looking for a self-starter, excited to work in a fast-paced, start-up environment, and who is able to successfully work with others to deliver results.Key job responsibilities- Effectively build cross-functional relationships to assess and influence the implementation of systems and tools to support Kuiper customer terminal logistics- Develop, implement and monitor key financial metrics to ensure strong controllership of logistics costs, and provide insights on how these impact Kuiper’s short- and long-term financial performance- Assist in developing and implementing financial policies, procedures, and internal controls- Build financial models to assess new business initiatives, and provide actionable recommendations to drive data-informed decision-making- Educate business partners on financial and operational trade-offs, exercising sound judgement in ambiguous situations with limited or challenging dataBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)- 5+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience- 5+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience- 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 ...

Principal Finance, Buy with Prime and Multi-Channel Fulfillment

We are looking for a high-caliber Principle Finance Manager to support Project Santos (Buy with Prime and Multi-Channel Fulfillment) to drive domain teams projects with strategic significance and high exposure. In this role you will work closely with business leaders to define the strategy for the business and help the team through project ideation to post-implementation activities. You will be responsible for building scalable finance processes and analytical frameworks that can be leveraged by multiple cross-functional teams. You will apply both business and analytical acumen in a fast-paced, ambiguous and innovative environment.We are looking for an experienced finance leader with strong analytical and communication skills. The ideal candidate will have the ability to clearly articulate financial results and analytical insights to senior business and finance leaders, both verbally and in writing. Scrappiness is a must, as is the ability to dive deep into the data to help the new business achieve results. The successful candidate should be able to think and act strategically and tactically, possess solid business judgment, strong analytical skills, attention to detail and the desire to dive deep into data results and problem solving.If you enjoy dealing with high ambiguity, complexity, creating processes, and broad scope that will be at the epicenter of our initiative, come join us!Key job responsibilities- Deliver financial analyses, insights, narratives, recommendations, and solutions to business and finance leaders - Provide strategic guidance and feedback to support key program decisions including long-term business vision, product roadmap, and pricing- Own the implementation and validation of systems that support financial and accounting activities after product and service launches - Invent, implement, and track key metrics in an effort to generate insights and identify opportunities for improvement- Lead monthly financial reviews, quarterly forecasting, and annual planning processes- Drive increased efficiencies through reporting automation, outsourcing, and process optimizationA day in the lifeAs a team that is still launching and building, we must participate with all analytics that provide decision support for areas such as payback/ROI, efficiency of spend related to marketing/discounts/promotions, product valuation and incremental value, etc. Much of the work is ambiguous, but with a solid foundation of critical thinking skills and resourcefulness, helping provide a solid financial framework across activities will become a baseline for prioritization and improved decision making.About the teamThe Senior Financial Analyst will work in a highly collaborative team with multiple stakeholders, not limited to our primary business partners. Our team identifies opportunities and potential risks to our product plan, features, and pricing. We collaborate with business leaders and quantify, analyze, and recommend incremental business building activities.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 12+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- 7+ years of finance technology, forecast & budgeting, or other finance-focused competency experience- Experience with Tableau, Python, SQB, Quicksight, Cognos or or other BI packages ...

Accounts Receivable (AR) Analyst , FinOps HQ2

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 Receivable (AR) Analyst that will work directly with our customers, upstream billing, sales and finance teams to coordinate on time collection of revenue. You will l own the relationship with the customers and provide day to day support to enable timely payments. This position will lead efforts to dive deep into vendor payment data, drive process improvements, standardize processes, and eliminate root-cause defects within existing systems. 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. Primary responsibilities:- Systemically intake, escalate, and triage customer payments (payables and billings), contacts, and issues and follow-through to resolution, including executive-level communication.- Recognize escalation trends and identify underlying defects and root causes.- Partner with and influence upstream and downstream teams- Meet or exceed monthly collections goals- Leverage data from numerous databases and internal tools (using Excel, SQL, or other data management systems) to perform reporting and analysis.- Communicate directly with customers to resolve invoice and billing discrepancies and ensure timely and accurate payment.- Work across US time zones as needed. Key job responsibilities- Single point of contact for all billing and collections related task for strategic Government and Commercial customers for AWS- Understand the end to end relationship with the customers and proactively manage past due balances- Create statement of accounts, communication plans, SOPs for specific customer accounts- Report collections related key metrics on daily, weekly and monthly basis- Create and share root cause analysis & write documents for dive deep sessions- Escalate to senior leadership key issues that could impact collections- Deliver on multiple data requests and participate in process improvement workshops- Manage highly ambiguous situations and communicate effectively with multiple stake holders This position requires that the candidate selected must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph. The position further requires the candidate to opt into a commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.A day in the lifeThe Accounts Receivable Analyst is responsible to collect against a portfolio of accounts.Analysts are required to work to collect against past due and aged accounts; meeting or exceeding monthly collections goals. Performance on collections is the top metric for success in this position. Analysts are also expected to recommend process improvements, write documents explaining the health of assigned accounts, and build SOPs and training plans.About the teamWhy AWSAmazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.Inclusive Team CultureHere at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.Work/Life BalanceWe value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.Mentorship and Career GrowthWe’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.Diverse ExperiencesAmazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 2+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience- 4+ years’ experience with key performance indicators (KPIs) and applying them to analyses- Ability to communicate effectively with Senior Government Officials in a collections type role- Experience identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify tools and processes- Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph. ...

