Finance Operations Business Partner

Description

On the Business Partnership (BP) Team within Finance Operations (FinOps), you will find yourself working with multi talented and dedicated people committed to driving financial improvement, scalability, and process excellence.

As Amazon continues to grow, we are recruiting a FinOps BP in Corporate Accounts Payable to drive expansion in complex and innovative situations. You will lead critical initiatives across businesses, tech teams, and other stakeholders to drive change and implement scalable solutions to increase Vendor Experience, Amazon productivity and Free Cash Flow (FCF).

You will work with leaders across the world and use your problem-solving skills to manage complex and high visibility priorities in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

This role operates with a significant level of autonomy and is an ideal opportunity for a driven finance professional looking to broaden Core Finance experience in a project driven operational area of finance.

We’ll give you the opportunity to really make a difference in a high growth environment where your ability to identify and drive change will be key. So if you thrive in ambiguity, love solving complex problems and want to do that in Earth’s most customer-centric company, come and join us!

Key job responsibilities

• Working closely with our FinOps Services teams to identify and remove roadblocks, acting as the interface between our Operations, Business, Accounting, Finance and Project Management teams

• Partnering with upstream Business and Technology teams to develop and deliver continuous system and process change programs through global go-to-green initiatives

• Building financial and operational analyses to drive and influence data-driven senior leadership decisions across FinOps, Business and Technology teams to deliver high-quality solutions that prevent and eliminate defects and enable long-term business growth

• Building scalable models in a cost-effective way, making sound recommendations on implementation of new tools, technologies, best practices and organisational structures

• Communicating program updates to senior leaders and stakeholders across multiple Finance and Business teams

• Supporting Business Partnering leads in identifying and quantifying financial and operational risks and opportunities to FinOps and across the company, driving ad-hoc projects as required

About the team

We are a small and multicultural team spread across the globe (NA, LATAM, EU and APAC). We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture.

Basic Qualifications

• Several years of relevant experience in Tax, accounting, finance, accounts receivable, or accounts payable

• Driving cross-functional projects and influencing/delivering through others

• Reporting and analyzing data applying KPIs to inform business decisions

Preferred Qualifications

• Big Four experience is a plus

• Experience identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, determining root causes, and creating/implementing escalation plans

• Knowledge and hands-on experience with SQL and ETL (extract, transform, load) processes

• Experience in financial forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and interpreting data insights

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