Freight Audit Payment Analyst, AWS Infrastructure and Supply Chain
Amazon is hiring a Freight Audit Payment Analyst, AWS Infrastructure and Supply Chain in Austin, United States. It pays $63k-$110k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.
Level's read on this job
- On Level's scale, this role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
- The posting mentions financial auditing, invoice processing and supply chain finance among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a mid-level role.
- Amazon has 21,000+ other open roles on Level.
AI in this role
Develop auditing automation strategies and manage global freight invoice payments for AWS infrastructure and supply chain.
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.
You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
Key job responsibilities
· Develop auditing automation strategies for transportation brokerage invoices and ensuring proper controls are in place in invoice auditing and payment systems.
· Create a “learn by doing” environment by engaging with financial analysts and business partners to promote and encourage continued customer focus and cost reduction
· Partner with your team and oversee auditing operations, develop analytical models / automation efforts while overseeing their continuous innovation and communication to both your operations & other business partners
· Work with technology teams and payable teams to ensure timely freight invoice payments and provide excellent carrier experience.
· Manage and participate in finance and accounting activities globally with multiple currencies.
· Recommend, develop, and implement policies and programs that guide the organization in accurately estimating freight cost and ensure payment accuracy.
· Identify, develop, manage, and execute analyses to uncover areas of opportunity and present written business recommendations.
· Analyze and solve business problems at their root.
A day in the life
As a Cost Controller, the Builder starts the day reviewing brokerage invoices, auditing for issues and ensuring proper compliance controls are in place. The Builder then performs analytics while promoting innovative ideas to advance auditing. The Builder partners extensively with Accounts Payable and Finance to guarantee timely vendor payments. Builder afternoons often involves advanced data analysis, creating outlier reports to flag abnormal spend, and compiling monthly evaluations benchmarking disruption trends. The Builder ends each day connecting with cross-functional business partners, reviewing gaps and providing direction.
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or above in Business, Procurement, Logistics, Accounting, Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Analysis, Construction, or other related fields
- Experience in supply chain program, project, or automation related product management, or leading an implementation of a product
- 3+ years of supply chain management, production planning, capacity planning or manufacturing operations experience
Preferred qualifications
- Experience working with technical and non-technical business owners/partners to overcome obstacles and deliver results
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
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How we rate this
Freight Audit Payment Analyst, AWS Infrastructure and Supply Chain at Amazon rates 10 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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Skills and AI tools this role asks for
Questions you could be asked
- Tell me about a project where financial auditing was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where invoice processing was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where supply chain finance was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where data analysis was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where process automation was part of your work. What did you do?
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Financial Auditing, Invoice Processing, Supply Chain Finance, Data Analysis, and Process Automation. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
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