Finance Manager, Amazon Payments Finance

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Finance Business Partner/Manager, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the financial landscape of innovative payment products. This dynamic position involves financial planning, controllership, and providing analytical insights to support senior management. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvements and manage competing priorities effectively. Ideal candidates will possess strong analytical and communication skills, along with a keen attention to detail. Be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace that values your passion for innovation and excellence.

Qualifications

• Experience in multiple finance and accounting roles is essential.
• Strong analytical skills and project management capabilities are required.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for long and short term financial planning and reporting.
• Provide analytical support for Senior Business Management.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Project Management

Attention to Detail

Leadership Skills

Education

Experience in tax, finance or a related analytical field

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Tools

SQL

ETL

MS Access

Essbase

Cognos

Oracle

SAP

Lawson

JD Edwards

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Amazon seeks a Finance Business Partner/Finance Manager to play a key role on the Amazon Payment Products Finance team, primarily supporting Amazon's European credit products. The person in this role is responsible for long and short term financial planning, controllership of monthly financial reporting, developing and reporting on weekly financial and operational performance metrics, and providing analytical support for Senior Business Management. This position will be a key risk/controllership gateway for the payments business and requires a candidate with strong communication and leadership skills. A portion of the time will be spent on ad hoc analysis to support the growing business needs. The finance team works closely with the business teams, so any candidate should be able to work well with cross functional teams. The ideal candidate must have superior attention to detail, project management skills and the ability to successfully manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously. Strong analytical skills are required.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. Experience in tax, finance or a related analytical field
2. Experience in multiple finance and accounting roles
3. Experience applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses
4. Experience in building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making
5. Experience participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Knowledge of SQL/ETL
2. 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)
3. Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (examples: SQL, MS Access, Essbase, Cognos) and other financial systems (examples: Oracle, SAP, Lawson, JD Edwards)
4. Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results
5. Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

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.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

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