Finance Manager, Japan Books
Job Description
The Books Finance team is looking for a Finance Manager to be a key member of the Books team based in Tokyo. This is an exciting opportunity in a high-visibility role to join one of the most transformative businesses at Amazon. The role is expected to partner closely with business leadership to provide recommendations on business strategy and areas of investment, support in new product launches, metrics development and reporting, and financial planning and forecasting. The successful candidate will be able to think strategically and analytically, as well as be able to influence the decisions of business leadership using data/analysis.
This is a unique finance role within Amazon that will give you the opportunity to both work across both retail and digital businesses. The successful candidate will be a self-starter who is comfortable with ambiguity, detail oriented, and has the ability to work well with cross-functional teams. You will be nimble enough to conduct financial analyses and dive deep to answer complex questions, while also be able to provide opinions on larger trends during business discussions.
Key job responsibilities
• Provide strategic guidance, tactical direction, and decision support to business partners
• Lead key analytical projects that influence senior leadership decision making
• Develop and refine financial models used to forecast existing and new products
• Compile and review financial results and operational plans and communicate results to leadership
• Invent, simplify, and automate management reporting
About the team
We believe reading is essential for a healthy society; our mission is to inspire readers by making it easy to read more and get more out of reading.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelors in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a highly analytical field (e.g., Engineering, Math, Computer Science etc.)
- 7+ years of non-internship finance experience
- Fluent in English – ability to lead conference calls and write business documents in English
- Demonstrated ability to build and manage financial models for business forecasting, variance analysis
- Ability to display complex quantitative data in a simple, intuitive format and to present findings in a clear and concise manner
- Ability to work independently and self-motivate to meet tight deadlines, prioritize workload across multiple projects, and achieve effective results in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment
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)
- Experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and data interpretation of results
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