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Description

The US Business, Electronics, Automotive, and Technology Solutions (BEATS) organization is seeking a talented Finance Manager. This is an exciting opportunity to play a critical leadership role by partnering with the category leader to influence strategic decisions in a multi-billion dollar business. This role is a highly visible opportunity that requires strong controllership, thought leadership, sound business judgment, and a proven ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders across the Stores organization.

We're looking for a self-starter with effective business partnership experience and proven abilities to manage complex projects, dive deep into details, and translate financial insights into actionable business strategies. This person will partner with leaders across several teams including operations, retail category leaders, merchandising and advertising, and marketing teams to provide strategic direction, tactical execution, and decision support.

This role offers the chance to make a substantial impact on our organization's financial performance. The ideal candidate will thrive in our fast-paced, innovative culture and be passionate about driving financial excellence in the retail technology sector.

Key job responsibilities

Business Partnership & Strategic Advisory

• Serve as a key Finance partner working directly with management and other internal stakeholders to influence business decisions through effective verbal and written communication, data driven analysis and modeling, and presentation of recommended actions and alternatives

• Contribute to business decisions by providing insightful analysis and methodical consideration for the end-to-end impact to systems, financial controls and ongoing support requirements

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Manage the annual financial planning and quarterly budgeting exercises by providing accurate, complete, and timely forecasts

• Drive the core financial processes for the vendor relationship including Annual Operating Plans, long range Strategic Plan and Monthly/Quarterly Business Reviews - this includes coordination with stakeholders in a number of markets globally

Financial Reporting & Modeling

• Perform financial reporting, ad-hoc business analyses, and financial modeling using a broad range of tools including Excel

• Complete complex business modeling and analysis to drive revenue growth, identify operating improvements, deep dive on cost structures and analyze business opportunities/investments (ROI/NPV)

• Perform root cause analysis and uncover core issues using data to improve and create new measures for financial performance

Business Reviews & Stakeholder Management

• Facilitate financial review meetings and Business reviews with cross functional teams and business leaders to ensure effective finance, controllership, and cost management, with data analysis and follow through on actionable items

Process Improvement & Innovation

• Identify opportunities and drive automation in existing manual processes, working with data source providers and technology teams to ensure that key data is timely, accurate, and automated

• Develop, recommend, and implement policies and programs that guide the organization in improving its profitability and managing financial and compliance risks

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)

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

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

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

Preferred Qualifications

- MBA, or CPA

- Knowledge of SQL/ETL

- 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

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 $85,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $179,500/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.