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Amazon Finance Manager – Finance Operation Business Partnership in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Description
At Amazon Brazil, we value Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in all our job positions. Therefore, we act intentionally so that our internal environment reflects the plurality of the businesses we engage in and the customers we serve. In Brazil, we have a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion squad, which is formed by representatives from different roles and areas, as we understand that this agenda must have different perspectives and multiple experiences. Our leadership is committed and understands more and more their role in sharing and acting on our leadership principles, with the purpose of 'Strive to Be Earth's Best Employer.' Understanding our responsibility and our need for change, we are conscientious that 'Success and Scale Bring Broad Responsibility.' Our affinity groups are built from and by volunteers from different businesses, and they are an active part of our DE&I strategies definition. Besides that, they act as ambassadors of this agenda, and they will support you from Day 1. Remember, at Amazon 'It’s always Day 1.' Our groups are organized in the following fronts: BEN - Black Employee Network, Women@Amazon, Glamazon (LGBTQIA+), and People With Disabilities.
Amazon Finance Operations was created to support rapid growth across all business units. The goal of the team is to deliver seamless procure-to-pay and order-to-cash processes that enable Amazon’s ongoing expansion within LATAM and across the globe. We are seeking an experienced candidate to identify, analyze, create, develop, and innovate solutions, that lead to improvements in our end-to-end processes for our vendors and customers.
The Finance Operations Business Partnering team works closely with Vendor Management, Operations, Technology, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Service Centers and Business Finance teams, as well as external vendors. This position will partner closely with the business teams to step change our processes in a way that significantly improves the experience of vendors who do business with Amazon, while driving internal efficiencies. You will responsible for owning improvements to achieve targets.
This is an exciting role. It involves working with multiple business units, business partnering, building additional functionalities, and streamlining processes. Complex problem solving and financial analysis skills are required to manage multiple high visibility priorities in a fast-paced environment with ambiguous situations. The ideal candidate will be able to learn quickly and be willing to experiment with new ideas.
Key job responsibilities
Support internal customer groups in Finance, Corporate Functions, Technology, Operations, Vendor Management and Project Management
Establish a regular cadence of engagement with the Finance Operations Service Center, ensuring process excellence with the highest degree of controllership.
Maintain end to end responsibility of key Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable processes and work with technology teams to understand, measure and improve support systems
Develop and implement effective organization communications with business partners, including financial modeling and analysis, metrics and reporting that provide insights and a proactive way of managing and monitoring the impacts of change.
Identify and develop opportunities for improved cash flow, margin or productivity improvements related to vendor payments and receivables. Collaborate and build relationships with system and business owners globally to drive end-to-end improvements and sound financial and customer experience recommendations and successes.
Consolidate inputs, and challenge assumptions, on performance drivers and projections from stakeholders
Identify and quantify financial and operational risks and opportunities
Drive critical vendor, process and system escalations effectively to ensure root cause analysis and effective problem resolution and improved customer experience while ensuring the highest degree of controllership and customer obsession.
*Please submit resume in English to be considered
About the team
Inclusive team culture
At Amazon we embrace our differences and we are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
Work Life Balance
We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.
Mentorship & Career Growth
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Sao Paulo, SP, BRA
Basic Qualifications
Experience in tax, finance or a related analytical field
Advanced proficiency in Excel (pivots, lookups, etc.) experience
Experience in Accounts Receivable or Account Payable
Experience in applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses
Experience in building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making
Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis
Bachelor's Degree or certificate of completion of studies required
Advanced English
Basic Spanish
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results
Experience in identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan
Experience in working with senior staff (e.g. c-suite)
Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (i.e. SQL, MSAccess, Essbase or Cognos) and providing recommendations based on results of ad hoc analyses to management for strategic decision-making