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Description

Amazon seeks an experienced Senior Manager to be the Global Process Owner for the Accounts Receivable vertical on the Finance Operations Accounting & Analysis (FOAA) team.

Key job responsibilities

- Set and execute goals for the FOAA AR functional area globally

- Prioritize automation projects within FOAA AR to drive FOAA baseline savings goals

- Drive operational excellence by identifying business process re-engineering opportunities and partnering with projects team to provide accounting requirements that maintain highest level of controllership

- Drive global reporting format standardization and set SLA’s

- Ensure all Central Accounting Deliverables met within SLA; analyzing account activity; validating account balances are materially correct; explaining business drivers for account balance fluctuations

- Influencing business decisions with effective verbal and written communication, data driven analysis and presentation of alternatives

- Facilitate financial review meetings with FinOps leadership, including design and review of internal financial reports

- Raise the bar on hiring, developing, and retaining the best talent to continue building our world class team of finance professionals

A day in the life

This position is the key partner for Global Accounts Receivable senior leadership and will partner with Global Operations and Accounting teams to identify areas of controllership risk, compliance risk, and related financial accounting impact. The ideal candidate is a highly proactive self-starter with a strong operational and accounting background, problem solving skills and attention to detail who will take ownership and drive positive change including evaluating and streamlining existing operational and accounting processes, controls and metrics. This role has regular interaction with various business units across Amazon and requires strong interpersonal and communication skills.

About the team

Finance Operations enables and accelerates Amazon’s growth by improving the vendor and seller experience through automation and innovative process improvements that simplify doing business with Amazon and that enable lower prices and greater selection for our customers.

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field

- 12+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience

- 10+ years of positions that require analysis and reporting financial results experience

- 8+ years of Accounts Receivable or Account Payable experience

- 8+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience

- 8+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience

- 8+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience

- 7+ years of directly managing and leading a team of 10+ members experience

- 3+ years of performing financial and ad hoc analysis using data reporting tools experience

Preferred Qualifications

- MBA, or CPA

- 8+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience

- 8+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience

- 8+ years of mentoring junior finance and/or business team members experience

- 5+ years of hiring, leading and developing teams experience

- 5+ years of working with senior staff (e.g. c-suite) experience

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $137,700/year in our lowest geographic market up to $227,700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.