Finance Manager, Amazon
AWS Industries Finance
$85.9-179.5k
The largest online retailer and technology provider
Job no longer available
The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$85.9-179.5k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be Earth's most customer-centric company.
Role
Who you are
- This person must have a passion for detail and the ability to dive deep into the foundational building blocks of the AWS Business Development and Strategic Industries organization
- 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), or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience
Desirable
- 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
- 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
What the job involves
- AWS Industries seeks a world class Finance Manager to provide end-to-end financial support to one of our fastest growing business units, working with some of AWS’ largest and most complex accounts
- The successful candidate will help drive the growth of the organization by providing financial stewardship and analytical insights into key financial and operational performance metrics
- They will be a strategic partner to the business and assist in evaluating operational processes, business opportunities, and support planning / forecasting
- The successful candidate will develop/refine models and metrics packages, in addition to handling day-to-day activities such as forecasting/planning and projects
- You will leverage your educational and applied work experience to help streamline planning/reporting, as well as identify improvement and prioritization opportunities within these business areas
- You will also manage appropriate month-end close processes, risk and opportunity guidance and facilitate financial review meetings with the various business groups
- You will also be responsible for building and developing the tools and instrumentation necessary to address business opportunities, push manual processes automation, continuously improve internal controls, and drive relationship building across AWS
- Drive modeling and forecasting for all teams within the organization
- Manage month-end close processes and reporting for Key Metrics across the business units
- Possess the passion and demonstrated skills for developing relationships, processes and continuous improvement
- Provide leadership, guidance and implementation on driving process improvement
Our take
Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.
More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.
Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
South Lake Union, Seattle, WA
Leadership
Jeff Bezos
(Founder & Executive Chairman)Jeff is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. As well as founding Amazon, Jeff founded Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company and also owns The Washington Post.
Andy Jassy
(President & CEO)Joined Amazon as a Marketing Manager in 1997. Developed AWS with Jeff Bezos, and became CEO of Amazon in 2021.
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