Finance Manager, Amazon Fresh Stores Operations
DescriptionBe a Part of a Unique Growth Story!Grocery is the next great growth opportunity for Amazon! With the 2017 acquisition of Whole Foods, and rapid growth in new store formats and online delivery, grocery has quickly become a must win category. Amazon Fresh Stores Finance is well positioned to help the business drive growth, and unlock the full potential of the Amazon flywheel.As the Finance Manager for Amazon Fresh Stores Operations, you will own key forecasting and analytics for under the roof operations for the newly launched, mass-market omni-channel Fresh Stores grocery business. Partnering with the Operations team, you will provide strategic decision support and financial controllership necessary to drive profitable growth. You will play a central role in guiding the business on the financial implications of its growth and investment plans, while keeping executive leadership abreast of the business’ performance. You will provide best in class finance partnership to a strong business team and drive process and productivity improvements for the business and finance organizations.As our team continues to grow, we are looking for individuals that enjoy a challenge and have a desire for professional growth opportunities and continuous learning. Experience in this team opens up several career opportunities across Amazon and within the Amazon Grocery Finance organization. Individuals in this role have advancement opportunities to support different businesses and multifunctional teams, to lead new programs and initiatives, and to manage larger teams within the company.This role partners regularly with a broad range of finance and business leaders across the Amazon Physical Stores, Retail Grocery, Whole Foods Market, and WW Operations organization, often at some of the most senior levels within the company.Key job responsibilities
- Partner with the business team to define financial and non-financial trade-offs. You make thoughtful judgement calls in ambiguous environments where data may be scarce or difficult to procure.
- Oversee financial reporting for your business area. Understand input drivers and validate integrity of the reporting to influence strategic decision-making and planning.
- Use data to identify disruptive ideas and provide advice to business leaders across the globe.
- Drive accountability across the Amazon Finance Operations team leading weekly, monthly and quarterly business reviews.
- Create tools and processes that enable the Amazon Fresh Stores Operations leadership team to diagnose the business and achieve operational goals.
- Contribute to work life harmony by being a positive, collaborative, and effective influencer to new team members as an indicator of operations excellence.
- 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- 6+ 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
- Knowledge of SQL/ETL
- 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