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Amazon

Sells products online and rents cloud computing

Finance Transformation Lead - Inbound Transportation Financial Planning and Analysis

Full-Time
CA$80.9k - CA$135.2k/yr+ Sign-on payments + Restricted stock units
Senior
Bachelor's, Master's, MBA, PhD
Toronto, ON, Canada
In Person
Finance & BankingCorporate Finance & FP&A

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 5 years of experience across multiple finance and accounting roles.
  • At least 5 years of experience dissecting financial data and identifying patterns that support business strategy.
  • At least 5 years of experience leading cross-functional initiatives that drive financial performance and strategy.
  • A bachelor's degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a highly analytical field such as Engineering, Mathematics, or Computer Science.
  • At least 5 years of finance experience.
Responsibilities
  • Own the P&L for a newly carved-out business unit within the Inbound network and build its financial model from scratch.
  • Design and run planning and forecasting cycles for the role's scope, including WBR, MBR, and OP cycles.
  • Partner with Operations, Technology, and network planning leaders to identify cost drivers, size opportunities, and own the financial story.
  • Analyze data to identify root causes of variances, build strategy models, and surface insights from operational data.
  • Communicate findings clearly and succinctly to senior leadership, providing guidance during unexpected events.
  • Build reporting infrastructure needed by business partners.
Desired Qualifications
  • An MBA or CPA.
  • Knowledge of SQL and ETL.
  • Experience using large-scale data mining and reporting tools such as SQL, MS Access, Essbase, and Cognos, and financial systems such as Oracle, SAP, Lawson, and 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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6 month growth

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1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

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