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Description

Are you passionate around developing new and innovative processes that combine finance, operations excellence and technology to drive improvement? Have you led large cross-functional projects to increase efficiency and accuracy and reduce waste? If so, the Finance Operations team is the place for you. Our priority is to identify, scope, and deliver upstream systems and process improvements which reduce operating expense, increase free cash flow, improve customer experience and establish first pass yield process efficiencies.

The Finance Operations organization works with every part of Amazon to provide procure-to-pay, revenue-to-receipt, real-estate and facilities, operations accounting and operations excellence services with the highest level of controllership at the lowest cost to the company. We provide the backbone systems and operational processes which completely, accurately, and validly pay Amazon’s suppliers, invoice our customers and report financial results.

Key job responsibilities

This role will be a key member of the Finance Operations Business Partnership team supporting Corporate Accounts Payable covering opex/capex for most Amazon businesses. You will be a key player of a team comprised of high performing operations excellence and finance professionals to drive upstream systems and process initiatives which improve the quality and accuracy of data used by Finance Operations to pay suppliers and collect from customers. This role interacts deeply with multiple core business teams, obtains and summarizes critical data sets to trace defect areas to primary root cause drivers, scope future state solutions, influence roadmap decisions at the VP level and measure the effectiveness of solutions that are implemented over time.

Basic Qualifications

• 12+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience

• 8+ years of Accounts Receivable or Account Payable experience

• 8+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience

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

• 8+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of hiring, leading and developing teams experience

• 8+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience

• 8+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience

• 8+ years of mentoring junior finance and/or business team members experience

• 5+ years of working with senior staff (e.g. c-suite) experience

• MBA, or CPA

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 $137,700/year in our lowest geographic market up to $227,700/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.