Description
Amazon Finance:

Finance is all about the numbers…unless you work at Amazon; it's knowing the numbers and so much more. This FP&A role works closely with executives and senior members of the Japan leadership team, providing valuable analysis to enable strategic planning, and leads the overall Japan operations planning process.

Enthusiasm and energy help us deliver new ideas, and solutions. Do you like supply chain operations and are interested in analyzing the sophisticated and highly efficient Amazon supply chain?

Are you willing to dive deep, working with smart people to develop solutions and deliver results?

Will you seek to challenge the status quo, and accept that your ideas and mechanisms may be tested daily?

We are looking for a highly analytical, curious, and resourceful Financial Manager to lead planning/forecasting exercises, analyze the impact of existing programs, root cause issues as they come up, identify and quantify opportunities for cost savings, and partner with internal stakeholders to help to increase efficiency and transparency of our financial reporting processes.

JP Operations FP&A
JP Operations Financial Planning and Analysis leads month-end close variance analysis, balance-of the current year forecast, and planning for the Operations-wide financials for the following year and long term.

We are a team of analysts each specializing in particular operational costs performance, and provide a consolidated view to senior leadership. Our engagement to each business and their controlling Finance are diverse and frequent. FP&A gives the best opportunity for a person to have both a broad and detailed view.

This role presents long term opportunities to grow in other parts of both Operations and the global Finance team.

This position, Finance Manager, will execute financial planning and reporting processes for our fulfillment network. This includes coordination with Operations business stakeholders, as well as with local and Seattle Finance management.

He/She is responsible for identifying relevant insights, analytical reports, and business commentary that enable leaders in the company to make sound decisions.

The position will be responsible for analysis/discussion on recent Operations performance, as well as communicating impact to our retail businesses for their bottom-line profitability.

The Financial Manager will be also responsible for managing projects to streamline planning/reporting processes, and assess financial impact of new business initiatives.

The role will be based at our Tokyo headquarters with occasional travel to other locations.

More Information (Japanese Only)

・Department: Finance

・Job: Finance

・Location: Tokyo Office

・Voice of employee - Finance department

・Voice of employee - Finance

Finance/Tokyo Office/H.L.

Learn more about the overall Japan Operations Finance team: Finance team

Key job responsibilities

• lead financial planning and reporting processes, coordinate with local stakeholders, as well as local and global Finance management.
• deliver insights, analytical reports, and business commentary to make business decisions.
• analyze Operations performance and communicate impact to our retail businesses
• lead projects to streamline planning/reporting processes assess financial impact of new business initiatives

Basic Qualifications

• BS degree, or BA degree
• 7+ years relevant experience in positions that require analysis and reporting financial results
• Demonstrated financial acumen and analytical experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of business impact and results
• 7+ years of experience with advanced proficiency in Excel (index, lookups, sumifs, pivots, standard deviation, database connections)
• 7+ years of experience working in a business partnering role
• Business English Level

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)
• Japanese language ability
• Japanese language ability

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Company
- Amazon Japan G.K.

Job ID: A3129301