Amazon is hiring: Finance Manager, Amazon Music FP&A in Seattle

Job ID: 2871189 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Imagine being a part of a small, agile team where your ideas have the potential to reach millions within a matter of months. Picture partnering on leading customer-facing products, where every single team member is a critical voice in the decision-making process. Envision being able to leverage the resources of a Fortune-500 company within the atmosphere of a start-up. Welcome to Amazon Music, where ideas are born, and come to life as Amazon Music Unlimited, Amazon Music Prime, Amazon Music Free, Digital Music Store, Physical Music and Artist Merch, and Livestreaming. Come join us and make history.

Amazon.com is seeking a Finance Manager in the Financial Planning and Analysis team of the Amazon Music Finance team. In partnership with business, operations, and technology teams throughout Amazon, this position will lead the long-term financial strategy development and drive strategic initiatives to improve financial reporting and customer experience through automation, process improvements, and defects prevention. This role will engage with executive leadership and cross functional teams to drive results.

The successful candidate will have the ability to tackle multiple projects and partner with multiple business and finance team members to deliver financial models that impact business decisions. The right individual will have strong leadership skills and solid business acumen capable of driving results and improving processes. They will have operated successfully in a fast-paced, global, results-oriented environment.

Come innovate with the Amazon Music team! This position is located in Seattle or San Francisco.

Key job responsibilities

1. Driving long-term strategy and planning and related deliverables, and ensuring financial discipline and compliance.
2. Develop financial metrics, reporting, and financial analysis around assumptions in the long-term plan.
3. Understand how business resource plans and goals influence the long-term strategy of Amazon Music and provide insights to support business decisions.
4. Manage and execute entire projects or components of large projects from start to finish.
5. Anticipate business requirements, trends, and variances; develop action plans; measure and analyze results; initiate corrective actions; minimize the impact of negative variances.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• 5+ years of multiple finance and accounting roles experience
• 4+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
• 4+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)

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 committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

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