Senior Program Manager, Global Finance Transformation

Amazon Inc.; Cork; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Project Manager for the Global Finance Transformation program in Ireland. The role focuses on delivering process improvements and automation across accounting functions, collaborating with sponsors, stakeholders and IT teams to drive efficient financial close and compliance.

You will lead multi-team projects, manage backlogs, and ensure timely delivery while balancing business needs with technical constraints. Some international travel (~10%) may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Fluent in English (speaking, writing and reading).
• Experience delivering process improvements with automation and analytical insights.
• Experience using financial models, KPIs and data analysis to support decisions.
• PMP certification or experience in project management.

Responsibilities

• Interact with sponsors, stakeholders and accounting/technical teams to define and deliver solutions.
• Drive multiple projects to completion across organizations.
• Plan and manage parallel projects with cross-team interdependencies.
• Facilitate process improvement workshops with stakeholders.
• Communicate project status concisely and professionally.
• Build integrated project schedules accounting for dependencies and risk.

Skills

Fluent English

Automation experience

Financial modeling

Data analysis

Project management

Cross-functional teamwork

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting

Tools

Cognos

Redshift

Job description

Description

We are looking for a team member who is interested in driving efficiency and can collaborate in our fast-paced global organization. The successful candidate will have proven experience delivering process improvement and automation projects on behalf of Accounting functional stakeholders.

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

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