Finance Manager, Amazon Flex

At Amazon were working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. Operations is at the heart of what we do delivering millions of packages each day and fulfilling customer orders from all over the world. Amazon Flex is at the forefront of delivery operations owning a significant piece of Amazons Last Mile delivery strategy both currently and into the future. The Flex model utilizes independent contractors to help fulfill Ultrafast customer deliveries including Amazon Grocery Whole Foods same day orders and beyond. Our Finance team works closely with Technology Product and Program Managers to track performance reporting and support analysis for optimization of labor planning pricing routing and expansion opportunities which help improve safety customer quality and reduce costs.

With a rapidly expanding team and scope we are looking for a Finance Manager who is a creative problem solver to support our growth while gaining excellent Operations Finance experience. This role will take end to end responsibility of Flex Finance in Japan working closely with the Japan Flex business team and cross-functional business leaders across the Last Mile organization. Be part of the journey in this exciting space and help make history!

This role partners closely with a broad range of global finance and business leaders in Flex Operations Flex Tech Amazon Logistics (AMZL) and Grocery teams. This role works with business operators technical product managers legal teams and software developers. This role designs and develops performance measurements and quantifies impact to the business based on strategic input drivers to grow and continuously improve the economics of the business.

The successful candidate has demonstrated the following abilities: they influence business owners support thoughtful decision-making deal with ambiguity and adapt to a rapidly-evolving environment. They collaborate with executives and various business units across Amazon. You bring excellent verbal and written communication skills. A typical day in this role provides an opportunity to innovate by building creative solutions with large-scale data mining tools identifying the high-priority work and projects that maximize results for key stakeholders and solving complex problems that impact company-wide strategic decisions.


More Information (Japanese only)
Department: Last Mile (AMZL)
Location: Tokyo Office
Job: Finance

At Amazon youll work alongside the latest AI and GenAI tools that are increasingly woven into how teams operate: from AI-powered capabilities that accelerate decision-making to Generative AI that helps you focus on work that truly matters. Youll have opportunities and resources to develop AI fluency at your own pace with continuous learning built into the culture.

Key job responsibilities
- Use solid financial knowledge and business acumen to build financial models interpret data draw conclusions and make recommendations that deliver results drive improvements and influence leaders throughout Amazon. These decisions can have global impact.

- Identify resolve or provide guidance to manage complex data sets and analyses. You will bring in insights to address financial risk and support frugality.

- Use active listening skills intuitively to communicate data (both written and verbal) in a clear concise and unambiguous manner. Adjust style for various audiences to articulate complex finance issues clearly. Your communications drive critical business decisions.

- Collects and analyzes quantitative data to develop relevant reports that drive cost reductions.

- Drives own self-development in the Finance Community: seeks opportunities to expand finance expertise. Participates in events initiatives and projects then shares gained knowledge in and outside of your team.

- Contributes to work life harmony by being a positive collaborative and effective influencer to new team members as an indicator of operations excellence.

- 5 years of tax finance or a related analytical field experience
- 5 years of multiple finance and accounting roles experience
- 5 years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
- 5 years of building financial and operational reports/data sets that inform business decision-making experience
- 5 years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience
- 5 years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience
- Bachelors degree in engineering statistics or business or Bachelors degree and 4 years of quantitative role (engineering process re-engineering quality assurance) 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)
- Excited about working in a diverse group and contributing to an inclusive culture

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