Overview

The ideal candidate will be comfortable in a fast-paced, dynamic environment; will be a creative and analytical problem solver with a history of strong leadership skills in managing stakeholders and driving results. As an Amazon employee you will be expected to fulfill the Amazon motto to “Work Hard. Have Fun. Make History.”

This position is office-based, with the flexibility to work remotely up to two days per week in line with Amazon’s current flexible work guidance. Amazon encourages open communication about unique needs for flexible arrangements.

Key job responsibilities:

The candidate shall act as a finance business partner for the country and across a variety of new programs and processes.

  • Lead planning and performance reviews for the country and various programs you are responsible for.
  • Create and build models to manage and deliver the plan for growth and profitability. Hold teams accountable for their designed KPIs .
  • Deliver meaningful insight and practical recommendations, in addition to sound financial data analysis, to inform and influence business decisions.
  • Deliver accurate financial information and key financial reporting to senior management including spends, ROIs, performance by channels and category.
  • Represent Finance in MBRs, QBRs with narrative on performance.
  • Evaluation of Initiatives: Analyze various ‘initiatives’ agreed with Category, Country, and program teams. Identify and document learnings, and share with the teams for better planning.
  • Work on attribution models to allocate spends by Channel and Product line.
  • Build processes, tools, dashboard to support the business and improve decision making
  • Understand the inherent limitations of data and exercise judgment to make trade-offs between timeliness and accuracy of analysis and how to best synthesize findings.
  • Work with product managers to influence new program requirements and business decisions.

Basic Qualifications:

  • 7+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience
  • 7+ years of multiple finance and accounting roles experience
  • 7+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
  • 7+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
  • 7+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
  • 7+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, statistics or business, or Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 7+ 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
  • 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

About Amazon

Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. We are driven by the excitement of building technologies, inventing products, and providing services that change lives. We embrace new ways of doing things, make decisions quickly, and are not afraid to fail. We have the scope and capabilities of a large company, and the spirit and heart of a small one.