Senior Program Manager, Global Finance Transformation
Amazon is hiring a Senior Program Manager, Global Finance Transformation in Cork, United States. Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.
Level's read on this job
- Level rates this finance role Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
- The posting mentions Agile, program management and process improvement among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a senior role.
- Amazon has 21,000+ other open roles on Level.
AI in this role
Drive global finance transformation projects and process automation initiatives across accounting and technical teams.
Key job responsibilities
• Interact with Project Sponsors, Project Stakeholders and multiple accounting and technical teams to define and deliver solutions to complex challenges
• Drive multiple projects to completion across many organizations and teams
• Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make trade-offs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints
• Facilitate process improvement workshops with stakeholder teams
• Plan and manage multiple parallel projects. Maximize resources for the greater good of the organization
• Identify, assess, track and mitigate issues and risks at multiple levels
• Create, maintain and disseminate project information to stakeholders
• Drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities
• Be the glue that is able to understand, plan, and manage the cross-team inter-dependencies
• Communicate project issues and status in a concise, accurate, and professional manner
• Build and maintain integrated project schedules that account for internal/external dependencies, numerous constraints and consideration of risk while still showing bias for action
• Remain flexible to changing priorities, open to new ideas and have Amazon's success firmly in your focus
• Potential international travel up to ~10%
A day in the life
This role will work with project SME’s, multiple IT teams and Accounting and Compliance stakeholders. The PM will need to energize and harmonize contributors to facilitate a ‘One Team’ working environment. Delivered via Agile methodology, the PM will be required to lead multiple global projects in parallel, agree prioritization/ backlogs with the Global Finance Transformation lead, plan scope and capacity, and then manage the execution and report through to delivery. The emphasis is to invent and simplify to deliver flexible, scalable solutions that meet our customer needs.
About the team
We are a Global Finance Transformation Program working across the Amazon Accounting team. Our goal is to improve our accounting colleagues experience while accelerating financial close, driving compliance and increasing efficiency. This is to be achieved through process improvement projects leveraging standardization and automation of cross-team accounting processes and policies.
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field, or experience delivering results for large, cross-functional initiatives/projects
- Speak, write, and read fluently in English
- Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis
- Experience using financial models, KPIs, and data analysis to support business decisions
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, or experience in project management
Preferred qualifications
- Knowledge of of financial reporting tools (Cognos, Redshift)
- Experience communicating complex information and solutions to senior stakeholders and influencing decisions
- Experience with process improvement, Kaizan, and Six Sigma
- Experience in tax, finance or a related analytical field
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.
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.
How we rate this
Senior Program Manager, Global Finance Transformation at Amazon rates 0 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.
Prepare for this job
Built from this posting and from similar jobs on Level.
Skills and AI tools this role asks for
Also common in finance jobs at this level
Pay
- Typical finance job
- $107k
This posting doesn't list pay. Use the typical finance figure when pay comes up. See finance jobs
Questions you could be asked
- Tell me about a project where program management was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where process improvement was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where automation was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where cross functional leadership was part of your work. What did you do?
- Walk me through how you've used Agile in your day-to-day work.
Adapt your resume
- List these exact terms on your resume: Program Management, Process Improvement, Automation, Cross Functional Leadership, and Agile. 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.
Want an expert to read your CV for this job?
Free. Send your CV and the role you want next. We reply by email within 2 to 4 business days.
Get new finance jobs by email
One email a week with the new finance jobs, each rated for how much AI is in the work. No recruiter spam, unsubscribe in one click.
Free. One email a week. Unsubscribe in one click.
Similar roles
Operations roles that involve little AI, at other companies.
What kind of AI work fits you?
Answer 12 practical questions in about three minutes. Get a simple profile, the work it points to, and live roles to explore next.
Find my next step