Head of Finance

2 weeks ago


City of Westminster, Greater London, United Kingdom Amazon TA Full time
As a Finance Manager, you'll give us the visibility we need to drive Amazon forward. Finance teams are a constant adviser to the business.

When our finances and performance are optimized, we can keep delivering an excellent experience for our customers and find new ways to support them.

Read the overview of this opportunity to understand what skills, including and relevant soft skills and software package proficiencies, are required.

Interact with Finance stakeholders at multiple levels to understand business drivers of weekly and monthly performance

  • Develop and report accurate, actionable, and timely financial and business metrics for weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reviews
  • Develop ad hoc business analysis and present recommendations to business leaders
  • Ability to work on multiple projects with tight deadlines
  • Drive scalable automation projects with scope of influence
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business, or a Bachelor's degree and experience in quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance)

  • Experience in tax, finance or a related analytical field
  • Experience in multiple finance and accounting roles
  • Experience in accounts receivable or account payable
  • Experience applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses
  • Experience in building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decisionmaking
  • Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis
  • Experience participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- MBA, or CPA

  • Knowledge of SQL/ETL
  • Experience in identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan
  • Experience in 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 working with largescale 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
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