Manager Finance , FinOps

Amazon; City Of London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global retailer in London seeks a Manager for FinOps AP to oversee Accounts Payable/Receivable functions. You'll lead a team of 15, ensuring high accuracy and timeliness in service delivery while driving continuous improvement and talent development. Strong management, analytical skills, and experience in finance operations are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of team management experience.
• 6-10 years of Accounts Payable/Receivable (AP/AR) experience.
• Knowledge of Six Sigma defect reduction techniques.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and manage complex departmental work.
• Manage group workload and establish priorities.
• Set and improve policies and procedures.

Skills

Team management

Data analysis for business decisions

Strong communication skills

Business modeling

Collaboration with stakeholders

Job description

At Amazon, we're working to be the world's most customer-centric company. Driving innovation on behalf of customers is core to our mission. This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the most strategic, impactful, and fastest growing areas within Amazon.

The Manager FinOps AP will be responsible for service delivery of our Accounts Payable/Receivable functions for a specific geo / country and will partner with a diverse set of stakeholders within the Finance Shared Service Organization as well as the business. A key responsibility will be to deliver existing services at a high degree of accuracy, timeliness and controllership, besides supporting the growth in business. Leading a team of 15 resources, this position will provide overall leadership and direction to the team.

This role requires one to be a self-starter with strong business modeling skills, keen attention to detail and good track record of collaborating with diverse stakeholders. This role has regular interaction with senior leadership and stakeholders across Amazon and requires strong verbal and written communication skills. The candidate will need to be capable of operating with a high degree of autonomy and hence needs to demonstrate a high degree of comfort with ambiguity besides holding a high bar on performance. The candidate will need to have a proven track record for hiring, developing and retaining the best talent.

Key Responsibilities

• Performs autonomously, initiates and manages complex, departmental and/or cross- company work.
• Managing group workload and establishing priorities.
• Is expected to set and improve policies and procedures, maintaining full compliance, implementing best practices.
• Focus is broad, will serve as a consultant or lead on projects and areas of finance or support of a business.
• This position will also act as an escalation point in resolving complex outstanding issues with internal and external business partners.
• Significantly participates in recruiting efforts. Continually raises the bar.
• Significant role in career development of the team.
• Drives execution of vision and goals for the team.
• Responsible for developing and communicating team or department vision and goals.

Basic Qualifications

• 2+ years of team management experience
• Knowledge of Six Sigma defect reduction techniques (Lean, etc.)
• Experience using data to influence business decisions
• 6 -10 years of Accounts Payable/Receivable (AP/AR) experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience

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