Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Where will Amazons growth come from next year? In five years? Which product lines are staged to quintuple in size, and which ones are mature?
Who are we:
These are some of the most important questions at Amazon today. North American Customer Fulfillment (NACF) will be the answer to many of those questions. Our Fulfillment Centers (FCs) utilize Amazon robotics, scanning machines, and computer systems that track millions of items in a day. As part of the team, you will utilize cutting edge data pipelines, build accurate predictive models, participate in new site launches, and deploy automated software solutions to provide forecasting insights to senior leadership (C suite) driving decisions effecting millions of customers globally.

This role will lead our Field Support Finance group supporting network Finance leaders in their daily, weekly and monthly FP&A needs. Our fulfillment Finance leaders work through multiple review cycles that require clear visibility into the financial performance of their networks. This role will lead a team of analysts who directly partner with those leaders to consolidate FP&A information for our many business cycles MEC, MBR, QBR, R&Os and Operating Plans. This role will coordinate communication from the customer (Operations Finance) to the FP&A team on requested analysis, reporting standardization and operational commentary.

In planning and operating cycles, this leader must work cross functionally within the NA Fulfillment Center (FC) organization to deliver financial commentary, respond to follow up inquiries and build incremental products to the reporting suite to support their customers. This leaders team owns month-end close consolidation and commentary for each Finance leaders organization as well as quarterly Guidance R&O forecasts to communicate to the organization the forward looking financials. As a part of completing the Guidance R&O, the leader must again partner cross organizationally to ensure any known impacts to US FC cost and headcount are included in the forecast.

Job Responsibilities:
Create or improve consolidation process for FC type Variable and Fixed Cost Forecasting and Review with Senior Finance and Operations leadership
Create coordinated communication channels and standard work for FC type Financial and Operational leaders
Define customer satisfaction measures and measurement process to ensure the FP&A team is delivering value to our internal customers
Complete commentary and present financials for coordinated planning cycles included MEC, R&Os, MBRs, QBRs and annual planning
Support Deep Dives on specific focus areas as requested by leadership
Provide consolidated monthly financial reporting on FC type level goals by program, identifying trends and insights
Support new project approvals by providing historical cost information and insights into relevant benchmarks
Support ad-hoc reporting and cost out initiatives, leveraging insights from newly built reporting

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

BA/BS in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a highly analytical field (e.g., Engineering, Math, and Computer Science) or equivalent.
Minimum 7+ years of finance experience, or masters degree and 5 years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
3+ years of direct management experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (i.e. SQL, Tableau, Essbase and/or Cognos) and other financial systems (i.e. Oracle, SAP, Lawson, JD Edwards)
MBA and/or Professional certification (CPA/CMA/Qualified Accounting certificate)

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