Finance Manager: AI-Driven Sourcing Strategy

Amazon; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC, Bellevue, WA, is seeking a Finance Manager to support SCOT Finance and Strategic Sourcing. You will partner with a global team of scientists, engineers, and product managers to enable autonomous sourcing decisions and drive cost optimization.

Strong modeling, data analysis, and communication with leadership are essential. Ideal candidates have a finance or related analytical background with substantial experience in forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, plus

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)
• 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• MBA, or CPA

Responsibilities

• Support Sourcing Strategy and Vendor Selection programs that influence nearly all buying decisions for the Retail business, resulting in millions of decisions every day and billions of dollars every month
• Engage in AI/ML model design reviews as the financial subject matter expert, ensuring sourcing algorithms incorporate appropriate financial inputs
• Build and improve metrics and audit mechanisms to evaluate algorithmic decision outcomes — identifying when models are underperforming and bringing data-driven recommendations to course-correct
• Translate complex algorithmic sourcing decisions into clear explanations for leadership, answering "why did the system recommend X" with financial and business context
• Collect, analyze, and manage quantitative data to create meaningful reports that drive business improvement and cost reductions
• Manage the development of weekly and monthly financial metrics, planning, forecasting, and reporting models — driving continuous innovation and communicating insights to Operations and Retail partners
• Conduct root cause analysis and uncover core issues using data to drive actions and improvements
• Conduct ad hoc analysis to quantify financial impact of opportunities and risks
• Communicate verbally and in writing to business customers and leadership with various levels of technical knowledge, educating them about our systems and sharing insights and recommendations
• Work with data source providers and technology teams to ensure that key decision data is accurate, automated, and timely
• Leverage AI and automation tools — including GenAI assistants and AI-powered data platforms — to accelerate analysis, improve productivity, and continuously explore new ways to deliver higher-quality insights faster

Skills

Financial analysis

Data interpretation

Forecasting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or related analytical field

MBA or CPA

Tools

SQL

ETL

Essbase

Cognos

Oracle

SAP

Lawson

JD Edwards

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC, Bellevue, WA, is seeking a Finance Manager to support SCOT Finance and Strategic Sourcing. You will partner with a global team of scientists, engineers, and product managers to enable autonomous sourcing decisions and drive cost optimization.

Strong modeling, data analysis, and communication with leadership are essential. Ideal candidates have a finance or related analytical background with substantial experience in forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, plus