Senior Project Manager - Finance - FinOps

Amazon - Arlington, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Arlington, VA

Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers

About the position

The Finance Operations (FinOps) Business Partnership (BP) team at Amazon is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to play a pivotal role within the Global Transportation BP team. This position is crucial for driving the order-to-cash (O2C) performance across various Transportation businesses. The Senior Financial Analyst will be responsible for developing and maintaining operational and business metrics and targets, assessing priority areas for the business, and leading global operational reviews. Additionally, this role involves owning improvements to achieve set targets, making it essential for the candidate to possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills. In this role, the Senior Financial Analyst will collaborate closely with multiple stakeholders, including Accounts Receivable, Service Centers, Sales, Finance, Legal, Accounting, Tech, and Customers, across all levels in a global environment. The ability to manage complex problem-solving, program and change management, and analytical tasks is vital, especially in a fast-paced environment characterized by ambiguity and high visibility priorities. The candidate will be expected to define key performance indicators, develop operational and business metrics, and track delivery against global objectives, ensuring that the organization meets its financial and operational goals. The position also requires the consolidation of inputs and challenging assumptions regarding performance drivers and projections from various stakeholders. The Senior Financial Analyst will need to obtain and summarize critical data sets to trace defect areas back to primary root cause drivers, scope future state solutions, influence roadmap decisions, and measure the effectiveness of implemented solutions over time. Furthermore, the role involves solving critical customer, process, and system escalations effectively to ensure thorough root cause analysis and effective problem resolution, as well as identifying and quantifying financial and operational risks and opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Define key performance indicators and develop operational and business metrics for programs and processes.
• Consolidate inputs and challenge assumptions on performance drivers and projections from stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain effective partnerships between Finance Operations, Service Centers, and Transportation businesses.
• Obtain and summarize critical data sets to trace defect areas to primary root cause drivers and scope future state solutions.
• Solve critical customer, process, and system escalations effectively to ensure root cause analysis and effective problem resolution.
• Identify and quantify financial and operational risks and opportunities.

Requirements

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

Nice-to-haves

• 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 experience.
• MBA or CPA preferred.
• Knowledge of SQL/ETL.
• Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (e.g., SQL, MS Access, Essbase, Cognos) and other financial systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP, Lawson, JD Edwards).
• Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results.