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Amazon Finance Manager, North America Surface Transportation in Seattle, Washington
Description
Amazon Transportation Services connects our customers and our shippers. We combine people, technology and products to deliver for our customers at high speed and low cost. Surface Transportation is the conveyor belt to connect the entire Amazon supply chain. We are a technology company that executes transportation at immense scale that continues to grow!
Surface Transportation is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Finance Manager to join its Finance team. This role will be part of a highly visibile team in charge of managing cost optimization programs. This is an exciting opportunity to innovate and reduce our cost to serve customers through partnership with teams across Operations and Technology. You will partner with business leaders on specific projects that you will help drive from inception to delivery.
Regular collaboration with business leaders will provide an opportunity to exhibit your verbal and written communication skills. A typical day in this role involves creating new measures for business effectiveness, developing creative solutions using large scale data mining tools, and identifying high priority projects to maximize results for key stakeholders.
Key job responsibilities
Dive Deep into processes and cost drivers to uncover efficiency opportunities.
Collaborate with business partners to substantiate new strategies through data analysis.
Think critically while developing cost savings calculation methodologies.
Think Big to maximize savings opportunities.
Draft and present white papers, taking an idea from inception to a full-fledged project.
Design metrics and business review documents to guide the operations team through execution.
Apply data-driven presentation skills with an ability to simplify complex problems.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Arlington, VA, USA | Atlanta, GA, USA | Dallas, TX, USA | Nashville, TN, USA | New York, NY, USA | Seattle, WA, USA
Basic Qualifications
BA or BS in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a highly analytical field (e.g., Engineering, Math, Computer Science)
5+ years of finance experience, or Master’s degree and 3+ years of finance experience
Preferred Qualifications
5+ 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
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 committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $81,100/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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.