Finance Manager - FP and A

Amazon UAE; Dubai; On-site; AED 390,600 - 558,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon UAE is seeking a Finance Manager – FP&A in Dubai to lead financial planning across Amazon International Emerging Stores. The role focuses on operating expense control, headcount planning, financial modeling, and month-end close for Amazon’s Consumer business, partnering with multiple finance teams.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in finance, strong FP&A, and proven ability to manage complex data, drive process improvements, and communicate insights to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or related analytical field.
• Minimum 5 years in finance, tax, or analytical领域.
• MBA or equivalent preferred for seniority.
• Strong FP&A capabilities: budgeting, forecasting, reporting, variance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial planning and analysis for International Emerging Stores.
• Partner with Retail, Operations, Marketing, Technology, Payments, Customer Service and other finance teams.
• Develop financial models to support planning, investments, and strategic decisions.

Skills

FP&A

Financial modeling

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance/ accounting

MBA preferred

Tools

SQL

Excel

Essbase

Cognos

Microsoft Access

Job description

Finance Manager – FP&A

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Industry: Financial Services. Job Type: Full-time. Salary: 35,000–50,000 AED/month. Experience: 5+ years in finance, tax, or related analytical field.

Overview

Finance Manager – FP&A in Dubai supports Amazon International Emerging Stores across Latin America, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, North Africa, and India. The role leads financial planning and analysis, operating expense control, headcount planning, financial modeling, management reporting, and month‑end close activities for Amazon’s Consumer business.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the principal financial planning and analysis contact for the International Emerging Stores business.
• Partner with Retail, Operations, Marketing, Technology, Payments, Customer Service, Prime, Bad Debts, and other finance teams.
• Develop financial models that support business planning, investment decisions, operational reviews, and strategic recommendations.
• Validate financial and operational results for Amazon’s Consumer business.
• Lead month‑end close activities relating to operating expenses and headcount.
• Review actual expenditure, accruals, forecasts, and financial movements before close completion.
• Maintain controllership over International Emerging Stores financial performance, with particular focus on operating expenses.
• Analyze actual results against budgets, forecasts, and prior periods.
• Investigate material variances and identify their operational or financial root causes.
• Challenge unsupported assumptions and ensure financial explanations are complete and evidence‑based.
• Develop and track corrective action plans designed to bring results back in line with approved targets.
• Coordinate annual, quarterly, and monthly financial planning cycles.
• Align assumptions, planning calendars, submission deadlines, system loads, and data‑validation activities.
• Ensure planning inputs are complete, consistent, and supported by clear business assumptions.
• Maintain high financial control standards and protect the integrity of reporting data.
• Identify incomplete, inaccurate, or inconsistent financial information and coordinate prompt remediation.
• Prepare accurate and insightful financial reports for business and finance leadership.
• Present financial performance, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions in a clear and concise manner.
• Apply relevant financial performance indicators to evaluate business health and operational efficiency.
• Conduct ad hoc financial analyses to support senior leadership decisions.
• Use large‑scale data mining and reporting tools to identify patterns, trends, and emerging risks.
• Drive finance process automation and reduce manual reporting or reconciliation activity.
• Simplify recurring planning, reporting, and controllership mechanisms.
• Identify opportunities to apply global standards and transfer repetitive activities to centralized teams.
• Develop financial knowledge and decision‑making capability across non‑finance business functions.
• Mentor junior finance professionals and business partners.
• Support talent development within and outside the Finance organization.
• Maintain clear documentation of financial models, assumptions, controls, processes, and leadership decisions.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, business administration, or a related analytical discipline.
• At least 5 years of experience in finance, taxation, financial planning, accounting, or a related analytical field.
• Alternatively, a master’s degree with at least 3 years of relevant finance experience.
• Strong financial planning and analysis experience covering budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and variance analysis.
• Proven ability to lead month‑end close activities and maintain financial controls.
• Experience managing operating expense and headcount planning.
• Strong financial modeling and analytical problem‑solving capability.
• Ability to validate complex financial and operational data.
• Experience partnering with senior business and finance stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain financial matters to non‑finance audiences.
• Experience working with large‑scale datasets and reporting tools is preferred.
• Knowledge of SQL, Microsoft Access, Essbase, Cognos, or comparable analytical platforms is advantageous.
• Demonstrated experience using financial KPIs to guide business decisions.
• Experience improving controllership through measurable process changes is preferred.
• Ability to identify inaccurate or incomplete data, determine root causes, and implement escalation plans.
• Experience mentoring junior finance or business team members is advantageous.
• At least 3 years of experience working with senior executives or equivalent leadership stakeholders is preferred.
• Strong ownership, attention to detail, and ability to operate effectively under changing priorities.
• MBA, CPA, or another relevant professional qualification is preferred.

Skills Set

• Financial planning and analysis
• FP&A
• Financial modeling
• Operating expense management
• Headcount planning
• Month‑end close
• Financial controllership
• Variance analysis
• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Financial reporting
• Data integrity
• Financial controls
• Business partnering
• Consumer finance
• Management reporting
• Financial KPIs
• Root‑cause analysis
• Corrective action planning
• Process automation
• Process simplification
• Planning cycles
• SQL
• Microsoft Access
• Essbase
• Cognos
• Large‑scale data analysis
• Senior leadership communication
• Finance talent development
• International business finance

Why Join Us

This position offers the opportunity to influence financial decisions across Amazon’s International Emerging Stores business, covering some of the company’s most dynamic and rapidly developing markets. The Finance Manager will support strategic planning, financial control, operating efficiency, and investment decisions across several major business functions. The role provides significant exposure to regional and global finance teams, large‑scale consumer operations, automation, senior leadership, and complex financial planning. It is well suited to an experienced finance professional seeking broad international responsibility and long‑term development within Amazon.

About the Company

Amazon is a global technology, e-commerce, logistics, and digital‑services company operating online marketplaces and consumer businesses across established and emerging markets. Its Finance teams provide planning, analysis, controllership, and business guidance that help leaders make informed decisions, allocate resources effectively, and support sustainable customer‑focused growth.