Finance Manager, Accounting Operations & Process Improvement , Finance Operations Accounting

Finance Manager, Accounting Operations & Process Improvement, Finance Operations Accounting & Analysis (FOAA)

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Finance Operations Accounting & Analysis (FOAA) performs accounting and financial planning & analysis services, and our primary customers are Finance Operations, Central Accounting, and other Amazon Finance teams. Our vision is to create a world‑class Accounting and Finance organization that raises the controllership bar, fosters continuous improvement, builds scalable processes and intelligent tools to support financial reporting and the strategic decision‑making of our partners, and lowers the company’s cost structure.

We focus on controllership and financial stewardship.

FOAA seeks an experienced Finance Manager to support Accounts Receivable Accounting. This role will lead operational excellence initiatives, improve controllership, execute on recurring and holistic analytics, and focus on controllership with a mission to identify risk, document, design and implement improvements, and build scalable analytical frameworks to be leveraged by multiple cross‑functional teams. It cultivates an organizational environment that values development, diversity, and growth opportunities for all FOAA employees and works with key partner teams across multiple organizations.

The ideal candidate demonstrates ownership and sound judgment in decisions that have financial, business, operational, or customer implications, leading the team to take smart risks and innovate. The ideal candidate has extensive financial statement audit and corporate accounting experience and excels at problem‑solving, pays attention to detail, and drives positive change by evaluating and streamlining existing operational and accounting processes, controls, and metrics.

• Lead operational excellence initiatives with strategic significance and high organizational exposure.
• Improve controllership by identifying risks, documenting findings, and designing scalable solutions.
• Execute recurring and holistic analytics to support business decisions.
• Build analytical frameworks for use by multiple cross‑functional teams.
• Design and implement process improvements across operational and accounting functions.
• Cultivate an organizational environment that values development, diversity, and growth opportunities for all FOAA employees.
• Partner with and influence key stakeholders across multiple organizations.
• Demonstrate ownership and sound judgment in decisions with financial, business, operational, or customer implications.
• Drive innovation by leading the team to take smart risks.
• Evaluate and streamline existing operational and accounting processes, controls, and metrics.
• Apply extensive financial statement audit and corporate accounting expertise to problem‑solving.

• 5+ years of tax, finance, or a related analytical field experience.
• 5+ years of multiple finance and accounting roles experience.
• 6+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses.
• 6+ years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision‑making.
• 6+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis.

• 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).
• MBA, or CPA.
• Knowledge of SQL/ETL.
• Experience working with large‑scale data mining and reporting tools (examples: SQL, MS Access,…