Manager, Finance Management

Job summary

Amazon seeks a Manager to lead the Accounts Receivable team. The successful candidate will lead a team of 15-30 employees and will report into the IN AR Leader. The candidate will be a strong communicator and will be responsible for coordinating and representing the interests of Finance Operations receivables group within Amazon in the areas of Vendor/client dispute management, Invoicing, Cash Application and Collections.

The responsibility of this role will be Global process management. This individual will be a very strong leader who is adept at driving change within a very dynamic business environment and has a proven record of delivering process efficiency results.

Job duties include:

Management responsibilities

Performs autonomously, initiates and manages complex, departmental and/or cross- company work. Managing process workload and establishing priorities.

Is expected to set and improve policies and procedures, maintaining full compliance and implement best practices.

Independently manages and drives recruiting efforts. Continually raises the bar.

Plays significant role in career development of the team.

Drives execution of vision and goals for the team.

Business Responsibilities

Setting up process priorities and aligning with overall organization goals.

Driving organization's strategy, plays a leader's role in improving process efficiencies and effectiveness, spearheads development and implementation of tools and other automation.

Exploring upstream/downstream improvement opportunities by working with business partners, identifying root causes and builds long term solutions.

Act as a process SME and drive engagement across multiple stakeholder groups to drive required process improvements

Building long-term relationship to improve OTC lifecycle. Stakeholders and customer management.

Building and maintaining operations and projects performance metrics and continually raising the bar.

Evaluating and communicating accounts receivable controllership risks with the Finance Operations, assessing the adequacy of existing controls and partnering with controllership team to implement new controls as needed.

Operationalizing policies, documentation and implementation, and procedural compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This includes developing, modifying and maintaining the operational and design effectiveness of internal controls partnering with Internal Audit.

Ability to lead and contribute in other process areas like collections, cash application, credit notes and deduction management, collections and vendor/customer contact management.

Hands on experience of managing and leading a team of members including operational managers across receivables processes.

Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines while managing multiple projects

Ability to dive deep and design/redesign processes for existing as well as new business lines / geos expansion

Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment - candidate has to be strong in dealing with ambiguity

Internal job description

Loop competencies

Basic qualifications

CA, CPA or CWA, with 18+ or more years of relevant Finance and/or Operational experience. Excellent People Management skills with an ability to influence to meet goals Strong presentation and written communication skills are essential, as is the ability to build effective partnerships with senior leaders across a variety of groups throughout Amazon Strong analytical skills and ability to evaluate business processes Experience with complex problem solving using Lean / Six Sigma techniques desired Proven project management ability that shows how to organize, find solutions, and follow through to a successful conclusion Advanced presentation skills and the ability to guide and influence leadership

Preferred qualifications

Excellent analytical and problem solving skills Demonstrated experience in Finance Operations International experience at a multinational organization a plus Proven project management ability that shows how to organize find solutions and follow through to a successful conclusion specifically using technology and building consensus across diverse teams Experience with complex problem solving using Lean / Six Sigma techniques a plus Independent and entrepreneurial style showing the ability to work with minimal direction in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment

• 8+ years of tax, finance or a related analytical field experience
• 3+ years of advanced proficiency in Excel (pivots, lookups, etc.) experience
• 6+ years of Accounts Receivable or Account Payable 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
• 5+ years of directly managing and leading a team of 5+ members experience

• 6+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
• 6+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience
• 6+ years of mentoring junior finance and/or business team members experience
• 3+ years of working with senior staff (e.g. c-suite) experience
• MBA, or CPA
• 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

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