Are you ready to get in on the ground floor of Amazon’s long-term initiative to design, launch and maintain a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites to provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved communities around the world?

It’s Day 1 for Amazon’s next billion dollar business and we are looking for an entrepreneurial minded Finance Manager to work in a start-up environment who is passionate about technology, manufacturing and FP&A, who thinks/acts globally, and has the ability to create and implement solutions, processes and controls.

Amazon Leo seeks a Finance Manager to support its Manufacturing team. This position will partner with Manufacturing business leaders to develop key financial processes, support automation initiatives, and help identify business efficiencies. The successful candidate will need to be strategic, analytical, and have the demonstrated ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams. A typical day in this role provides an opportunity to improve and create new measures for business effectiveness, innovate creative solutions utilizing large scale data mining tools, and identify high priority projects to maximize results for key stakeholders.

Key job responsibilities

• Create effective business partnerships with Manufacturing leadership team.
• Develop financial models for new business concepts and analyze resulting financial impacts to drive data-driven decision making; provide investment guidance based on data analysis.
• Manage long and short-range manufacturing budgets (OP1/OP2), forecasts, and implement cost control measures.
• Develop financial forecasts for headcount, operating expenses and capital for base business activities, collaborating with manufacturing leadership on key initiatives.
• Manage publication of monthly financial results, developing financial narratives for finance and manufacturing leadership on key expense and capital drivers.
• Analyze manufacturing trends and KPIs, transforming them into actionable insights for manufacturing operations; prepare ad hoc analysis.
• Lead automation efforts of critical processes e.g. manufacturing KPI dashboards; proactively improve, scale, or simplify finance tools across teams and organizations.
• Effectively manage competing priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Participate in Finance initiatives, including but not limited to process improvements, ad hoc analyses, and preparation of periodic reporting activities.
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations and internal policies relevant to manufacturing finance.
• Contribute to work-life harmony by being a positive, collaborative, and effective influencer to new team members, demonstrating operational excellence.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related analytical field (e.g., engineering, math, computer science)
• Experience building and managing financial models for business forecasting and problem solving
• Experience delivering results for large, cross-functional initiatives/projects
• Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis
• Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA, or CPA
• 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)

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.

USA, WA, Bellevue - 95,400.00 - 163,200.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Kirkland - 95,400.00 - 163,200.00 USD annually