Finance Manager, EU Flex, Amazon Flex

Job title:

Finance Manager, EU Flex, Amazon Flex

Company

Amazon

Job description

DESCRIPTIONAt Amazon, we’re working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. Operations is at the heart of what we do, delivering millions of packages each day and fulfilling customer orders from all over the world. Amazon Flex is at the forefront of delivery operations, owning a significant piece of Amazon’s “Last Mile” delivery strategy at current & into the future. The Flex model utilizes independent contractors to help fulfill “ultrafast” customer deliveries including Amazon Grocery, Whole Foods, same day Amazon.com orders, and beyond. Our Finance team works closely with Tech, Product & Program Managers to track performance reporting and support analysis for optimization of labor planning, pricing, routing, and expansion opportunities, which help improve safety, customer quality, and reduce costs.With a rapidly expanding EU team & scope, we are looking for a Finance Manager, who is a strategic thinker and creative problem solver to support this hyper-growth business as part of the EU Flex Finance team. This role partners with business leadership to provide strategic guidance and analytic/decision making support for evaluating and prioritizing projects or initiatives. This role will work closely with EU Flex country leaders and cross-functional business leaders across internal Amazon verticals and the Last Mile organization. Be part of the journey in this exciting space and help make history!This role requires a self-starter with strong business modelling skills, a keen attention to detail, and good track record of influencing business partners. This role has regular interaction with senior leadership and stakeholders across Amazon and requires excellent verbal and written communication skills. The candidate will need to be capable of operating with a high degree of autonomy, and hence needs to demonstrate a high degree of comfort with ambiguity.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.
• Educate business partners on financial and non-financial trade-offs and provide guidance and financial analysis for new projects and initiatives. You make thoughtful judgement calls in ambiguous environments where data may be scarce or difficult to procure.
• Identify opportunities to resolve defects proactively. Improve, scale, or simplify finance tools across teams and organizations.
• Participate in hiring, developing, and mentoring peers and team members.

A day in the life
A typical day in this role provides an opportunity to innovate by building creative solutions and performance measurements to continuously grow and improve the economics of the business, identify projects that maximize results for key stakeholders, and solve complex problems that affect company-wide strategic decisions.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS– Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)
– 5+ years of finance experience, or Master’s degree and 3+ years of finance experiencePREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS– MBA, or CPA
– Advanced Excel skills
– Advanced use of SQL (data mining and business intelligence)
– Ability to prioritize workload and achieve effective results in a fast-paced, dynamic, ever-growing and often ambiguous environment; effective multi-tasking skills are vitalAmazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations.

Expected salary

Location

London

Job date

Sat, 12 Oct 2024 02:49:12 GMT

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