Finance Manager, North American Customer Fulfillment

Amazon Inc.; Ontario (CA); On-site; USD 58,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Inc. in Canada (Toronto) seeks an experienced Finance Manager (IC) to partner with multiple fulfillment centers, build robust financial models, and influence strategic decisions across the CACF Finance function.

You will own weekly/monthly close, planning, forecasting, budgeting, and consolidations, leveraging large-scale data tools to identify savings and drive efficiency. MBA/CPA and 5+ years in finance strongly preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related analytical field
• 5+ years of finance, tax, or a related analytical field experience
• MBA or CPA preferred

Responsibilities

• Build financial models and analyses with little guidance to deliver results and improvements
• Create effective business partnerships and provide guidance during unexpected events
• Align financial analyses with business partners and challenge assumptions when needed
• Identify and implement solutions to resolve, improve, automate, or simplify finance processes
• Communicate data clearly to different audiences, verbally and in writing
• Analyze quantitative data to develop reports for action by partners
• Participate in hiring, development, and mentoring activities
• Contribute to a collaborative and high-performing team culture

Skills

Financial modeling

Data analysis

Business partnering

Communication with leadership

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Business

Tools

SQL

MS Access

Essbase

Cognos

Oracle

SAP

Lawson

JD Edwards

MS Power Query

Python

Job description

Are you passionate about driving change and delivering results?

Our Customer Fulfillment network is renowned for being world-class, delivering packages to customers across the world. Our Finance teams don't just manage our books; they help drive the company forward by partnering closely with cross-functional teams to support the growth of this rapidly expanding network; driving controllership, innovation, productivity, and cost-effective operations across the network in a fast paced environment.

CACF Finance is seeking an experienced Finance Manager (individual contributor) to be the trusted finance partner for multiple fulfillment centers. The successful candidate will have demonstrated an ability to influence business owners, support thoughtful decision-making, and adapt to a rapidly evolving environment. Regular collaboration with executives and various business units across Amazon will allow you the opportunity to exhibit your verbal and written communication skills. A typical day in this role, provides an opportunity to improve and create new measures for productivity, innovate creative solutions utilizing large scale data mining tools, identifying high priority work/projects to maximize results for key stakeholders, and solve complex problems affecting company-wide strategic decision-making.

Experience with this team opens up several career opportunities across Amazon, e.g. senior roles supporting different business lanes, project management roles, and/or management opportunities locally, regionally, and globally.

Key job responsibilities

• Use solid financial knowledge and business acumen to build financial models and analyses with little guidance, draw conclusions, and make recommendations that deliver results and drive improvements
• Create effective business partnership, manage competing priorities, and providing guidance during unexpected events
• Independently align financial and operational analyses with your business partners, challenging business partner assumptions whenever necessary
• Proactively identify and implement solutions to resolve, improve, automate, standardize, or simplify finance processes
• Intuitively utilize active listening skills to communicate data (both written and verbal) in a clear, concise, and unambiguous manner, adjusting your style based on audience, to articulate complex finance issues
• Collecting and analyzing quantitative data to develop relevant reports to allow business partners to take action quickly
• Take part in hiring, developing, and mentoring activities while you seek value, and leverage diverse perspectives
• Contribute to work life harmony by becoming a positive, collaborative, and effective influencer to new team members as an indicator of operations excellence

Key job responsibilities

• Utilizing solid financial knowledge and business acumen to build financial models, interoperate data, draw conclusions, and make recommendations that deliver results, drive improvements, and influence leaders throughout Amazon which may have global impact.
• Responsible for delivering weekly/monthly financial close, planning, forecasting, budgeting, and consolidations utilizing financial systems and advance excel functions.
• Create effective business partnership, manage competing priorities, and providing guidance during unexpected events
• Intuitively utilize active listening skills to communicate data (both written and verbal) in a clear, concise, and unambiguous manner, adjusting your style based on audience, to articulate complex finance issues
• Collecting and analyzing quantitative data to develop relevant reports leading to cost reductions
• Take part in hiring, developing, and mentoring activities while you seek value, and leverage diverse perspectives
• Proactively identify opportunities to resolve finance defects and improve, scale, or simplify finance tools across teams and organizations.
• Contribute to work life harmony by becoming a positive, collaborative, and effective influencer to new team members as an indicator of operations excellence.

Basic qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related analytical field
• 5+ years of finance, tax, or a related analytical field experience

Preferred qualifications

• MBA, or CPA
• Experience in 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)
• 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)
• Experience in delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results
• Experience in communicating and presenting results effectively to senior leadership

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years of finance or a related analytical field experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (i.e. SQL, MS Power Query, Python)

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company, Amazon's package may include other elements such as sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&D insurance), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP), paid time off, and other resources to improve health and well-being. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.

CAN, ON, Toronto - 80,900.00 - 135,200.00 CAD annually