Finance Manager, Buyer Risk Prevention

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

The Buyer Risk Prevention (BRP) team is looking for a Finance Manager to manage Finance Planning and Analysis (FP&A), including budgeting, forecasting, and headcount management for BRP. BRP is part of the Selling Partner Services, which organization employees over 100,000+ employees who provide support to Amazon's Selling Partners while also ensuring that we protect Amazon customers from bad actors. In this role you will support headcount and expense forecasting and reporting for the organization. Additionally, you will help support the Buyer Abuse Prevention team who works to prevent abuse of our concessions policies and take actions to protect customer accounts. This role actively helps the business identify areas to reduce costs while maintaining a high quality of service for Amazon's Customers. Key job responsibilities Drive standardization and automation of planning and reporting processes, adhering to deadlines Analyze HC and Opex variances vs. plan and provide insight to business partners including cost-saving and process improvement recommendations Partner with the business to make trade-off decisions regarding headcount resourcing and support levels Lead ad-hoc cost / benefit analyses, financial modeling and business case development to support new initiatives and business decisions Support internal customer groups in all finance matters including budgeting, forecasting and financial controls

Requirements

• 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• 5+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
• 5+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
• 5+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
• 5+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field
• 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

Nice To Haves

• MBA, or CPA
• 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

Responsibilities

• Drive standardization and automation of planning and reporting processes, adhering to deadlines
• Analyze HC and Opex variances vs. plan and provide insight to business partners including cost-saving and process improvement recommendations
• Partner with the business to make trade-off decisions regarding headcount resourcing and support levels
• Lead ad-hoc cost / benefit analyses, financial modeling and business case development to support new initiatives and business decisions
• Support internal customer groups in all finance matters including budgeting, forecasting and financial controls

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level