Finance Manager, Global Security Operations Finance, Global Security Operations Finance
DESCRIPTION
The GSO Central Finance team supports Global Security Services (GSO) organization is dedicated on driving the Amazon flywheel. As part of the team, you will provide primary support to the GSO leadership team to validation of project analysis, CAPEX methodologies, support directors in strategic alliance across the field network and deliver analysis to identify opportunities and benefits impacting OPEX or CAPEX execution across Amazon Network
GSO Central Finance seeks a Finance Manager to provide primary support to , impacts to overall Amazon cost structure and deliver upon CAPEX to Senior Leadership. Experience in this team opens up several career opportunities across Amazon. Persons in this role have advancement opportunities to support different businesses withing security, to lead programs, or to manage local, regional, or global teams.
This role collaborates closely with a broad range of global finance and business leaders in Procurement, Field, Compliance, Risk and Insurance and Operations teams. The role also partners with stakeholders across technical project & security teams, FP&A. This role involves collecting, analyzing and managing quantitative data and creating meaningful reports to track CAPEX spending related to business improvement and cost reductions across the global supply chain. This role also maintains spend and savings measurements, and partners with category management on strategic input drivers to continuously improve the scalability and efficiency of CAPEX execution.
The successful candidate has demonstrated the following abilities: they influence business owners, support thoughtful decision-making, and adapt to a rapidly-evolving environment. They collaborate with executives and various business units across Amazon. You bring excellent verbal and written communication skills. A typical day in this role provides an opportunity to innovate by building creative solutions with large-scale data mining tools, identifying the high-priority work and projects that maximize results for key stakeholders, and solving complex problems that effect company-wide strategic decisions.
Key job responsibilities
Use solid financial knowledge and business acumen to build financial models, interpret data, draw conclusions, and make recommendations that deliver results, drive improvements, and influence leaders throughout Amazon. These decisions can have global impact.
Delivers weekly/monthly financial close.
Uses financial systems and advanced MSExcel functions to work with large data sets. Outputs plans, forecasts, budgets, and consolidations.
Creates effective business partnerships, manages competing priorities, and provides guidance based on data analysis during unexpected events
Uses active listening skills intuitively to communicate data (both written and verbal) in a clear, concise, and unambiguous manner. Adjusts style for various audiences to articulate complex finance issues clearly.
Collects and analyzes quantitative data to develop relevant reports that drive cost reductions.
Participates in hiring, developing, and mentoring peers and team members.
Seeks and leverages diverse perspectives in all activities.
Identifies opportunities to resolve defects proactively. Improves, scales, or simplifies finance tools across teams and organizations.
Contributes to work life harmony by being a positive, collaborative, and effective influencer to new team members as an indicator of operations excellence.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)
- Experience in 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 participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results
- Experience in Excel (macros, index, conditional list, arrays, pivots, lookups)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis
- Experience delivering results for large, cross-functional initiatives/projects
- Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (i.e. SQL, MS Power Query, Python)
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $85,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $179,500/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.