Finance Manager - Sustainability Finance

Description

The Sustainability Finance team is looking for a Finance Manager to lead finance support for Amazon’s company-wide Waste partner strategies.

The ideal candidate will be a well-rounded athlete willing to go beyond their core responsibilities, nimbly overcome barriers, and deliver business results. The person must be a constant learner, knowledgeable of industry trends, and effective at partnering with business leadership to accomplish goals. This Finance Manager must be a skilled communicator effective at working through formal and informal channels to set and drive strategy with a proven track record working effectively across geographically dispersed cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will be a trusted advisor that steadily delivers commitments and is able to influence senior executives to facilitate the achievement of their business partners’ objectives.

The Finance Manager will play a critical role in the Sustainability team's Waste initiatives and as a role model for controllership. This individual will also have experience in designing and enforcing policies and processes that will protect and enhance the integrity of Amazon’s financial records and increase organizational efficiency.

Key job responsibilities
- Driving strategic investment analysis and working to partner teams to drive adoption
- Managing and reporting business performance, including goal development and tracking
- Developing rhythm of business documents (i.e. Annual and 3-year Operating Plans)
- Establish mechanisms and processes that are repeatable and scalable to gain efficiencies across Amazon's diverse businesses



About the team
The Sustainability Finance team supports the management of Amazon’s social and environmental impact globally and partners to drive solutions that enable our customers and our business to become more sustainable. With the Climate Pledge, Amazon publicly committed to measure and report greenhouse gas emissions and to achieve net-zero emissions in 2040 by physically de-carbonizing its business activities and neutralize remaining residual emissions. Executing this plan is a complex strategic and financial undertaking that requires thorough and careful financial consideration.

Basic Qualifications

- 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science), or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experience
- 5+ years of dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy experience
- 5+ years of leading cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy experience

Preferred Qualifications

- 6+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience
- 6+ years of 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
- MBA, or CPA
- Knowledge of SQL/ETL
- Experience 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 delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results

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

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.