Program Manager II, Transport Controllership
DESCRIPTION
Help build robust controllership practices in Amazon's worldwide logistics payments. We are responsible to ensure accurate payments, financial reporting and compliance of logistics payments across the globe. We are looking for a dedicated and analytical Program Manager who can add value in the initial workstream of this entire value chain. The PM will be responsible for working with multiple stakeholders across business, tax, accounting, audit and tech to build robust control processes while onboarding new vendors in the financial systems. The PM will be customer obsessive, understand the end-to-end workflow from contract, invoicing, audit, accounting to payments at transactional granularity, build and execute processes which are both fast and effective.
Key job responsibilities
• Recommend, develop, and implement policies and programs that guide the organization in accurately estimating freight cost and ensure invoice accuracy
• Create a “learn by doing” environment by engaging with financial analysts and business partners to promote and encourage continued customer focus and cost reduction
• Work with technology teams to ensure that key decision data is accurate, automated and timely
• Identify, develop, manage, and execute analyses to uncover areas of opportunity and present written business recommendations
• Analyze and solve business problems at their root
• Statistical analysis models to predict bad behaviors in system and correcting it through solutions
• Data driven decision making in ambiguous situations
• Perform detailed analysis of operations and technology by identifying trends. Should be able to scope the impact and opportunities to scale
• Create and support effective development plans to prepare employees for their next role, including identifying and grooming potential successors
• Developing metrics for continuous tracking of process efficiency and helping the leadership for data based fast decision making
• Simplifying operational and financial complexities through innovative long term solutions
About the team
Amazon controllership team is an operation finance team that controls Amazon transportation cost. This is achieved through strengthening internal & external systems by working closely with multiple internal stakeholders such as Operations and Technology groups and external stakeholders such as carriers. Team also works closely with Accounts payable for payments to carriers and accounting team for financial data reporting.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of program or project management experience
- 3+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience
- 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
- Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
- Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
- Experience in analyzing data to drive decisions
- Experience in complex problem solving, and working in a tight schedule environment
- Experience with basic web-based tools and products like Outlook, Excel, Word and SharePoint
- Experience implementing repeatable processes and driving automation or standardization
- Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, operations, supply chain, transportation logistics
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of driving process improvements experience
- PMP certificate
- Experience building processes, project management, and schedules
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Experience in program or project management
- Experience within a Logistics, Transportation, or Distribution Center processes and systems
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