Finance Manager - Transportation Technology & Services Finance

Description

Are you ready to drive strategic financial decision-making that powers business growth? As a Financial Analyst III in our Transportation Technology and Services organization, you will play a critical role in providing data-driven insights that guide business decisions across all organizational levels. You'll lead reporting initiatives, standardize planning processes, and establish the right controls to enable sound financial decisions.

This position offers exceptional visibility with leadership and provides meaningful influence in the decision-making process. You'll translate complex financial data into actionable business insights while partnering with stakeholders to identify growth opportunities and optimize resource allocation. Your analytical expertise will directly impact operational excellence and drive continuous improvement across our financial processes.

Key job responsibilities
- Partner with business leaders to provide strategic financial guidance, build analytical frameworks for new initiatives, and assess return on investment for various business opportunities.
- Dive deep to build complex analyses, models, and narratives with broad scope that deliver measurable results for the organization.
- Lead core financial processes including month-end close, annual operating plans, and long-range strategic planning while ensuring accuracy and compliance with internal and external policies.
- Identify and implement large-scale financial solutions to proactively improve, scale, or simplify finance tools, technology, and processes across teams.
- Communicate finance topics with the right level of detail both verbally and in writing, enabling informed decision-making while effectively challenging assumptions when necessary.

A day in the life
Your day begins with reviewing key financial metrics and preparing for a meeting with business stakeholders to discuss operational performance and planning needs. Throughout the day, you'll work on deep-dive analyses to address specific business questions, collaborate with cross-functional teams to align on financial reporting standards, and develop improved control mechanisms. You'll participate in strategic planning sessions where your financial insights help shape business decisions, and spend time mentoring team members on financial processes and best practices.

About the team
We are the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team supporting the Transportation Technology and Services organizations. Our team owns central reporting, planning and goals for the organization, including operational expenditures, technology entitlements, and headcount planning. We serve as strategic financial partners, providing data-driven insights that guide decision-making across all levels of the organization.

Our team values analytical excellence, proactive collaboration, and continuous process improvement. We take pride in translating complex financial data into actionable business insights that drive organizational performance and efficiency. If you're passionate about financial planning, analytical problem-solving, and working in a collaborative environment with significant business impact, this is the perfect team for you.

Basic Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

- 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.