Finance Manager, North America Sort Center FP&A

DescriptionThis is an exciting opportunity to partner cross-functionally to ensure informed decision making, innovation and sustainability in processes for the Sort Center network.Experience on this team opens up varying career opportunities across Amazon such as transitions to other business lines, project management roles, and/or management opportunities locally, regionally, and globally.The role focuses on supporting reporting and financial planning cycles and identifying continuous improvement opportunities across internal and external stakeholders to define, design and maintain performance measurements, reporting and reviews.A typical day in this role provides an opportunity to do financial analyses for executive-level business leaders to support a network of sites, identify high priority projects to improve results and drive cost reductions with stakeholders, create new measures for business effectiveness, and recommend, develop, and implement policies and programs that guide the organization in maintaining and improving its competitive position and profitability.A successful candidate will be able to effectively influence business partners, provide sound and thoughtful decision-making, and manage competing priorities in a quickly changing environment. Candidates should demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills as direct interaction with leadership is common.Key job responsibilities

Ideate, create and automate weekly and monthly reports that provide clear, meaningful and actionable insights about the performance of the business which is shared with dozens of senior leaders.

Responsible for delivering weekly/monthly financial close, planning, forecasting, budgeting, and consolidations utilizing financial systems and advance excel functions

Provide financial support to business partners on its key initiatives that improve the quality of deliveries, speed of delivery and/or reduce costs

Root cause analysis and uncover core issues using data, and provide guidance for business partners and data analytics to improve data quality to make better decision

A day in the lifeA typical day in this role provides an opportunity to lead root-cause analysis and uncover core issues to drive cost reductions with stakeholders, manage, evaluate and create meaningful business reporting, and build and maintain complex financial models and analytical tools to measure overall financial performance.We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Arlington, VA, USA | Dallas, TX, USA | Nashville, TN, USA | New York, NY, USA | Seattle, WA, USABasic Qualifications

BA or BS in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a highly analytical field (e.g., Engineering, Math, Computer Science)

5+ years of finance experience, or Master’s degree and 3+ years of finance experience

Preferred Qualifications

Proficiency in Excel (index, conditional list, pivots, lookups) and financial modeling

Intermediate knowledge of SQL (writing basic queries and knowledge of data warehouses)

Strong communication skills - both written and verbal and experience working with multiple peer groups and senior levels of management

Demonstrated financial acumen and/or analytical experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis

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/en/disability/us.Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $81,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $179,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.