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Amazon

Sells products online and rents cloud computing

Finance Manager

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
$95.4k - $163.2k/yr+ Sign-on payments + Restricted stock units (RSUs)
Senior
Bachelor's, MBA
Bellevue, WA, USA
In Person
Finance & BankingCorporate Finance & FP&A
Company Historically Provides H1B Sponsorship

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 5 years of experience in tax, finance, or a related analytical field.
  • At least 5 years of experience across multiple finance and accounting roles.
  • At least 6 years of experience in accounts receivable or accounts payable.
  • At least 6 years of experience applying key financial performance indicators to analyses.
  • At least 6 years of experience building financial and operational reports or data sets that inform business decision-making.
  • At least 6 years of experience creating process improvements through automation and analysis.
  • At least 6 years of experience participating in continuous improvement projects to scale and improve controllership with measurable results.
  • A bachelor's degree in engineering, statistics, or business; alternatively, a bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of experience in a quantitative role such as engineering, process re-engineering, or quality assurance.
Responsibilities
  • Partner with the team to develop planning and forecasting models, oversee their continuous improvement, and communicate them to operations and other business partners.
  • Develop and present the financial narrative for long-term plans, focusing on key risks and opportunities.
  • Work with data source providers and technology teams to ensure decision-making data is accurate, automated, and timely.
  • Manage and participate in finance and accounting activities across several locations.
  • Recommend, develop, and implement policies and programs that maintain and improve the organization’s competitive position and profitability.
  • Engage with on-the-floor associates and managers to promote customer focus and create a learn-by-doing environment.
  • Lead components of long-term planning, ad hoc project analyses, and planning-related insights.
  • Work with partner teams to identify and report key financial metrics.
  • Work with partner teams to understand the causes of planning-related variances.
  • Improve existing processes through automation, scalability, and efficiency.
  • Perform complex business modeling and analysis to identify operating improvements and analyze cost structures.
  • Influence business decisions through verbal and written communication, data-driven analysis and modeling, and presentation of options and alternatives.
  • Facilitate financial review meetings with leaders at various levels to support effective finance and cost management.
  • Work with data source providers and technology teams to ensure key data is timely and accurate.
  • Manage data in financial systems and create reports that support business decisions.
  • Reconcile financial reports across businesses and drive process improvement, automation, and consistency.
  • Lead regular metrics reviews and provide analytical support through deep-dive analyses.
  • Improve tools and processes, scale existing solutions, and create new solutions based on stakeholder needs.
Desired Qualifications
  • At least 6 years of experience identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, finding root causes, and creating and implementing escalation plans.
  • At least 6 years of experience solving complex business challenges by delivering accurate and timely financial models, analysis, and recommendations with demonstrated business impact, such as financial savings, operational improvements, or customer benefits.
  • An MBA or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) credential.
  • Knowledge of SQL and extract, transform, load (ETL).
  • Experience with large-scale data-mining and reporting tools such as SQL, Microsoft Access, Essbase, or Cognos, and financial systems such as Oracle, SAP, Lawson, or JD Edwards.
  • Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and interpreting data results.

About the company

Amazon runs the largest online store in the United States and rents cloud computing to businesses and governments through Amazon Web Services. AWS pioneered renting computing power over the internet, and Amazon built its own delivery network to get orders to customers quickly. Shoppers buy from Amazon and from independent sellers on its store, and Prime members pay a subscription for fast free shipping, streaming video and music, and other perks. AWS rents out computing power, storage, databases, and AI tools so companies can run software without owning servers, and Amazon also makes Kindle e-readers and Echo speakers with the Alexa assistant. Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994, and it is based in Seattle, Washington.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington

Founded

1994

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What believers are saying

  • AI drives growth: AWS's AI and custom-chip sales each more than doubled, passing $25 billion a year by June 2026.
  • Stock grants gained value: shares hit a record in August 2026, making Amazon the fifth company to reach $3 trillion.
  • Ads are a third engine beside stores and AWS: they grew 26% to $19.8 billion in the June 2026 quarter.

What critics are saying

  • AWS's lead is shrinking: in the June 2026 quarter, Google Cloud grew 82% and Microsoft's Azure 43%, versus AWS's 37%.
  • Job security has slipped: Amazon cut 30,000 corporate jobs in October 2025 and January 2026 to reduce management layers.
  • Expect five office days a week: Amazon ended its three-day hybrid policy for corporate staff in January 2025.

What makes Amazon unique

  • Most of Amazon's profit comes from cloud: AWS made 21% of sales but 60% of operating profit in mid-2026.
  • Amazon is America's biggest parcel carrier by volume: it handled 6.9 billion packages in 2025, more than the Postal Service.
  • Writing matters more than slides: Amazon meetings open with silent reading of a six-page memo instead of PowerPoint.

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