AmazonPrincipal Finance Manager, NA Stores Finance
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Principal Finance Manager leading North America Stores FP&A processes, financial planning, and business analysis.
To support our continued growth, we are looking for the most exceptional finance professionals to join our North America Stores Financial Planning & Analysis team. Our team provides strategic support to NA Stores CFO, CEO and senior leadership on planning, analysis, and reporting. As the central place the company looks to for an understanding of financial performance, we play a major role in driving business decisions.
In this role, you will play a key role in processes essential to the heartbeat of Amazon Stores Finance, including month-end-close, quarter-end-close, topline reporting, and developing best practices for FP&A which have impact across the company. This role works closely with the WW Stores, Insights, Planning, Analytics, Technology (IPAT) and the business finance teams. The Principal Finance Manager drives key projects and will be a key business partner to the business finance teams, Finance Operations, Accounting, and Tax. We are looking for an experienced finance professional who is adaptable, capable of exercising high judgment, making informed decisions and insists on the highest standards.
Key job responsibilities
Key resource in planning process for NA Stores. Specifically, this role is responsible for working with business partners to pull together a story that tells us how North America Stores is thinking about forward looking plans that will be shared with Amazon Stores most senior leaders.
The Principal Finance Manager will work with business partners to gain a comprehensive understanding of the drivers of our plans and deliver insightful analyses and narratives to Amazon’s executive team members.
Leverage Cognos/TM1, Apliqo, and other corporate financial systems to support deep dive analysis and results summarization in response to CFO/CEO needs.
Engage with business finance teams to support understanding and timeliness of financial deliverables.
Obsess over leveraging AI to drive efficiencies in our processes.
Partner with the business and other Corporate FP&A teams to create workback calendars that support key meeting dates and ensure adequate review and preparation time.
Basic qualifications
- 8+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- 7+ years of finance technology, forecast & budgeting, or other finance-focused competency experience
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field
- 8+ years of spearheading strategic cross-functional initiatives that deliver measurable financial results and advance organizational objectives experience
- 8+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience
Preferred qualifications
- MBA, or CPA
- Experience in a leadership position managing finance, accounting and operational processes
- Experience with Tableau, Python, SQB, Quicksight, Cognos or or other BI packages
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.
USA, WA, Seattle - 139,100.00 - 188,200.00 USD annually
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Principal Finance Manager, NA Stores Finance at Amazon rates 15 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.
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