Senior Manager, Finance Operations Accounting, Accounts Payable

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

Amazon seeks an experienced Senior Manager to be the Global Functional Leader
for the Accounts Payable vertical on the Finance Operations Accounting &
Analysis (FOAA) team.

This position is the key partner for Global Accounts Payable senior leadership
and will partner with Global Operations and Accounting teams to identify areas
of controllership risk, compliance risk, and related financial accounting
impact. The ideal candidate is a highly proactive self-starter with a strong
operational and accounting background, problem solving skills and attention to
detail who will take ownership and drive positive change including evaluating
and streamlining existing operational and accounting processes, controls and
metrics. This role has regular interaction with various business units across
Amazon and requires strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Finance Operations enables and accelerates Amazon’s growth by improving the
vendor and seller experience through automation and innovative process
improvements that simplify doing business with Amazon and that enable lower
prices and greater selection for our customers.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field
• 12+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• 10+ years of positions that require analysis and reporting financial results experience
• 8+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
• 8+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
• 8+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
• 3+ years of performing financial and ad hoc analysis using data reporting tools experience
• 5+ years of direct management experience

Nice To Haves

• MBA, or CPA
• 8+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
• 8+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience
• 5+ years of working with senior staff (e.g. c-suite) experience
• 7+ years of directly managing and leading a team of 10+ members experience
• 8+ years of Accounts Receivable or Account Payable experience

Responsibilities

• Set and execute goals for the FOAA AP functional area globally
• Prioritize automation projects within FOAA AP to drive FOAA baseline savings goals
• Drive operational excellence by identifying business process re-engineering opportunities and partnering with projects team to provide accounting requirements that maintain highest level of controllership
• Drive global reporting format standardization and set SLA’s
• Ensure all Central Accounting Deliverables met within SLA; analyzing account activity; validating account balances are materially correct; explaining business drivers for account balance fluctuations
• Influencing business decisions with effective verbal and written communication, data driven analysis and presentation of alternatives
• Facilitate financial review meetings with FinOps leadership, including design and review of internal financial reports
• Raise the bar on hiring, developing, and retaining the best talent to continue building our world class team of finance professionals

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: Manager