Senior Finance Manager, Amazon Shipping

Amazon is seeking an experienced Senior Finance Manager for its WW Amazon Shipping (SWA) Finance org a growing area that is integral to the Amazon flywheel. This person will be a leader in the Finance organization supporting the business initiatives related to SWA EU. This is a very high impact and high visibility role supporting business leaders to drive sustainable growth in the EU business. Person in this role will have advancement opportunities to support different businesses and to lead programs or products.

The ideal candidate will be primarily responsible for marketplace Commercial Finance business partnering and Financial Planning & Analysis activities for EU driving financial modelling controllership and identifying opportunities across pricing and operations cost as a result. This person will be working closely with Business Operations Product and Tech teams as well as ATS and AMZL Finance teams. A successful candidate will partner with multiple stakeholders to provide timely analysis insightful guidance and financial leadership to this high-growth organization. This role requires extensive cross-functional partnership with various retail transportation and finance teams to identify best practices across the network and lead cost improvement efforts for operations. It also requires a strong self-starter mentality exceptional stakeholder management capabilities and will stretch your leadership skills while also requiring you to digest the complexity of the Amazon transportation network to deliver process improvement.


Amazons Marketplace services over 2 million Sellers disrupting traditional notions of retail marketplace and connecting millions of businesses big and small to millions of Amazon Customers. The Marketplace business exceeds 50% of the total sales and each year tens of thousands of businesses join the marketplace adding millions of new products. Sellers are a critical part of Amazons ecosystem to deliver on our vision of offering the earths largest selection lowest prices and exceptional delivery experience.

Want to help build the finance team at the worlds leading e-commerce company Do you view problems as treasures and are you willing to dive deep to develop those solutions and deliver results Will you seek to challenge the status quo and accept that your ideas and mechanisms may be tested daily

Key job responsibilities
Drive core financial processes for the organisation including Annual Operating Plans 3 year Strategic Plan and Monthly/Quarterly Business Reviews
Educate business partners on financial and non-financial trade-offs and make thoughtful judgement calls in ambiguous environments where data may be scarce or difficult to procure.
Partner with senior business leaders and develop operational metrics and goal setting to help the team improve performance
Use active listening skills intuitively to communicate data (both written and verbal) in a clear concise and unambiguous manner. Adjust style for various audiences to articulate complex finance issues clearly. Your communications drive critical business decisions.
Analyse ROI of different programs/initiatives and generate actionable insights from large amounts of data
Have backbone disagree and commit to foster constructive dialogues harmonize conflicting views resolve issues and drive decisions.
Exhibit social responsibility. Actively recruit bar-raising talent continuously develop your team

- Bachelors degree in finance accounting or related field
- Experience in tax finance or a related analytical field
- Experience in performing financial and ad hoc analysis using data reporting tools
- Experience in positions that require analysis and reporting financial results
- Experience in accounts receivable or account payable
- Experience applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses
- Experience in building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making
- Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis
- Experience directly managing and leading a team of 10 members

- MBA or CPA
- Experience recruiting hiring and developing talent
- Experience participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results
- Experience in identifying incomplete or inaccurate data identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan
- Experience in mentoring junior finance or business team members
- Experience working with senior staff (e.g. c-suite)

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Required Experience:

Manager

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1