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 ...

Finance Manager, EC2 Edge Finance

Are you looking for that next big Finance opportunity? Looking for a business and finance 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 the AWS Compute business. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. Amazon EC2 has grown to be one of the fastest growing and most strategic suite of products in the AWS portfolio.This position will work closely with finance management as well as key business partners across the AWS organization, including service general managers, product managers, engineering leaders, sales and business development leadership to drive thoughtful analysis and controllership to EC2 Services.The position will own P&Ls and perform usage and revenue analyses for new services and for existing services, deliver ad-hoc business projects and analyses, conduct usage and revenue planning, and provide financial insights.This role requires solid skills in thought leadership, a self-starter with a strong financial modeling background, problem solving skills, a keen attention to detail, and ability to work in a fast-paced environment with ambiguous situations. This role requires strong communication skills and has regular interaction with various AWS business units & senior leadership.Key job responsibilities• Drive 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.• Review and provide guidance to 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.• Create and implement mechanisms to ensure financial and operational goals are achieved. Develop business insights through KPIs.• Provide deep analytics and communicate effectively to senior business team leaders.• Develop metrics to measure efficiency of the services and standardize financial reports.• Drive scalability and automation projects.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 ...

Finance Manager, US Consumables, Household

Want to help build Earth’s leading e-commerce finance team? At Amazon, it’s our goal to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online. US Consumables Finance team support the core Consumables category business (Health and Wellness, Household, Grocery, Beauty, Premium Beauty, Baby, and Pets) and a various of fast-growing and highly impactful programs (e.g., Everyday Essentials, Subscribe and Save, Amazon Access, Climate Pledge Friendly etc). We are looking for an analytical, self-driven, and innovative leader who is able to distill complex problems into solutions that drive business insights and finance process improvement.The role is an opportunity to lead key workstreams and controllership processes for the Household Category General Ledger and get really involved with shaping our business. You will partner closely with cross-functional teams to perform analysis, create metrics, and develop forecasts/insights that drive strategic business decisions for senior stakeholders. While this role is within US Consumables Finance, several of our mechanisms and workstreams extend beyond US Consumables resulting in high impact, complex and visible projects.The successful candidate in this role will have passion for innovation, be a self-starter, possess strong analytical skills and attention to detail and an ability to work in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment. This role also has regular interaction with various business units across Amazon and requires exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.Key job responsibilities• P&L ownership – analysis of the financial outputs, connecting them with the underlying input drivers and translating them into insights.• Drive core financial processes for the Household business including Annual Operating Plan, long range Strategic Plan and Weekly/Monthly/Quarterly Business Reviews• Work with business leaders and cross-functional teams to present business results and statistical analysis and recommendations to senior management for decision making.• Perform financial reporting, ad-hoc data analysis, and financial modeling using a broad range of tools including Excel, SQL, and COGNOS• Conduct financial analysis and strategic planning in support of business groups. Use solid financial knowledge and business acumen to build financial models, interpret data, draw conclusions, and make recommendations that deliver results, drive improvements, and influence leaders throughout Amazon. These decisions can have global impact.• Design scalable solutions that automate reporting of key performance metrics and analysis to achieve business goals.• Create effective business partnerships, manage competing priorities, and provide guidance based on data analysis during unexpected events.• Use active listening skills intuitively to communicate data (both written and verbal) in a clear, concise, and unambiguous manner. Adjusts style for various audiences to articulate complex finance issues clearly.A day in the lifeYou’ll collaborate with business, technical and finance stakeholders both within and outside US Consumables. You will be managing periodic reporting and planning, deep diving into data and dissecting ambiguous problems. You’ll also help and collaborate with other global Consumables Finance teams to gain access to vital insights and drive scalable solutions.About the teamWe are an entrepreneurial team within US Consumables Finance org supporting Household Essentials. We work in a highly collaborative environment. You will engage with partners in different areas throughout Amazon. Along the way, we guarantee that you’ll learn a ton, have fun and make a positive impact on millions of customers.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 ...