Finance Manager, NA Books Finance

Job :  |  Services LLC

Join our Books finance team and become a key player in shaping financial strategy within Amazon's original business line. In this role, you will analyze the underlying economics of the publishing industry, translate inputs to financial reporting, and guide strategic decisions to optimize profitability. You will work in an ever-evolving business that Amazon has historically innovated and changed through innovative offerings like Kindle, Kindle Direct Publishing, and Kindle Unlimited.

This position requires someone who can look around corners, be proactive, and remain comfortable with ambiguity. You will partner closely with business teams, providing accurate controllership while using financial insights to chart business strategy. Your analytical skills will help identify trends that need attention, and your business partnering abilities will position you as a trusted advisor who can think big and drive strategic impact.

• Dive deep to build comprehensive analyses, models, and narratives that deliver strategic results for the books business, focusing on areas to grow long-term value while maintaining strong appreciation for customer experience goals.
• Partner with business leaders to provide financial insights that challenge assumptions when necessary, sharing findings and recommendations that influence data-driven decision making across the organization.
• Own financial reporting for the books business area with exceptional accuracy, ensuring compliance with internal and external policies while identifying opportunities to improve financial data integrity.
• Monitor and analyze business performance, proactively communicating trends that need attention and developing action plans to address areas requiring optimization.
• Design and implement scalable, auditable data analysis processes that provide strategic guidance on profitability optimization, demonstrating frugality and accomplishing more with less.
• Provide financial support for business partners in publisher negotiations.

Your typical day involves analyzing financial actuals and identifying meaningful trends that require business attention. You'll spend time working closely with business partners, asking insightful questions about areas they need to inspect and providing proactive financial guidance. You might find yourself developing models to understand the underlying economics of various book formats, or translating complex financial data into actionable insights that help business leaders make strategic decisions about where to optimize profitability.

You'll be joining a high-performing, high-caliber team that's known for exceptional cooperation and collaboration. This team is revered as the strategic lynch pin by the business partners and sets the standard for best-in-class financial analysis. The team's reputation is built on delivering accurate controllership while providing strategic financial insights that help chart the future direction of the business. Working with this group means being part of a respected team that influences critical business decisions in the evolving publishing industry.

• 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• 6+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
• 6+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field

• 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…