Finance Manager, UK Customer Fulfillment

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Finance Manager, where your analytical skills will drive operational excellence and strategic insights. In this dynamic role, you'll transform complex financial metrics into actionable insights, supporting key stakeholders across the organization. With the freedom to tackle diverse projects and collaborate with a powerhouse of experts, you'll play a crucial role in optimizing cost structures and enhancing business strategies. This position offers a unique blend of independence and teamwork, allowing you to make a significant impact within a fast-paced environment. If you're ready to unlock your potential and embark on an exhilarating career journey, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Degree in Finance, Mathematics, Economics, or relevant field required.
• Experience in finance roles and stakeholder collaboration is essential.

Responsibilities

• Drive data-driven decisions through financial and operational analysis.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support business strategy.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Financial Modelling

Stakeholder Management

Data Analysis

Cost Optimization

Education

Degree in Finance

Advanced or Master’s Degree in Finance

Tools

Excel

Python

SQL

Tableau

Job description

Finance Manager, UK Customer Fulfillment

Job ID: 2877747 | Amazon UK Services Ltd.

Embark on a Thrilling Journey as Amazon's Finance Manager, Driving Operational Excellence and Strategic Insights!

Are you a financial wizard with a passion for driving operational transformation? Amazon's Fulfillment Network is seeking an experienced Finance Manager to join our dynamic team in London or Manchester. As the Finance Manager, you'll be the crucial link between data and strategy, uncovering hidden insights that will propel our operations to new heights. Your analytical prowess will be put to the test as you delve into a diverse array of data sources, effortlessly manipulating and transforming them into visually compelling reports that inform key stakeholders across Finance, Business, and Operations.

Leveraging your exceptional analytical skills, you'll bring complex financial metrics to life. Your ability to educate and empower our teams will be instrumental in driving continuous improvement and optimizing our cost structures for maximum efficiency. Your focus will include supporting HR leadership drive cost metrics and help shape and develop business strategy.

Prepare to embark on a thrilling journey, where no two days are alike. You'll tackle ad-hoc analyses, KPI reporting, all while collaborating with a cross-functional powerhouse of experts from our Amazon Finance, People, and Operations teams. Your strategic recommendations will be crucial as our leaders navigate the dynamic landscape of our fulfillment network.

This role offers the perfect blend of independence and teamwork, as you'll have the freedom to dive into complex projects while also fostering close relationships with our on-the-ground operations. Based in our corporate office in London or Manchester, you'll gain a deep understanding of the inner workings of Amazon's logistics ecosystem working alongside other operational and finance teams.

Are you ready to be the catalyst for transformative change? Unlock your potential and embark on an exhilarating career journey with Amazon!

Key job responsibilities

1. Building financial and operational analysis to drive and influence data-driven senior leadership decisions across Customer Fulfillment
2. Use a range of metrics and models to forecast, link operational objectives to financials, and determine opportunities for improvement
3. Business partner cross functionally with key Customer Fulfillment senior stakeholders, providing finance support and challenge
4. Produce a financial and operational plan to support business priorities, and lead on associated projects
5. Support with training new team members and contribute to onboarding plans
6. Maintain and build tools for your team to support knowledge sharing and help to standardise processes across EU teams

A day in the life
As a Finance Manager, you’ll play a core role in a number of projects at any one time. By tracking performance metrics, analysing data and building financial models, you’ll identify where we can drive better efficiency and productivity. You’ll also show us how different scenarios impact our business from a financial perspective, which is vital for many of our stakeholders to make business decisions.

This role will allow you to work independently, whilst also working closely with our partners to provide the insights they need. You’ll be predominantly based in one of our corporate offices but may also require to travel to sites on an ad-hoc basis.

About the team
Customer Fulfilment, or CF, is where it all started for Amazon. CF has scaled up from a humble team of booksellers to a sophisticated global team which handles more than 1.5 million orders every day. The team is the foundation of our business and its efforts have helped us diversify across new regions and services. With the help of emerging technology, we’re always looking for ways to offer a bigger, better product range – delivered quickly and affordably.

The CF team are the first people in the chain that helps customers get products at the speed we’re known for. We’re based in Fulfilment Centres, which are at the heart of Amazon’s fast-paced Operations network. Our centres are sometimes referred to as the ‘First Mile’ because it’s where most Amazon packages start their journey. We help to manage dynamic inventory and facilitate speedy deliveries round the clock.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. A degree in Finance, Mathematics, Economics, or another relevant field
2. Relevant experience in a finance role including partnering with a variety of stakeholders across the business
3. Relevant experience working with Excel and large-scale data mining and reporting tools such as Python, SQL or Tableau
4. Relevant experience in financial modelling

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Advanced or master’s degree in finance, economics or mathematics, such as a CA, CMA, CWA or MBA
2. Experience working in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment
3. Experience working in large teams or at a national/multinational organisation
4. Experience communicating complex information and solutions to senior stakeholders and influence decisions

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Posted: January 6, 2025 (Updated about 2 hours ago)