Finance Manager, Amazon
AWS - GDSP Finance
$85.9-179.5k
The largest online retailer and technology provider
Be an early applicant
The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$85.9-179.5k
1001+ employees
Company mission
Amazon aims to be Earth’s most customer centric company. Their mission is to continually raise the bar of the customer experience by using the internet and technology to help consumers find, discover and buy anything, and empower businesses and content creators to maximise their success.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for an entrepreneurial minded Finance Manager with an analytical approach and a passion for reporting, analytics and automation
- This role requires a self-starter with superb business modeling skills, a keen attention to detail, ability to work in a fast-paced environment, the ability to operate at all levels, including diving deep into the foundational building blocks of the AWS Sales and Finance Organization, and a track record of being an advisor to the business
- The successful candidate will have strong analytical and communication skills, with an ability to build and articulate financial results and analytical insights to executive level business and finance leaders
- 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 quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience
Desirable
- 5+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience
- 6+ 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
- Knowledge of SQL/ETL
- 6+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
- 6+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
- 6+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
- 6+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
What the job involves
- The AWS GDSP Finance Manager will support the rapidly growing AWS organization by providing financial stewardship and analytical insights into the economics of complex private pricing deals and operational performance metrics
- This is a high visibility role and will be a strategic partner to the business supporting planning, forecasting and enhancement of compliance and approval controllership process
- The role will also support the Senior Finance Manager with mentorship and reviewing work of other members of the team
- The candidate will develop and enhance financial models, tools and mechanisms that provide intelligence for business decisions and be able to lead simultaneous work streams
- This candidate will be responsible for leading cross-functional initiatives, including across other finance and operations teams within the organization
- Understand the various AWS Services, their economics and how they impact the profitability of a customer
- Actively provide our sales team with financial acumen and insights to positively influence private pricing deals
- Drive financial controllership over private pricing deals by enforcing Amazon’s Spending & Transaction Policy
- Evaluate and refine financial models that calculate customer profitability
- Effectively communicate ideas to diverse audiences and influence decision making
- Own and oversee a specific process and/or business unit from a deals desk finance perspective
- Deliver Finance leadership across the AWS organization
- Provide leadership, guidance and implementation to drive process improvement
- Possess the passion and demonstrated skills for developing relationships, processes and continuous improvement
- Ability to work with minimal direction in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
Application process
- This position will remain posted until filled
- Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site
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.
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Company benefits
- Employees have opportunities to own Amazon stock, participate in 401(k) plans with company match, and enroll in paid life and accident insurance
- Financial counseling and estate planning services are also available, plus paid short-term and long-term disability if needed
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage to all our regular full-time employees, regardless of their level, tenure, or position
- Amazon employees have free access to a network of more than 2 million caregivers, including nannies, babysitters and special-needs caretakers
- Employees receive discounts on certain day care centers, and Amazon provides a variety of free resources for parents of children with autism, ADHD and developmental disabilities
- Adoption assistance for qualified domestic and international adoption expenses including attorney fees, court costs, and travel
- Leave Share program allows employees to give six weeks of paid parental leave to a spouse or partner who isn’t eligible for parental leave from their employer
- Amazon Care's virtual services are available in all 50 states, and in-person care is active in Seattle, Washington, D.C., Arlington, Baltimore, Boston, Dallas, Austin, and Los Angeles, with 20+ more markets coming online in 2022 alone
- 20 weeks of paid leave to birthing mothers and six weeks for parents who adopt
Company values
- Customer obsession rather than competitor focus
- Passion for invention
- Commitment to operational excellence
- Long-term thinking
Company HQ
South Lake Union, Seattle, WA
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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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