Amazon

Finance Manager, Operations Finance

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  • Finance and accounting

  • Full-time

  • Office | Sydney, NSW, Australia

  • Visa sponsorship · No

  • Senior · A role for someone with advanced knowledge and skills. May involve mentoring, leading others or specialisation. Typically at least 5 years of experience.

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Why Amazon

The scope and scale of our mission drives us to seek diverse perspectives, be resourceful, and navigate through ambiguity. Inventing and delivering things that were never thought possible isn't easy, but we embrace this challenge every day.

About the role

DESCRIPTION

Australia is one of the Top 3 fastest-growing regions for Amazon customer fulfillment network globally. We are seeking a Finance Manager to join our Operations Finance team to strengthen the financial support capabilities in the region. This is a high profile position and an excellent opportunity to shape a growing business in an entrepreneurial environment. As part of the team, you will lead financial analysis, provide financial insights to drive business performance, ensure cost accounting accuracy, identify cost-saving opportunities, and support data-driven decision-making for the fulfillment centers across the country.

Experience on this team opens up varying career opportunities across Amazon such as transitions to other business lines, project management roles, and/or management opportunities locally, regionally, and globally.

Key job responsibilities Position Overview: A strategic role responsible for business partnering and controllership functions across APAC Supply Chain Programs, focusing on financial optimization of Amazon's supply chain network through data-driven analysis and program quantification.

Key Responsibilities: Strategic Leadership & Analysis • Lead financial modeling and quantification of supply chain programs across the network • Develop and implement strategic financial frameworks for long-term growth • Partner with Head of Supply Chain to optimize network operations and delivery services • Drive data-driven decision making for topology design and capacity planning

Financial planning and Performance tracking • Lead financial and operational performance tracking • Develop automated financial and operational reporting systems • Conduct variance analysis and communicate results to senior leadership Network Optimization • Guide topology design and network capacity planning • Optimize inventory placement and warehouse operations • Lead S&OP planning at daily, shift, and node levels • Analyze and improve speed metrics and delivery efficiency Program Management • Oversee peak period planning and execution • Manage inbound operation improvements and vendor initiatives • Support ATS operations and 3P carrier capacity planning • Drive perfect inbound/defect-free initiatives Business Partnering • Collaborate with retail, FBA, and operations teams • Provide thought partnership to senior executives • Influence cross-functional stakeholders • Lead RCA (Root Cause Analysis) for performance improvement Required Skills: • Strong financial modeling and quantitative analysis capabilities • Deep understanding of supply chain operations (or ability to quickly learn) • Executive-level communication and influence skills • Experience in data-driven decision making • Leadership and team management expertise This role is crucial in quantifying and optimizing all Supply Chain programs in the network, requiring exceptional modeling skills and the ability to quickly understand Amazon's complex supply chain network

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- - Bachelor of Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a highly analytical field (e.g., Engineering, Math, Computer Science) - - 5+ years of relevant experience in a finance or supply chain role, leading projects or programs - - Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate complex financial issues to non-Finance partners. - - Proficiency in Excel and financial modelling (edited)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Proficiency in large-scale data mining and visualisation tools such as Power BI, SQL, Quicksight, or Tableau. - - Experience in troubleshooting problems and offering solutions to streamline complex challenges. - - Experience working in a large team or fast-paced environment. - - Experience in making strategic business decisions and managing internal relationships. (

What you'll be responsible for

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    Development of Finance Strategy

    Recommend improvements to optimize and improve financial performance and development of strategic long-term plans

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    Operational and Financial Reporting

    Analyze financial data to prepare timely reports to support business decisions

  • Financial Modeling

    Analyze data to create financial models that support planning and projections

Skills you'll need

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    Collaboration

    Works with others by being open, clear in communication and listening to achieve goals

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    Numerical problem solving

    Works with numerical information and performs mathematical calculations to solve problems

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    Critical thinking

    Identifies and synthesizes patterns and trends amongst various sources of information to reach a meaningful conclusion, perspective or insight

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Finance and accounting

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